Research literature: Vistula Fluvius

On this page, you will find a collection of links to scientific publications that are relevant to this project or that can contribute to a deeper exemplary understanding of the processes and circumstances that may be related to the Reinterpretation of Germania Magna presented here. These publications span different research areas.

The collection includes:

• Primary literature: Scientific publications presenting the results of new research.
• Secondary literature: Scientific publications summarizing, analyzing, or interpreting primary literature.
• Comparative literature: Publications that exemplify similar processes and circumstances in other contexts.
• Additional resources: Links to websites, databases, and other resources that may be relevant to the reinterpretation

The following publications are intended to help answer specific questions exemplarily, which may be related to the necessary processes and events required for extensive landscape transformation. These include considerations of tectonic fracture events and rift systems, with corresponding effects on maritime landslide events and the formation of new sedimentation basins.

Additional Notes on the Geography of Germania Magna

a. On Determining the Length of a Ptolemaic Degree One Ptolemaic degree in Germania Magna is approximately 28 kilometers (or 17.4 miles) wide.(▶see calculation→) b. Note on the localization of Aliso near Haltern am See and of Budoris (presumably later Divitia) near Cologne-Deutz: (▶ see calculation→) ( only in German at the moment) c. Definition of “Dark Earth” as a sudden event deposit: (▶ see testing concept→) ( only in German at the moment) d. Note on the term “Vistula Fluvius”: Based on this reinterpretation, the ancient Vistula Fluvius is not identified with the modern Vistula in Poland, but rather as a complex hydrological system located further west in the Lusatia region (the Schwarze Elster (Black Elster)/Spree/Oder system). In contrast, the subsequent transfer of the name to a river located further east (i.e., the modern Vistula) is viewed as a later misinterpretation of ancient records or the result of an … Read moreAdditional Notes on the Geography of Germania Magna

On Determining the Length of a Ptolemaic Degree in Germania Magna

11. May 202530. April 2025 by S. Mildner

27.04.2025 – On Determining the Length of a Ptolemaic Degree – Supplement to the Reinterpretation of Germania Magna (doi: 10.31223/X5313T) The realignment of the Germania Magna map according to this interpretation results in a new value for the length of a Ptolemaic degree. The following explanation is intended to make the calculation steps leading to this value easier to understand. For the derivation, we first consider the two rivers that border Germania Magna to the east and west, for which Ptolemy recorded the coordinates of their estuaries into the Oceanus Germanicus.

The Reinterpretation of Claudius Ptolemy’s Germania Magna by Sven Mildner

DOI https://doi.org/10.31223/X5313TSven Mildner 0009-0005-8248-4866 In his draft for the Reinterpretation of Claudius Ptolemy’s Germania Magna – using computer-aided distortion analysis of a medieval map representation by Donnus Nicolaus Germanus – and considerations of post-glacial geodynamics of Europe, the author describes his assumption that Germania Magna underwent a far more extensive landscape transformation in geologically recent times than previously assumed. This transformation may have been caused by post-glacial land uplift in the Holocene or potentially by a reactivation of the Caledonian Deformation Front (CDF) during a late activity phase of the Alpine orogeny, accompanied by tectonic activities in the upper Earth’s crust. Additionally, the possibility that a cosmic impact event triggered such a reactivation of the CDF is not excluded. The conditions expected to justify the described process likely align with hitherto misattributed or incorrectly dated large-scale fracturing events, which might have led to significant earthquakes in Central Europe over several … Read moreThe Reinterpretation of Claudius Ptolemy’s Germania Magna by Sven Mildner

Germania magna – A new look at an old map: Rectifying Ptolemy’s geographical data for ancient places between the Rhine and the Vistula.

20. January 202511. February 2024 by Sven Mildner

DOI https://doi.org/10.11588/ger.2011.96480 Abstract This paper deals with the geographical indications for Germania magna in the Geographike Hyphegisis (ca. AD 150) of Claudius Ptolemaeus. Previous attempts at the identification of Ptolemaic locations were neither comprehensive nor based on a qualified analysis of the ancient data. By means of the geodetic-statistical analytic method presented here, an appropriate study of the Ptolemaic coordinates in conjunction with the identification of almost all Ptolemaic landmarks in Germania magna could be performed for the first time. The results of the investigation are presented and examined for their archaeological significance; the archaeological-historical information contained in the Germania-map is extracted. Nüsse, Hans-Jörg & Marx, Christian & Lelgemann, Dieter. (2011). Germania magna – A new look at an old map: Rectifying Ptolemy’s geographical data for ancient places between the Rhine and the Vistula. Germania. 89. 115-155. https://doi.org/10.11588/ger.2011.96480