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In this section, the term „cultural heritage“ has a different meaning from UNESCO‘s Cultural Heritage . Here, the term refers to the economic, political and social organization of local societies around 1900.
On Methodology (in German) (PDF, 91 KB)
It is a structural definition of culture, complementary to, and interlinked with, ideational aspects of social life.
The box on the right links up to different aspects of the cultural heritage. Each one centers around a thematic map:
The name and population size (1960) of any local cultural unit can be identified with the help of the respective identification map of the area.
Example in German (PDF, 168 KB)
The maps can be downloaded and printed; besides, they can be purchased in printed form, together with the databank (order).
The three lists below include all the thematic maps discussed under the menu Cultural Heritage. For discussion, click on the links in the right box.
More about the Methodology (in German):