juergen_hubert

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[–] juergen_hubert@thefolklore.cafe 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

@hanktank61 I'm really fascinated by how local folk legends form a "supernatural landscape" - real world places you can visit that have supernatural associations.

[–] juergen_hubert@thefolklore.cafe 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

@frankenswine@lemmy.world They do have some locations that OpenStreetMap has not (and vice versa), and they are more friendly for finding places with alternate spelling. There is a reason I check both.

Also, their linked images are useful for visualizing these locations. Though I think I saw an OpenStreetMap version with geotagged images once, but I can't find it again.

 

A surprisingly large part of my research of old German folk tales is trying to identify the places mentioned in these details. They are often not mentioned on Google Maps, although Open Street Maps frequently provides better results.

But a particularly useful resource has been Arcanum Maps, which uses old survey maps from the 19th century or earlier as Google Maps layers - and these often do have period names for locations that have vanished from modern maps. This has been especially important for Silesia and other regions where German place names were common, but which now only use Polish names.

If you are interested in historic maps, then check this site out!

#cartography #history
https://maps.arcanum.com/

[–] juergen_hubert@thefolklore.cafe 1 points 11 months ago

@HumToTable@sfba.social Depends a bit on the neighborhood.

While romance novels predominate in all of the six or so little free libraries within easy bicycling distance, only two are filled with them entirely.

The very best (for my purposes) is the one next to our local city theater - it almost always has books on history, culture, or travel.

[–] juergen_hubert@thefolklore.cafe 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

@Em@lsbt.me Hmmm. Hannover is my usual layover city when I travel by train to visit my father. Is the store you are referring to the one at the Limburgstraße 1?

If so, I might be able to check it out.

 

One of my compulsive habits is visiting local little free libraries and taking any #travel books or books about #history in the hopes of reading them one day and using them as inspiration for #ttrpg #worldbuiling .

But the main tangible result is that I have run out of bookshelf space. Again. 😭

https://bookrastinating.com/user/juergen_hubert