Hans Dörries

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Hans Dörries (born July 12, 1897 in Wesermünde - Lehe ; † May 9, 1945 in Dresden ) was a German geographer and university professor.

Life

From 1916/18 to 1924 Dörries studied geography and history with Hermann Wagner and Wilhelm Meinardus at the University of Göttingen . In 1924 he received his doctorate in Göttingen and became an assistant at Meinardus. In 1927 the habilitation followed in Göttingen. In 1934 he was appointed as a non-official extraordinary professor in Göttingen. From 1936 to 1945 Dörries was a full professor of geography at the University of Münster . From 1936 until his death he was chairman of the Geographical Commission for Westphalia .

In April 1936 Dörries was appointed head of the university study group for spatial research in Westphalia. Since 1937 he was a member of the NSDAP . On September 17th of the same year Dörries was appointed a full member of the Historical Commission for Westphalia . From 1940 to 1945 he was Lecturer Association Leader at the University of Münster. In 1943 he was elected a member of the Leopoldina . In 1945 he was shot by Soviet soldiers.

Fonts (selection)

  • The cities in the upper Leinetal Göttingen, Northeim and Einbeck. A contribution to the regional studies of Lower Saxony and the methodology of urban geography (= regional studies of the Geographical Seminar of the University of Göttingen. Vol. 1). Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht, Göttingen 1925 (dissertation).
  • Hamburg and the Lower Elbe, Lower Saxony, Harz (= regional studies of Northern Germany. Vol. 1). Seemann, Leipzig 1926.
  • Formation and formation of the city in Lower Saxony. A comparative urban geography (= Central Committee for German Regional Studies : Research on German Regional and Folklore Studies . Vol. 27.2). Engelhorn, Stuttgart 1929 (habilitation thesis).
  • The British Isles. In: Handbook of Geographical Science. Volume 7: Western and Northern Europe. Athenaion, Potsdam 1938, pp. 221-416.
  • Settlement and population geography 1908–1938. In: Geographical Yearbook. Volume 55 (1940), pp. 3-380.

literature

  • Karl Ditt : Space and Volkstum. The cultural policy of the Provincial Association of Westphalia 1923–1945. Aschendorff, Münster 1988, pp. 285-288.
  • Michael Grüttner : Biographical Lexicon on National Socialist Science Policy (= Studies on Science and University History. Volume 6). Synchron, Heidelberg 2004, ISBN 3-935025-68-8 , p. 40.
  • Wilhelm Müller-Wille : Hans Dörries as a geographer and regional researcher. In: Reports on German regional studies. Vol. 14 (1955), H. 1, pp. 1-11.
  • Hans-Ulrich Thamer , Daniel Droste, Sabine Happ (eds.): The University of Münster under National Socialism. Continuities and breaks between 1920 and 1960. Volume 2, Aschendorff, Münster 2012.

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personal data
SURNAME Dörries, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German geographer and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH July 12, 1897
PLACE OF BIRTH Lehe
DATE OF DEATH May 9, 1945
Place of death Dresden