Antique Map Prussia / Poland Masuria Lake Sniardwy Postcard

Reproduction of a circa 1800 map of south eastern Prussia, modern day Poland, by Franz Joseph Johann von Reilly: Die Koenigliche Preussen ostsudedlicher Theil Nro 52. The map is centred around the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship (Masuria) of today’s Poland, with details of rivers, castles,forest and lakes centred on Poland’s largest lake, Lake Sniardwy (Lake Spirding or Spirdingsee), and resort communities around it. The following cities are among those visible on the map, listed with their contemporary names first, and the old German names as shown in the map in parentheses. Węgorzewo (Angerburg), Giżycko (Lötzen), Pisz (Johannisburg), Mikolajki (Nikolaiken), Biała Piska (Bialla), Szczytno (Ortelsburg), Ełk (Lyck), Olecko (Marggrabowa/Treuburg), Gołdap (Goldap), Ruciane-Nida (Rudczanny/Niedersee)