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Published on 8 January 2024

Historical Maps

Get to know Switzerland's historical heritage with the original Siegfried and Dufour maps or old national maps; or visualised impressively on modern maps, too. 

Digital Historical Maps

Digital Dufour Map: topographical Map (Dufour Map 1:100,000)

8 January 2024

Digital Dufour Map

The Topographical Map 1:100'000 (Dufour Map) is the first modern official map series of Switzerland.

Siegfried Map 1:25,000: georeferenced Siegfried Map 1:25,000

8 January 2024

Digital Siegfried Map 1:25,000

The Siegfried Map was the first set of 1:25'000 and 1:50'000 maps of the whole of Switzerland.

Siegfried Map 1:25,000: georeferenced Siegfried Map 1:25,000

8 January 2024

Digital Siegfried Map 1:50 000

The Siegfried Map was the first set of 1:25'000 and 1:50'000 maps of the whole of Switzerland.

Old National Maps: georeferenced old National Map 1:25,000 / 1:50,000 / 1:100,000

8 January 2024

Digital Old National Maps

Georeferenced old National Map 1:25'000 / 1:50'000 / 1:100'000

Historical map of Lucerne. Section from the map viewer map.geo.admin.ch

5 December 2024

A journey through time – maps and aerial photographs

Take a journey through time with swisstopo’s historical maps and aerial photographs and get to know Switzerland from the past and the present.

Federal Office of Topography swisstopo

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