Geographic art school

The Geographische Kunstschule am Brauhausberg in Potsdam was approved for construction on July 14, 1838 and opened on April 1, 1839 by Heinrich Berghaus (1797-1884) on the property acquired in 1838 on Schützenstrasse (today Max-Planck-Strasse) and in the Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) participated.

The first scholarship holder was in 1839 by Friedrich Wilhelm III. (Prussia) (1770–1840) August Petermann (1822–1878) who attended school until 1844. Numerous papers have been published over the years.

Publications

• 1839: Map of the world to survey the distribution of the rigid and the fluid
• 1840: Botanical-Geographical-Statistical Map of Europe
• Collection of hydrographic-physical maps of the Prussian seafarers (Berlin 1840 f.)

Known students

• 1839: Henry Lange (1821-1893), cartographer
• 1842–1845: Hermann Berghaus (1828–1890), cartographer

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Annals of the Prussian Inner State Administration, Volumes 22-24, pp. 664 ff. , Accessed on December 24, 2012
2. ↑ Landeshauptarchiv shows an exhibition on the 200th birthday of the cartographer (PDF; 47 kB), accessed on December 24, 2012
3. ↑ 50 Years of Geography in Potsdam , accessed on December 24, 2012
4. ↑ 3. The School of Cartographers (PDF; 109 kB), accessed on December 24, 2012
5. ↑ Archive for Geography (PDF; 333 kB), accessed on December 24, 2012
6. ^ Stanford University Libraries , accessed December 24, 2012
7. ^ David Rumsey Map Collection: Engraved by. Wilh. Jattnig in Berlin. Gotha, J. Perthes , accessed December 24, 2012
8. ^ David Rumsey Map Collection: Engraved by. Nobler. Gotha, J. Perthes. 1840 , accessed December 24, 2012
9. ↑ Saxon Biography , accessed December 24, 2012
10. ↑ Geography Infothek: Gotha Geoscientists , accessed on December 24, 2012