Kartenblätter
Kartenblätter are thin, rectangular sheets commonly used to refer to individual pieces of a larger collection such as playing cards, map sheets, postcards, or informational leaflets. In German, the term is frequently applied to cards in card games, where each piece in a deck is a Kartenblatt. A typical deck of playing cards contains 52 Kartenblätter plus two or four jokers. The design of Kartenblätter is standardized in most card game systems, with courts, suits, and numbers printed on each side.
Beyond gaming, Kartenblätter also denote map plates or atlas pages. Geographers and cartographers use the term
In the realm of communication, a Kartenblatt can be a small informational booklet or pamphlet distributed at
Historically, the use of Kartenblätter dates back to early printing techniques where individual sheets were produced