List of geographical companies

The list of geographical societies (from ancient Greek geographía "geography") lists geographical societies of supraregional importance or long tradition. The registered office (if not evident from the name) and year of foundation are given. There are 29 such companies in Germany, 2 in Austria and 7 in Switzerland. In addition to these amateur societies, there are professional associations of geographers that are also listed. However, geographic research institutes are not listed.

The oldest geographical societies were created in the first half of the 19th century, such as the Société de géographie in 1821, the Geographical Society in 1828 and the Royal Geographical Society in 1830. In them organized in general at the geography interested, mostly the middle class entstammende people to To carry out trade and research trips , often expeditions to remote areas. With the university institutionalization of geography, however, the importance of societies for geographic research dwindled.

German-speaking area

Germany

• German Society for Geography , 1995– (umbrella organization)
• German Association for Applied Geography , 1950–
• Geography Society , Berlin, 1828–
• Geographical Society in Bremen , 1877–
• Geographical Society of the GDR , 1953–1990
• Franconian Geographical Society , Erlangen, 1954–
• Frankfurt Geographical Society , 1836–
• Geographical Society in Hamburg , 1873–
• Geographical Society of Hanover , 1878–
• Geographical Society of Leipzig , 1861– (as "Society for Geography in Leipzig")
• Geographical Society of Lübeck , 1882–
• Marburg Geographical Society , 1985–
• Geographical Society Munich , 1869–
• Society for Earth and Ethnology in Stuttgart , 1882– (as "Württemberg Association for Commercial Geography")
• Swabian Geographical Society, Augsburg, 2003–
• Association of German School Geographers , 1912–

Austria

• Austrian Geographical Society , Vienna, 1856–

Switzerland

• Geographical-Ethnological Society Basel , 1923–
• Geographical Society of Bern , 1873–
• Société neuchâteloise de geographie , 1885-
• Geographical-Ethnographic Society Zurich , 1899–
• Central Swiss Geographical-Commercial Society , Aarau, 1884–1905
• Eastern Swiss Geographical Society , 1878-
• Société de Géographie de Genève , 1858–

Rest of Europe

• Italian Geographical Society , 1867–
• Royal Danish Geographical Society , Copenhagen, 1876–
• Royal Dutch Society for Geography , Utrecht, 1873–
• Real Sociedad Geográfica de España , Madrid, 1876–
• Royal Geographical Society , London, 1830–
• Royal Scottish Geographical Society , Perth, 1884–
• Russian Geographical Society , St. Petersburg, 1845–
• Swedish Society for Anthropology and Geography , 1878–
• Sociedade de Geografia de Lisboa , 1875–
• Société de geographie , Paris, 1821–
• Türk Coğrafya Kurumu , Istanbul 1942–

Worldwide

• American Geographical Society , New York, 1851–
• Association of American Geographers , Washington, DC, 1904–
• National Geographic Society , Washington, DC, 1888–
• Royal Canadian Geographical Society , Ottawa, 1929–
• Sociedad Mexicana de Geografía y Estadística , 1833–
• Sociedade Brasileira de Geografia , Rio de Janeiro, 1883–
• Society of Woman Geographers , Washington, DC, 1925–

International umbrella organizations

• International Association of Geomorphologists , 1989–
• International Geographical Union , 1922–

See also

• List of Asian companies
• List of geographic journals

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Geographical Societies ( Memento of the original from November 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Overview page of the German Society for Geography (DGfG)