Heinrich Fischer (geographer)

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Heinrich Ernst Benno Fischer (born December 4, 1861 in Ueckermünde , † April 10, 1924 in Berlin ) was a German geographer and educator .

Life

Heinrich Fischer's father, Ernst Gottfried Reinhold Fischer, was a general practitioner, his mother Maria Ottilie Charlotte Petersen, the daughter of pastor Benjamin Petersen. He attended a grammar school in Berlin and studied natural sciences at the universities of Tübingen , Berlin and Greifswald . In Greifswald he preferred to take part in geological excursions under Rudolf Credner .

In 1888 he started teaching in Berlin. The geographer and explorer Ferdinand von Richthofen became his role model. Heinrich Fischer first emerged as a school geographer in 1896. In 1901 he was a member of the permanent commission for geography lessons . In 1904 he went on a study trip to the USA. He developed theoretical and practical methods for geography lessons on the basis of youth psychology . From 1908 he gave courses as a lecturer at teachers' seminars , later in the "main office for science teaching". In 1909 he became the Lyzealdirektor in Berlin. Heinrich Fischer was a member of the central committee of the German Geographers' Day from 1912 . At its meetings, he presented curricula for young women and participated in the systematic preparation of geography lessons for the upper grades.

From 1902 until his death Heinrich Fischer was co-editor of the Geographisches Anzeiger. Together with Michael Geistbeck he published the multi-volume geography for secondary schools from 1906 to 1921 , also known as Fischer-Geistbeck . He initiated the revision published from 1922 by Richard Bitterling and Th. Otto, which had been expanded to include the upper level. This was published until 1945 and was also used at German schools abroad.

Heinrich Fischer was literarily and philosophically influenced by Paul de Lagarde and Friedrich Nietzsche . He prompted Raoul Richter to write a biography of Nietzsche, which he dedicated to him.

Heinrich Fischer was married to Hedwig Severin (1874–1937).

Fonts (selection)

  • Methodology of teaching in geography. A help book for seminarians and teachers. Shepherd, Breslau 1905.
  • Level atlas for higher education institutions in 3 levels. Velhagen & Klasing, Bielefeld u. a. 1912-1924.
  • Berlin – Frankfurt / M. (= Right and left of the railroad. New guides on the main railways in the German Empire. Issues 1 and 2) 1903.
  • Berlin – Stettin – Baltic seaside resorts. (= Right and left of the railway. New guides on the main railways in the German Empire. Issues 35 and 36) 1905.
  • Country studies of the United States of America. 1900.
  • Geography and German School. 2 programmatic lectures, given by Heinrich Fischer and Felix Lampe. J. Perthes, Gotha 1913.
  • Regional studies of the Mark Brandenburg and Berlin. Oldenbourg, Berlin 1913.
  • War geography. Velhagen & Klasing, Bielefeld Leipzig 1916.

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SURNAME Fischer, Heinrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fischer, Heinrich Ernst Benno (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German geographer and educator
DATE OF BIRTH December 4, 1861
PLACE OF BIRTH Ueckermünde
DATE OF DEATH April 10, 1924
Place of death Berlin