German Academy for Regional Studies
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| Address: | German Academy for Regional Studies V. Schongauer Strasse 9 04329 Leipzig |
| Members: | 65 (as of June 2008) |
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| 1. Chairman: | Harald Zepp |
| 2nd chairman: | Winfried Schenk |
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| Internet presence: | www.deutsche-landeskunde.de |
The German Academy for Regional Studies ( DAL , until 1995 Central Committee for German Regional Studies ) is a non-profit, registered association based in Leipzig , which is dedicated to geographical research in German-speaking Central Europe .
The DAL was founded in 1882 during the German Geographers' Day in Halle.
Goals and fields of work
One of the fundamental goals of the DAL is to promote regional geographic research. To this end, it works with scientists, public institutions and private institutions and companies. The current results as well as new approaches in geographic research are discussed with them at various conferences and congresses. At the political level, the DAL advises decision-makers on questions of state and regional planning . The results obtained are made available to the specialist audience through the publication of scientific publications.
The work of the DAL can currently be divided into five areas, each headed by a full member. Cooperation and coordination, cultural landscape development , ecological landscape analysis and environmental assessment , cultural studies and regional geography as well as planning and policy advice. These areas usually include several working groups and smaller working groups . While the working groups include long-term topics to be worked on, the working groups are usually short-term projects.
Members
The academy currently has 65 members, including 39 full members . The chairman is the Bochum geomorphologist Harald Zepp . The majority of the members are professors at universities in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, including well-known geographers such as Hans Heinrich Blotevogel , Heinz Heineberg , Hans Gebhardt and Karl Ruppert .
publishing company
The association has been self-publishing since 1975 and issues recognized publications such as the quarterly reports. Geography and regional studies (until 2012 reports on German regional studies ) or research on German regional studies .
Robert Gradmann Medal
Since 1965 the DAL (at that time still as the central committee for German regional studies) has awarded the Robert Gradmann Medal for extraordinary services to German regional studies. The first award took place on the occasion of the hundredth birthday of the German geographer Robert Gradmann . The following scientists have been honored so far:
- 1965: Friedrich Metz , Friedrich Huttenlocher , Friedrich Mager
- 1967: Emil Meynen
- 1969: Theodor Kraus
- 1971: Wilhelm Müller-Wille , Anneliese Krenzlin
- 1975: Carl Schott
- 1977: Erich Otremba , Josef Schmithüsen
- 1979: Martin Born
- 1996: Helmut Jäger
- 2000: Hermann Grees
- 2004: Alois Mayr
Web links
- DAL publications in the catalog of the German National Library
- Reports on German regional studies
Individual evidence
- ↑ deutsche-landeskunde.de ( Memento of the original from January 13, 2005 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://www.deutsche-landeskunde.de/portraet/geschichte.html
- ↑ Rector portraits of the University of Cologne , accessed on January 3, 2014
