Erhart Winkler

Erhart Winkler (born April 12, 1921 in Vienna ; † November 22, 2005 ibid) was an Austrian economist and geographer .

Life

Erhart Winkler devoted himself after graduation studying geography at the University of Vienna , which he in 1949 with the promotion of Dr. phil. completed. In the same year he took up a position as assistant to Leopold Scheidl Institute of Geography, University of World Trade in 1959 habilitated himself as a lecturer in the subject Economic Geography . In 1964, Erhart Winkler accepted a position as full professor for economic geography at the St. Gallen Commercial College , where he was also appointed head of the research center for economic geography. In 1971 he returned to Vienna, where he was appointed full professor for economic geography and head of the institute of the same name at the university of economics, succeeding the late Walter Strzygowski . In 1985 he retired . Erhart Winkler died in November 2005 as a result of a serious operation. He found his final resting place in the Vienna Central Cemetery .

Winkler was one of the founding members of the Austrian Society for Economic Research, which made him an honorary member in 2002 . He was a member of the Austrian Geographical Society , which he chaired from 1978 to 1981. Erhart Winkler undertook research trips that took him through Europe , the Middle East , North Africa and North and Central America . His research focus was on economic geography, traffic geography and tourism .

Publications

• Austria and Switzerland: an economic and geographic comparison. Austrian Geographical Society, Vienna, 1957
• The tobacco industry of Samsun . in: Works from the Geographical Institute of the University for World Trade., University for World Trade, Vienna, 1959
• Industrialization in Turkey and its problems. Manz, Vienna, 1960
• Report on a study trip to Turkey in 1961. Austrian Geographical Society, Vienna, 1961
• The economy of Zonguldak , Turkey; a geographic survey. in: Wiener geographische Schriften, 12/13., F. Berger, Vienna, Horn, Lower Austria, 1961
• Basics and development of the tea industry in the Turkish Black Sea region. Vienna, 1963
• together with Herwig Lechleitner, Leopold Scheidl: Contributions to economic geography. in: Wiener geographische Schriften, 43/44 / 45-46 / 47/48., F. Hirt, Vienna, 1975–76.
• The Mediterranean coasts of France and Spain. in: Series of publications by the Naturschutzpark eV association; Shaping the sun coasts of Europe; T. 3., Franckh, Stuttgart, 1976

literature

• Werner Schuder (Hrsg.): Kürschner's German learned calendar . Volume 3, 13th edition, De Gruyter, Berlin / New York 1980, ISBN 3-11-007434-6 , p. 4305.
• Ingrid Kretschmer, Austrian Geographical Society: Austria in the World, the World in Austria: Chronicle of the Austrian Geographical Society; 150 years (1856-2006). Austrian Geographical Society, Vienna, 2006, p. 60.
• Institute for Austrian Studies : Austria in History and Literature with Geography, Volume 50. C. Ueberreuter Druck und Verlag (M. Salzer), Vienna, 2006, p. 72.
• Albert Hofmayer, Felix Jülg: "On the way in tourist landscapes": Festschrift for Univ.-Prof. Dkfm. Dr. Felix Jülg on his 70th birthday. in: Wirtschaftsgeographische Studien, 32/33.2006. WUV Universitäts-Verlag, Vienna, 2006 ISBN 3-85-114964-5 . P. 273.

Web links

• Entry on Erhart Winkler in the Austria Forum  (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )