Johann Bauhin (1541–1613), detail of Boller Landtafel, 1602

Boller Landtafel, 1602 IMG

The “Boller Landtafel” from the New Badbuch (1602) is the oldest printed special map (Spezialkarte) of Baden-Württemberg, depicting the leisure opportunities that were available in Bad Boll. The map's creator, Johann Bauhin (1541–1613), was the personal physician of Württemberg's Duke Friedrich I (1557–1608), who aimed to lure guests to his spa, which had been built only a few years earlier.

Johann Bauhin (1541–1613), detail of the “Boller Landtafel,” copperplate engraving, 1602; source: Bauhin, Johann: Ein New Badbuch, Vnd Historische Beschreibung, Von der wunderbaren Krafft vnd würckung, des Wunder Brunnen vnd Heilsamen Bads zu Boll, nicht weit vom Sawrbrunnen zu Göppingen, im Hertzogthumb Würtemberg, Stuttgart 1602, digital copy: Bayerische Staatsbibliothek digital, https://reader.digitale-sammlungen.de/de/fs1/object/display/bsb11174705_00249.html, Creative Commons Some Rights Reserved Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International license (CC BY-NC 4.0).