Maps directory – Gornja Siga
Collection of different maps related to Liberland – Gornja Siga.
Zbirka različitih karata vezanih uz Liberland – Gornja Siga.
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Introduction: Liberland is located on an area also known as Gornja Siga, nested between Croatia and Serbia. Since the breakup of SFR Yugoslavia it was unclaimed land until new country – Liberland was founded here in 2015. It does not appear on the maps of either countries – Croatia or Serbia, which would display the area of Gornja Siga within their national borders. Therefore area was not disputed as such, but was legally known as terra nullius – no man’s land. Below you can find maps from various different sources; from Croatia, Serbia, Liberland and ones that were produced by us Liberland Environmental Organisation (LEO). There are also historical maps showing how landscape has changed through the centuries and where old cadastral boundaries were. Aim of this page is to help visitors understand Liberland’s environment and its landscape as well as to showcase this special case that was basis for the creation of a new country on this specific piece of land. All maps include sources and links for further reference.
Disclaimer: LEO is not political or governmental organisation and therefore information found here doesn’t necessarily reflect position of Liberland’s government. All maps are gathered from public sources and documents.
Cadastral maps
Katastarske karte – Gornja Siga
Geoportal – Croatian cadastral maps
Geoportal Državne geodetske uprave Republike Hrvatske
Hrvatski katastar – Croatian cadastre
Source: https://geoportal.dgu.hr/#/?lat=45.80779641827083&lng=18.85969749587222&zoom=3&layerconfig=17013&mode=2d
Geo Srbija – Serbian cadastral maps
Geoportal Nacionalne infrastrukture geoprostornih podataka Srbije
Srpski katastar – Serbian cadastre
Source: https://a3.geosrbija.rs/share/c52ca1c3d76c (accessible only from Serbian IP)
(works only from Serbian IP)
e-Liberland – Liberland cadastral maps
Liberland cadastre
Source: https://e-liberland.org/liberland-map/
Croatian maps
Croatian ministry of Physical Planning, Construction and State Assets
Ministarstvo prostornoga uređenja, graditeljstva i državne imovine (Hrvatska)
Prostorski plan parka prirode – Kopački rit
Spatial plan of the nature park Kopački rit
Source: https://mpgi.gov.hr/prostorno-uredjenje-3335/prostorni-planovi-8193/prostorni-planovi-drzavne-razine/prostorni-planovi-parkova-prirode/prostorni-plan-pp-kopacki-rit/3327
Prostorski plan parka prirode – Kopački rit
Spatial plan of the nature park Kopački rit
Source: https://mpgi.gov.hr/prostorno-uredjenje-3335/prostorni-planovi-8193/prostorni-planovi-drzavne-razine/prostorni-planovi-parkova-prirode/prostorni-plan-pp-kopacki-rit/3327
Source: https://mpgi.gov.hr/UserDocsImages//dokumenti/Prostorno/Planovi/PPKopacki-rit-web//02-Kopacki-rit-namjena.jpg
Informacijski sustav prostorskog uređenja
Spatial planning information system
1968 ortofoto
Source: https://mpgi.gov.hr/
Ministry of Justice and Public Administration
Ministarstvo pravosuđa i uprave
Državna geodetska uprava
State Geodetic Administration
Gornja Siga is located behind grayed out area – outside Croatia’s border
Institute for Spatial Planning of the Osijek-Baranja County
Zavod za prostorno uređenje Osječko-baranjske županije (Hrvatska)
Prostorni plan Osječko-Baranjske županije Teritorijalno-politički ustroj
Map of municipalities of Osijek-Baranja County
Source: https://prostorobz.hr/planovi/prostorni-plan-osjecko-baranjske-zupanije/
Geoportal – SSU – OBZ
Osječko-Baranjska županija
Source: http://gis.prostorobz.hr:6002/viewer?resource=Library://SSUZ_OBZ/Osnovna%20OBZ.ApplicationDefinition
Municipality Kneževi Vinogradi
Općina Kneževi Vinogradi (Hrvatska)
Changes and additions to the spatial plan of the municipality (12/2021)
Izmjene i dopune prostorskog plana uređenja općine (12/2021)
This map shows Gornja Siga is not part of Kneževi Vinogradi municipality.
Source: https://knezevi-vinogradi.hr/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/1_p_KORISTENJE-I-NAMJENA-POVRSINA_compressed.pdf
Croatian ministry for agriculture
Ministarstvo poljoprivrede (Hrvatska) – Maps of hunting areas (Karte lovišta)
Lovište: XIV 9: Podunavlje-Podravlje (hunting area)
Gornja Siga is located outside Podunavlje-Podravlje hunting area
Lovište: XIV 159:Zmajevac
(hunting area)
Source: https://sle.mps.hr/huntinggroundpublic/details/1077
Lovište: XIV 158: Kneževi Vinogradi
(hunting area)
Source: https://sle.mps.hr/huntinggroundpublic/details/1079
Hrvatske Šume d.o.o.
State owned forestry company from Croatia
WEB preglednik HŠ d.o.o.
Granica šumarije Batina – The border of the Batina forestry
Forestry Batina excludes Gornja Siga from their territory
Source: https://webgis.hrsume.hr/arcgis/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=8bb3e1d6b80d49ad9e0193f8b62380e2
WEB preglednik HŠ d.o.o.
085 – Zmajevačke Podunavske Šume
085 – Zmajevac-Danube Forests
Zmajevac-Danube Forests is area next to Gornja Siga
More info: https://javnipodaci.blob.core.windows.net/pdf/085/Opis.pdf
WEB preglednik HŠ d.o.o.
“Odjeli državne šume” – “Bigger sections of state forests”
Source: https://webgis.hrsume.hr/arcgis/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=8bb3e1d6b80d49ad9e0193f8b62380e2
(brown line represents borders of forestry and Croatian national border)
WEB preglednik HŠ d.o.o.
“Odsjeci državne šume” – “Sections of the state forest”
On Hrvatske Šume website, it is possible to find out that Croatian foresters has divided Gornja Siga into smaller sections and number them. On the same map it is possible to see that border of forestry as well as Croatian national border goes around Gornja Siga. Liberty Island on this map also doesn’t have a number associated with it.
Source: https://webgis.hrsume.hr/arcgis/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=8bb3e1d6b80d49ad9e0193f8b62380e2
(purple line represents borders of forestry and Croatian national border)
Kopački rit – Nature park
Javna ustanova Park prirode Kopački Rit (Hrvatska)
Prihvatna infrastruktura parka prirode – Kopački rit
Admissible infrastructure of the nature park – Kopački rit
Kopački rit is Croatian national park located just south of Gornja Siga – Liberland.
Source: https://pp-kopacki-rit.hr/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Studija-upravljanja-posjetiteljima-PP-Kopa%C4%8Dki-rit.pdf (Page: 13)
Hrvatske vode
Legal entity for water management in Croatia
Karta opasnosti od poplava – po vjerojatnosti poplavljivanja
Flood risk map – by probability of flooding
Gornja Siga – Liberland is located in an area with higher risk of being flooded, but is on this map shown with white, due to not being part of Croatia where this map was produced
Geoportal Hrvatske Vode
Useful page with information about river and surrounding floodplains
Source: https://preglednik.voda.hr/
Serbian maps
Geo Srbija
National Spatial Data Infrastructure
Topografska karta Srbije 1:250000
Gornja Siga on this map is shown being outside of Serbian national border which is defined by Serbia as middle line of the river Danube.
Source: https://a3.geosrbija.rs/ (accessible only from Serbian IP)
Katastar Srbije – Gornja Siga
Gornja Siga is located outside of Serbian cadastre marked with purple color
Source: https://a3.geosrbija.rs/ (accessible only from Serbian IP)
(works only from Serbian IP)
Provincial Secretariat for Urban Planning and Environmental Protection – Vojvodina
Pokrajinski sekretarijat za urbanizam i zaštitu životne sredine – Vojvodina
Spatial plan of the special purpose area of the special nature reserve “Gornje Podunavlje”
Prostorni plan područja posebne namene specijalnog rezervata prirode “Gornje Podunavlje”
This map shows Gornja Siga is not part of Serbian territory or special nature reserve “Gornje Podunavlje”
Source: https://zavurbvo.rs/lat/delatnost-2/planovi-2/prostorni-planovi-2
Municipality Sombor
Opština Sombor (Srbija)
Spatial plan of the city of Sombor
Prostorni plan grada Sombora
This map shows Gornja Siga is not part of Sombor municipality
Source: https://www.sombor.rs/dokumenti-organa-grada/planska-dokumentacija/
Liberland Maps
Maps of Gornja Siga – Liberland
Map of Gornja Siga (1:25000)
Source: Geoportal HR (Topographic map 1:25000)
Local names on the map: Gornja Siga, Kalinbara, Simina b., Monjorški Dunavac, Dunav; Outside: Himahat, Ašovanj, Monjoroš, Šumareva kuća Monjoroš
Map of Gornja Siga (1:5000)
Source: Geoportal HR (Croatia base map)
Local names on the map: Siga, Mate Hat, Monjorški Dunavac, Dunav; Outside: Male Hat, Monjoroš
Liberland – Danube river map
Danube river map Liberland
Source: Liberland Environmental Organisation
Composed from: https://danubeportal.com/application/cache/uploads/charts/paper/HR/136/1571899967.pdf
LEO – Height maps
Height map of Liberland (Gornja Siga)
Height map from old LIDAR map scan – Liberty Island is not seen here.
Source: Liberland Environmental Organisation
Historic maps
Dunai Szigetek: Vályi Béla: A Dunavölgy átnézeti térképe, 1898
Danube Islands: Béla Vályi: Overview map of the Danube Valley, 1898
On this map you can see at the time newly built channel that defines today’s eastern border of Gornja Siga – Liberland.
Source: https://dunaiszigetek.blogspot.com/2013/01/valyi-bela-dunavolgy-atnezeti-terkepe.html
Military Survey of Hungary (1941)
Channel became much wider here and replaced old river stream.
Local names: Felsó Sziget, Öreg Duna, Duna; Outside: Alsó Sziget, Himahat, Halász-ta., Ásovány, Monyóros
Source: Arcanum https://maps.arcanum.com/
Habsburg Empire – Cadastral maps (19. century)
On this map you can see Gornja Siga was not part of Habsburg Empire.
Source: Arcanum https://maps.arcanum.com/
Hungary (1819–1869) – Second military survey of the Habsburg Empire
Sziga Wald was connected to Sziga Jnsel, forming a much bigger river island. (Sziga is Hungarian for Siga)
Source: Arcanum https://maps.arcanum.com/
Other maps
Google Maps
Google Maps shows both Croatian and Serbian definitions of national border, encapsulating Gornja Siga – Liberland
Source: Google Maps
Bing Maps
Bing Maps shows both Croatian and Serbian definitions of national borders, encapsulating Gornja Siga – Liberland
Source: Microsoft Bing Maps
Yandex Maps
Yandex Maps shows area of Liberland
Source: Yandex Maps