English summary: The study analyses content and perspectives especially linked with the research of influences on the design of space-oriented presentation of history in Europe in transnational comparison. Starting point is the systematical analysis of 365 historical atlases and about 4.000 maps which have been published in 37 European States since 1990 and are therefore available for the historical learning. Historical atlases in selected topics of pan-European relevance are being compared in a qualitative-empirical analysis in order to yield exemplary European similarities and national...