Kurt Hassert

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Ernst Emil Kurt Hassert (born March 15, 1868 in Naumburg (Saale) , †  November 5, 1947 in Leipzig ) was a German geographer and university professor.

Career

Hassert completed his studies in Leipzig and Berlin. During his studies he became a member of the Suevia Leipzig fraternity . His most influential teacher was Friedrich Ratzel . His doctoral thesis "The north polar boundary of the inhabited and habitable earth" (1891) was followed by a number of other research contributions on the Arctic and Antarctic. His habilitation took place in 1895, after which he gave lectures on various topics at Leipzig University and from 1898 also lectured at the local commercial college .

In 1899 Hassert followed a call to Tübingen, from 1902 to 1917 he was a full professor at the Cologne Commercial College , then from 1917 at the Dresden Technical University . In November 1933 he was one of the signatories of the professors' commitment at German universities and colleges to Adolf Hitler and the National Socialist state . He returned to the university from retirement and was even called to Leipzig shortly before his death in 1947.

In addition to the polar regions, his scientific interest was in the Balkans and the African continent. His overall focus was on anthropo- and transport geography .

Works (selection)

  • The north polar boundary of the inhabited and habitable earth , Diss. 1891.
  • Trip through Montenegro with remarks about the country and its people . With 30 illustrations based on the author's photographs and a map. A Hartleben's publishing house, Vienna / Pest / Leipzig 1893 ( digital copy from the holdings of the Institute for East and Southeast European Research )
  • Contributions to the physical geography of Montenegro with a special focus on the Karst . With 4 boards, a sketch in the text. Justus Perthes, Gotha 1895.
  • Germany's colonies . Acquisition and development history, regional and folklore and economic importance of our protected areas. With 8 plates, 31 illustrations in the text, 6 maps. Dr. Soul & Co., Leipzig 1899 (2nd edition 1910).
  • Polar research . History of voyages of discovery to the North and South Poles from the oldest times to the present. With 6 cards on 2 boards. BG Teubner, Leipzig 1902 (2nd edition 1907, last edition 1956).
  • The new German acquisitions in the South Seas . The Carolines, Mariana Islands, and Samoa Islands. Addendum to Germany's colonies. Dr. Soul & Co., Leipzig 1903.
  • Regional studies of the Kingdom of Württemberg . GJ Göschen, Leipzig 1903. (2nd revised edition 1913).
  • The cities viewed geographically . With 21 illus.BG Teubner, Leipzig 1907.
  • Country studies and economic geography of mainland Australia . GJ Göschen, Berlin & Leipzig 1907.
  • The Kamerungebirge, messages from the German protected areas, Vol. XXIV 1911.
  • General traffic geography . GJ Göschen, Berlin & Leipzig 1913.
  • The Turkish Empire . Politically, geographically and economically. JCB Mohr, Tuebingen 1918.
  • Nature and educational value of economic geography . Ernst Siegfried Mittler and Son, Berlin 1919.
  • The United States of America viewed geographically as a world political and economic power . JCB Mohr, Tuebingen 1922.
  • The exploration of Africa , Wilhelm Goldmann Verlag, Leipzig 1941 (2nd edition 1943).

Individual evidence

  1. ^ List of members of the Frankenburg-Bau-Verein eV Berlin 1940, p. 25.

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personal data
SURNAME Hassert, Kurt
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hassert, Ernst Emil Kurt
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German geographer and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH March 15, 1868
PLACE OF BIRTH Naumburg (Saale)
DATE OF DEATH November 5, 1947
Place of death Leipzig