Schalke, Horst & Bottrop 1944

Schalke, Horst & Bottrop 1944. Sheet 5 in a series of maps taken from the British War Office GSGS.4525 maps published in 1945. Introduction in English by Alan Godfrey, with a summary in German. At a scale of approx 1:19,000 the map is especially good at showing industry, collieries and transport at the time. This covers the western part of Gelsenkirchen, Schalke, Horst, and continues west to Bottrop.

Reduced from the original Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map to a scale of approximately 1:4,340 (or about 15" to the mile). This edition published by Alan Godfrey Maps, Leadgate, Consett