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places
All entered locations are listed alphabetically in a place name directory. This directory displays the place name, a country code , a regional code , the postal code, the current municipality, and a document icon. The search field below the list of places allows you to quickly find a place by entering the first letters and pressing the Enter key.
You can edit location information by double-clicking the location with the left mouse button or by selecting "Map Viewer" from the location's context menu . The map viewer will then appear, the same one you see when you enter details for a new location in an input field on the map .
All fields except the place name are optional. Any entry of up to three digits is accepted for state and territory . A location can be pinpointed using the up to six-digit postal code ( ZIP code ). The current municipality of the place can be specified under "Current Municipality".
Additionally, in the Document tab of the map viewer, the user can enter extra text information of any length. Possible applications include location descriptions, references to research documents, local history (former territorial affiliations), and similar information.
Countries
The following is a list of country abbreviations for inclusion in the place-name directory. These are merely suggestions. Any abbreviation with a maximum of three letters is acceptable.
AU Austria
Belgium
CH Switzerland
Cyprus
GDR (formerly German Democratic Republic)
Federal Republic of Germany
Germany before 1949
DK Denmark
Spain
SF Finland
France
Great Britain
GR Greece
IRL Ireland
IS Island
Italy
LIE Liechtenstein
Luxembourg
NL Netherlands
NOR Norway
Portugal
Sweden
TUR Türkiye
VAT Vatican City
ALB Albania
Bulgaria
BYS Belarus
CS (former Czechoslovakia)
HUN Hungary
PL Poland
ROME Romania
SU (former USSR)
RUS Russia
UKR Ukraine
YU (former Yugoslavia)
USA United States of America
CAN Canada
FROM Australia
NZL New Zealand
CHN China
JPN Japan
ZAF South Africa
areas
The following is a list of area abbreviations for the information in the place name directory. These are merely suggestions. Any abbreviation of up to three letters is acceptable.
AAR Appenzell A-Rh.
AG Aargau
AIR Appenzell I-Rh.
Bad Baden
BAL Baltic States
BAW Baden-Württemberg
BAY Bavaria
BB Berlin-Brandenburg
BE Bern
BL Basel
BLL Basel-Land
BLN Berlin
BLO Berlin East
BLW Berlin West
BOE Bohemia
BRA Brandenburg
BRM Bremen
BS Basel-Stadt
BSW Braunschweig
BUR Burgenland
COT Cottbus
DRE Dresden
DZG Danzig
ELO Alsace-Lorraine
ERF Erfurt
FFO Frankfurt an der Oder
FR Freiburg
GE Geneva
GHE Hesse, Grand Duchy
GHS Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach
GL Glarus
GPW Grenzmark Posen-Westpr.
GR Graubünden
GRA Gera
HAL Hall
HAN Hannover
HBG Hamburg
HEN Hesse-Nassau, Prussian Pr.
HES Hesse
HOH Hohenzollern
JU Law
KAR Carinthia
KSA Saxony, Kingdom
LIP Lippe
LPZ Leipzig-Stadt
LU Lucerne
LUE Lübeck
MAG Magdeburg
MEK Mecklenburg
MFR Middle Franconia
MST Mecklenburg-Strelitz
MSW Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
NBR Neubrandenburg
Lower Bavaria (NBY)
NEW Neuenburg
Lower Austria
North Rhine-Westphalia
NSA Lower Saxony
NSL Lower Silesia
NW Nidwalden
OBY Upper Bavaria
OFR Upper Franconia
OLD Oldenburg
Upper Austria
OPF Upper Palatinate
OPR East Prussia
OSL Upper Silesia
OW Obwalden
POM Pomerania
POS Posen
POT Potsdam
PRE Prussia (state)
PRP Prussia (Province)
PSA Saxony, Prussian Province
PSA Saxony (Province)
PYR Pyrmont
REU Reuß
RPF Rhineland-Palatinate
RPR Rhine Province
RST Rostock
SAH Saxony-Anhalt
SAA Saarland
SAB Sachsen-Altenburg
SAB Anhalt (Saar-Altenburg)
SCG Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha
SG St. Gallen
SH Schaffhausen
SHO Schleswig-Holstein
SIL Silesia
SLP Schaumburg-Lippe
SLZ Salzburg
SME Saxony-Meiningen
SN Saxony
SO Solothurn
SRU Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
STY Styria
South Sudetenland
SUH Suhl
SWA Swabia
SWR Schwerin
SZ Schwyz
TG Turgau
THU Thuringia
TI Ticino
TIR South Tyrol
TIR Tyrol
UFR Lower Franconia
UR Uri
VD Waad
BEFORE Vorarlberg
VS Valais
WAL Waldeck
WEF Westphalia
HOW Vienna
WPR West Prussia
WUE Württemberg
ZG train
ZH Zurich