Hans Dörries
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.
Web links
- Biographical information on the website of the Historical Commission for Westphalia
- Literature by and about Hans Dörries in the catalog of the German National Library
- Finding aid for Hans Dörries (1897–1945) at the Geography Archives of the Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography(PDF; 366 kB)
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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 |