Geographic Names 1:250,000 (GN250) (Germany)

Name: Geographic Names 1:250,000 (GN250) (Germany)
Creator: Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy (BKG)
License: https://www.govdata.de/dl-de/by-2-0

Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy (BKG)

License: Attribution
Commercial: Yes
Format: Shapefile, CSV
Coverage: Germany
Scale: 1:250,000

Last updated: Added to findgis 30 Oct 2026 · Update frequency Annual

Source and attribution

Publisher

Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy (BKG)

License

Attribution

Commercial use: Yes
Attribution required: Yes
Modification allowed: Yes
Redistribution allowed: Yes
Share-alike: No

Product page: “Die Daten werden geldleistungsfrei gemäß der Datenlizenz Deutschland Namensnennung 2.0 zur Verfügung gestellt.” Datenlizenz Deutschland – Namensnennung – Version 2.0 (govdata.de): “The data and meta-data provided may, for commercial and non-commercial use, in particular be copied, printed, presented, altered, processed and transmitted to third parties”, with a source note required. Not dl-de/zero.License text

Region

EuropeDE

Type

Vector

Download

GN250, UTM32s (Shapefile zip)GN250 (CSV zip)

Extent

5.8647.2715.0455.06West, south, east, north. Approximate region extent.

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