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59 – A Road Map for your Love Live – If you Read German

Past Affection Farm, take a left at the River of Tears
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In the 18th century, sentimental cartography was very much à la mode, with this map as one of the finer examples. ‘Das Reich der Liebe’ (‘the Empire of Love’) by Johann Gottlob Immanuel Breitkopf, was published in Leipzig in 1777. In a brief explanatory, it describes how pilgrims set out from the Land of Youth, where are located the sources of the rivers Joy and Wish and may end up in any of six other countries.

Below the map is a listing of the place-names in German and an attempt at English translation:

Das Reich der Liebe -The Empire of Love

Zweyter Landchartensatz-Versuch – Second Attempt at Map-making

LAND DER JUGEND: LAND OF YOUTH

  • Der LiebeswaldThe Forest of Love
  • KüssfeldKiss Field
  • TändelspielFlirting Game
  • ReizensteinCharm Castle
  • Fluss der WünscheStream of Wishes
  • SorgenlosWorry-Free
  • FreudenheimJoy’s Home
  • SchönhausenBeautiful House
  • Quell der FreudenSource of Joy
  • SüsserblickSweet Look
  • WitzingenWisecrack Place
  • ReichenbachRich River
  • WarnungssteinWarning Castle

    • LAND DER RUHE: LAND OF REST

    • SchlafmützeNightcap
    • GrossvaterstadtGrandfather City
    • GleichmuthEquanimity
    • MannesinnManly Place

      • LAND DER TRAURENDEN LIEBE: LAND OF MOURNING LOVE

      • WuthheimAnger’s Home
      • ThränenflussFlood of Tears
      • GrillenbergWhim Mountain
      • ThränenbachRiver of Tears
      • KlagenhöleComplaint Place
      • Das hoffnungslose GebürgeHopeless Mountains
      • VerachtungLoathing
      • StrengeStrict Place
      • Morass des TiefsinssSwamp of Profundity
      • WerthershainWerther’s Grove
      • Wüste der SchwermuthDesert of Melancholy

        • LAND DER LÜSTE: LAND OF LUST

        • KrankenthalIllness Valley
        • SchwachheimWeak Home
        • TaumelsfeldIntoxication Field
        • Der SchwalgerflussSmoking River (?)
        • SinnenlustLechery
        • LazarethHospital

          • LAND DER GLÜCKLICHEN LIEBE: LAND OF HAPPY LOVE

          • LustwaldLust Wood
          • ErhörungAnswered Prayers
          • Fröhliche AussichtPleasant Prospect
          • GenussEnjoyment
          • ZärtlichkeitTenderness
          • Gute ZeitGood Times
          • GunsthoffAffection Farm
          • SättigungSatisfaction
          • Wahre LiebeTrue Love
          • Berg der EinwilligungCompliance Mountain
          • FreudensbronnFountain of Joy
          • KinderseegenQuiverful of Children
          • EhstandshafenMarriage Harbour
          • Stadt der BelohnungReward City
          • WonnestadtBliss Town
          • SeelenruhPeace of Mind
          • FeststadtParty Town
          • Vergnügtes HölzgenJoyful Wood

            • LAND DER HAGESTOLZE: BACHELOR COUNTRY

            • DummheidsdorfStupidity Town
            • KorbgebeRejection Place
            • AergernissIrritation
            • KaltsinnIndifference
            • VerachtungsauPlace of Contempt
            • EckelReprehensibility
            • Gebürge des AltersOld Age Mountains
            • ScheidungSeparation
            • HassHate
            • UnwillObstinacy
            • ZänkershallWrangler Hall
            • Verdrüssliche HeideExasperation Heath
            • TodtenweilernHamlet of Death
            • Meer der VerzweiflungSea of Doubt

              • LAND DER FIXEN IDEEEN: LAND OF OBSESSIONS

              • SeufzerslurPlace of Sighs
              • VerlangenauDesire Town
              • UnruhUnrest
              • Stadt der TräumeCity of Dreams
              • Brücke der HoffnungBridge of Hope
              • UntreuDisloyalty
              • Süsser ThränenbachSweet River of Tears
              • TriebstädtelLittle Town of Instincts

                • Map found here at the Newberry Library.

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