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Franz Ludwig Pfyffer von Wyher
(1716-1802) constructed a relief model of an
area of Central Switzerland between 1762 and
1786.
Its size is about 6,6 m x 3,9 m and it
shows the Lake of Lucerne with Lucerne,
Unterwalden, Zug and parts of the cantons Uri,
Schwyz and Berne. The relief of Franz Ludwig
Pfyffer is the oldest preserved large relief
model of Switzerland.
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At a scale of about 1:12'000 for
the horizontal and 1:10'000 for the vertical
direction it represents topographically an area
of 4'100 km2 and as such about 1/10
of Switzerland. The model is constructed from
pieces of timber, bricks, charcoal and cardboard
with a mixture of gypsum, sand and beeswax as
the top layer. Since 1873, this masterpiece is
on display in the
Gletschergarten Museum in Lucerne. The
relief model of Franz Ludwig Pfyffer served as a
basis for the several printed maps issued at the
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Jana Niederoest.
2002.
3D Reconstruction and Accuracy Analysis of
Historical Relief Models. Institute of
Geodesy and Photogrammetry Swiss Federal
Institute of Technology ETH Hoenggerberg,
CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland.
Jana Niederöst. 2004.
Image Analysis for the History of Cartography:
Drawing Conclusions from the Evaluation of
Pfyffer's Relief. Institute of Geodesy and
Photogrammetry, Swiss Federal Institute of
Technology Zurich, Switzerland
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