Rudolf Lütgens

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Rudolf Lütgens (born July 25, 1881 in Hamburg ; † December 13, 1972 there ) was a German economic geographer and professor at the University of Hamburg .

Lütgens studied from 1900 to 1906 a. a. Geography, geology and economics and in 1905 did his doctorate with Ferdinand von Richthofen in Berlin, 1906 the state examination in Kiel. He then served for two years at the Deutsche Seewarte and researched ocean and wind currents. In 1909 he became a teacher (until 1924) and in 1910 took over a teaching position at the Hamburg Colonial Institute . He also went on research trips to Latin America. In 1920 he completed his habilitation and in 1928 became an adjunct professor in Hamburg. From 1924 to 1932 he managed the inherited business as a harvester in the port of Hamburg . In 1942 he took over the management of the Colonial and Economic Geography Institute at the University of Hamburg. In 1948 he retired.

Lütgens was one of the founders of economic geography and published important manuals. He introduced the concept of the economic landscape in the essay on the La Plata area in 1921/22 and showed an economic geographical division of space using the example of Haiti in 1927. He set standards especially for Latin America. He was also an important school geographer. In November 1933 he signed the professors' declaration of Adolf Hitler at German universities and colleges .

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  • Special economic geography based on landscape science , Hamburg 1920
  • The production rooms of the earth , Stuttgart 1958
  • (Ed.): Earth and World Economy: A Handbook of General Economic Geography , 5 Vols. [1960–1969]

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SURNAME Lütgens, Rudolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German geographer
DATE OF BIRTH July 25, 1881
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH December 13, 1972
Place of death Hamburg