Historical Maps

Get to know Switzerland's historical heritage with the original Siegfried and Dufour maps or old national maps; or visualised impressively on modern maps, too.

Once and today maps

Once and Today

These maps depict the changes in Switzerland’s landscape in an exemplary manner. They are both fascinating to study and act as a chronological record of the development of the landscape.

Dufour map facsimile

Dufour Map - Facsimile

In 1988, the Federal Office of Topography reproduced the 25 sheets of the first edition of the Dufour Map as true-to-original offset prints.

Mount Everest map

Mount Everest

The only map showing the roof of the world in national map quality, including descriptions of the first ascent routes from 1953 to 1986.