Alfred Hettner
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Alfred Hettner
Alfred Hettner (August 6, 1859, Dresden - August 31, 1941, Heidelberg) was a German geographer.
He is known for his concept of chorology, the study of places and regions.
Alfred Hattner was a pupil of Richthofen and Ratzel. His book 'Europe' was published in 1907. According to him, geography is a chorological science or it is a study of regions. Hettner rejected the view that geography could be either general or regional. Geography like other fields of learning, must deal in both the unique things (regional geography) and with universal (general geography), but the study of regions is the main field of geography.
Literary works
- Methodische Zeit- und Streitfragen, in: Geographische Zeitschrift, Bd. 29 (1923), S. 49-50
- Die Geographie, ihre Geschichte, ihr Wesen und ihre Methoden, Breslau, 1927
External links
- http://www.kts.villa-bosch.de/deutsch/presse/hettnerlecture.pdf
- Works by or about Alfred Hettner in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
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