Plan von dem Stabs Quartier des löbl[ichen] Brooder Regim[en]ts Winkowcze

A map of Vinkovci as the headquarters of Brod regiment belongs to few preserved city maps from the older period. As it had never been published, it was practically unknown . It is preserved in the cartography collection of the Szecheny National Library in Budapest. The oldest maps of Vinkovci including this one, date back from the end of the 18th century and there are only three altogether, two of which represent land-registry city maps back from the 1780s and the third one dates from 1798. Our map which emerged together with other two mentioned maps differs from them beacuse it was a pupil\u27s work. It was made by M. Ballentowich, a pupil of the mathematics school in Vinkovci which was opened in 1780 and it could be attended only by officers\u27 sons and sons of wealthier citizens. It educated future artillery-men, surveyors and civil constructors. As far as we know this map is the only preserved map from the Vinkovci mathematics school and besides its value as a cartography source, it is important for the Military border school system history