DJ, Your comment on best maps of Baden-Württemberg being on the scale of 1 : 25 000 and found only in Germany did catch my attention. When I first got started in German research, I was fortunate to find a local map store. Even there, my choice was limited for German maps on a scale such as you described. However, I did find a 186 page paperback map book (which the local FHC has as well), with sections of maps of various parts of Germany on each page - which was largely based on a 1:300.00 scale for all towns, large and small, and a 1:15.000 scale for larger cities. I had no trouble locating both Niederschopfheim and Oberschopfheim on the 1:300.00 scale map which depicts most of Ortenau. Streets on the 1:300.00 scale maps ... no ... but they gave an adequate representation of where the smaller towns are in Germany. It is a map I pull out often when studying ancestry for unfamiliar towns - "Hammond International Germany Road Atlas". I noticed on the back of the book that it was printed in Germany (no surprise!), though the company base out of New Jersey - http://www.hammondmap.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=835 Carol