Gerhard Henkel

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Gerhard Henkel (born September 28, 1943 in Fürstenberg , Westphalia ) is a geographer and emeritus professor at the University of Duisburg-Essen .

Career

Gerhard Henkel completed his studies in geography and German at the universities of Münster , Würzburg and Cologne . In 1971 he received his doctorate and in 1976 he completed his habilitation. He has been Professor of Geography at the Institute for Geography at the University of Essen since 1980, and University of Duisburg-Essen since 2003. His main focus is human geography with a special focus on historical and current rural and village development . In the media, Gerhard Henkel was referred to as a “lawyer for rural areas” and “German village pope”.

Fonts

  • History and geography of the Büren district . Schöningh, Paderborn, 1974, ISBN 3-506-73840-2 .
  • The structural change of rural settlements in the Federal Republic of Germany . Schöningh, Paderborn, 3rd edition 1982, ISBN 3-506-23507-9 .
  • The rural area - the present and processes of change since the 19th century in Germany . Verlag Teubner, Stuttgart, 4th edition 2004, ISBN 3-519-23430-0 .
  • The village. Country life in Germany - yesterday and today . Konrad Theiss Verlag, Stuttgart, 3rd edition 2015, ISBN 978-3-8062-2541-9 .
  • Save the village! What to do now. dtv, Munich 2016, ISBN 978-3-423-28102-7 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Gerhard Henkel on the website of the University of Duisburg-Essen.
  2. ↑ eb: Professor Henkel makes villages strong . Westfalenblatt. Paderborn April 29, 2008.
  3. ↑ Klaus Brill: The strength of the villages . Süddeutsche Zeitung, June 3, 2008, p. 8 .
  4. ↑ The village expert. August 10, 2013, accessed August 7, 2016 .
  5. ↑ The history of rural life in Germany. January 12, 2015, accessed August 7, 2016 .

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personal data
SURNAME Henkel, Gerhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German geographer with a focus on anthropogeography
DATE OF BIRTH September 28, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Fürstenberg , Westphalia