Richard Andree

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Richard Andree, wood engraving , 1879
Richard Andree

Richard Andree (born February 26, 1835 in Braunschweig , † June 22, 1912 in Munich ) was a German geographer , cartographer and ethnographer .

Life

Richard Andree studied natural sciences and especially geology at the University of Leipzig . In 1857 he became active in the Corps Lusatia Leipzig , whose history he later extensively researched. After completing his studies, he worked as a smelter in Bohemia until 1863 . From 1865 he worked as a private scholar in Leipzig.

He devoted himself later as his father Karl Andree of geography and was for his preference for ethnography known about professional circles.

As co-founder and head of the cartographic institute of the Velhagen & Klasing publishing house in Leipzig from 1873 to 1890, he also dealt with cartography . He played a major role in the creation of the physical-statistical atlas of the German Reich and in school atlases . He also worked as an editor for the scientific journal Globus . Andree's works also influenced Arnošt Muka's research into the cultural life of the Sorbs . Since 1903 Andree was married to the Austrian folklorist Marie Andree-Eysn . Richard Andree died at the age of 76 while on a train ride from Munich to Nuremberg .

As a representative of comparative ethnology , Andree represented the idea of ​​the ethnologist and cultural historian Adolf Bastian that all peoples had gone through the same stages of development and therefore developed the same beliefs. He tried to substantiate this thesis by proving that all races believed in ghost figures such as vampires and werewolves . Andree claimed that the Slavic peoples, like the Jews, were "naturally" inferior peoples.

Honors

Fonts

  • The Amur region and its importance: Travels in parts of Mongolia, the bordering regions of Eastern Siberia, on the Amur and its tributaries. Leipzig 1867 ( digitized from the holdings of the Leibniz Institute for East and Southeast European Research ).
  • Wendish wandering studies. To the customer of the Lausitz and the Sorbs turn. Julius Maier, Stuttgart 1874. ( digitized version )
  • Chronicle of the Corps Lusatia in Leipzig 1807 to 1877. Excerpt from the Annals of the Corps, Leipzig 1877.
  • Ethnographic parallels and comparisons. Stuttgart 1878.
  • On the folklore of the Jews. Bielefeld and Leipzig 1881.
  • Andrees General Handbook . Leipzig 1881–1937 (last, 9th edition).
  • The flood sagas viewed ethnographically. Braunschweig 1891.
  • Andree-Putzger's high school and secondary school atlas. 7th edition Velhagen & Klasing, Bielefeld [u. a.] 1893 ( digitized version )
  • History of the Corps Lusatia in Leipzig 1807 to 1898. Leipzig 1898.
  • Braunschweig folklore. Brunswick 1901.
  • Votives and offerings [...]. Brunswick 1904.
  • Andree-Schillmann's Berlin School Atlas. 15th edition Stubenrauch, Berlin 1915 ( digitized version )

literature

Web links

Commons : Richard Andree  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files
Wikisource: Richard Andree  - Sources and full texts

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1930, 93/419
  2. ↑ Elke Kimmel: Andree, Richard , in: Handbuch des Antisemitismus , Volume 2/1, 2009, p. 23
personal data
SURNAME Andree, Richard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German geographer and ethnographer
DATE OF BIRTH February 26, 1835
PLACE OF BIRTH Braunschweig
DATE OF DEATH June 22, 1912
Place of death Munich