ÖTTINGER, JOHANNES: MAP OF THE KINGDOM OF BOSNIA, SERBIA AND NEIGHBOURING COUNTRIES

Inventory number 233

Original title: Regnum Bosniae, una cum finitimis Croatiae, Dalmatiae, Slavoniae, Hungariae et Serviae partibus, adjuncta praecipuorum in his regionibus munimentorum ichonographia. Regni Servia pars, una cum finitimis Valachiae, Bulgariae partibus, addita praecipuorum in his regionibus munimentorum et castellorum ichonographia.

Publishing year: 1738

Place of publishing and publisher: Nürnberg: Homannianis Heredibus

Format: 29 x 80 cm

Technique: Coloured copper engraving

Oettinger’s map of Bosnia, Serbia and the neighbouring countries was made after the Peace Treaty of Požarevac of 1718 that concluded one of many wars fought between the Austrians and the Turks. This map shows a new position of the border established by the said Treaty. By the new demarcation the Austrian –Turkish border was shifted 6-10 kilometres further south from the river Sava integrating the Bosnian Posavina into Slavonia, i.e., into the Hapsburg Monarchy. The new Austro-Turkish border in Serbia is now placed to the south of the river Morava. The war atmosphere is reflected by the plans of military fortresses shown along the map’s margin edge: Vidin, Nikopolje, Niš, Čačak, Sarajevo, Kragujevac, Valjevo, Užice, Brod, Bihać, Zvornik, Rača, Šabac, Beograd and Oršava.

ÖTTINGER, J. F.

ÖTTINGER, JOHANNES (JOHANN) FRIEDRICH, a German military engineer and cartographer from the second half of the 18th century. In 1760, he created a map Servia for Homan’s successors. For the same cartographic workshop and publishing house he published Regnum Bosniae una cum finitimis Croatiae, Dalmatiae, Slavoniae .. partibus in the 1730s.