I have created an interactive map of the Rhine Valley, showing what it was like during Andreas Schropp's life. I have used sources in the public domain.

The base map is : " Palatinatus Rheni "from 1690.

The etchings of the villages are from " Palatinatus Rheni "from 1645, by Matthäus Merian the Elder.

I have created "hot spots" in red, on the map that can be clicked on to bring up an etching of that particular village.

Oberöwisheim is labeled on the map by its old, shorter name of "Owesheim", with the " s " looking like an " f ".

While there is not an etching, I show a village plan from 1650 and a plan of the old castle from 1740.

The map is BIG. It is also 2 megabytes to download, so be patient.

On your screen will be the Upper Left of the map. Oberöwishem is in the Lower Right.

This works best with Mozilla Firefox.

Click on the map below to go there