Werner Bätzing

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Werner Bätzing (* 24. June 1949 in Kassel ) is an emeritus professor of cultural geography at the Institute of Geography of the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU).

Career

As the son of the Protestant pastor Gerhard Bätzing, Werner Bätzing first grew up in the north Hessian village of Istha and from 1956 in the small town of Fritzlar . After graduating from high school in 1968 at the König-Heinrich-Schule there , he studied Protestant theology and philosophy from 1968 to 1974 at the Church University of Bethel / Bielefeld and at the universities of Tübingen and Heidelberg . After the first theological exam, he worked as a religion teacher at a grammar school in Berlin in 1974/75 , but then looked for a different direction in life. He completed an apprenticeship as a retail bookseller and then worked as a bookseller, book manufacturer and editor in various Berlin bookstores and publishers until 1983. In 1982 he worked for a year and a half as a representative of the "North Hessian Half-timbered House Exchange" in an architecture office.

Fascinated by the Alps since 1976 , he studied geography and philosophy at the Technical University of Berlin from 1983 to 1987 , while simultaneously doing independent publishing and journalism on the subject of "Alps". After completing his master's degree, in 1987 he became a doctoral candidate at the Geographical Institute of the TU Berlin and a lecturer at the Institute for Landscape and Open Space Planning at the TU. In 1988 he moved to the Institute of Geography at the University of Bern ( Switzerland ) as Paul Messerli's assistant , where he received his doctorate in geography in December 1989. From 1990 to 1995 he was senior assistant and lecturer at the Institute of Geography at the University of Bern, where he obtained his habilitation in geography in January 1993 . After a visiting professorship in the 1994/95 winter semester at the Institute for Geography at the University of Vienna ( Austria ), he was appointed Professor for Cultural Geography at the Institute for Geography at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg in July 1995 . Since his retirement at the end of September 2014, he has been head of the archive for integrative alpine research.

research

Bätzing researches, teaches and publishes mainly on the topic of the Alps , but also deals with Franconia . His research focuses on sustainable regional development in rural areas (balance economy - society - environment) as well as its spatial and regional planning implementation.

In addition, he was committed to the Piedmontese long-distance hiking trail Grande Traversata delle Alpi , which - as a project of gentle tourism - leads from the Swiss border to the Mediterranean near Ventimiglia .

The Institute for Geography at FAU published a list of Bätzing's publications online in 2018 (as of November 2017).

areas of expertise

Functions and memberships

Bätzing is a corresponding member of the Academy for Spatial Research and Regional Planning (ARL) in Hanover, member of the Bavarian regional working group at this academy, member of the advisory board of the international Pro Vita Alpina association , scientific advisor to the International Alpine Protection Commission CIPRA ( Vaduz ) and member of the international project advisory board for community network - Alliance in the Alps .

Awards

In 2014 he was awarded the Bavarian State Medal for special services to the environment .

Work (selection)

  • Werner Bätzing: What future for structurally weak, non-touristic alpine valleys? A geographical microanalysis of the Neraissa valley in the Cottian Alps, Province of Cuneo, Piedmont, Italy Geographical Institute of the University of Bern 1990; ISBN 3-906290-60-3 ( dissertation )
  • Werner Bätzing: Small Alpine Lexicon. Environment - economy - culture. CH Beck, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-406-42005-2
  • Werner Bätzing: The Alpine Convention topic 'Population and Culture - an analysis of its current situation against the background of the Alpine-wide structural change in the environment, economy and society. Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, Berlin 2002; Abstract: The current changes in the environment, economy, society and population in the Alps , Berlin 2002 ( web document , pdf 4.7 MB)
  • Werner Bätzing: The Alps - history and future of a European cultural landscape. CH Beck, Munich 2015, 4th edition, ISBN 978-3-406-67339-9 .
  • Werner Bätzing: Grande Traversata delle Alpi, Part 2: The South. Rotpunktverlag, Zurich 2003 ISBN 3-85869-257-3 .
  • Werner Bätzing: Grande Traversata delle Alpi, Part 1: The North. Rotpunktverlag, Zurich 2005, ISBN 3-85869-256-5 .
  • Werner Bätzing: Picture Atlas of the Alps - a portrait of a cultural landscape. Primus Verlag, Darmstadt 2005, ISBN 3-89678-527-3 .
  • Evelyn Hanzig-Bätzing, Werner Bätzing: Unbounded Worlds. The displacement of people through globalization of progress and freedom. Rotpunktverlag, Zurich 2005, ISBN 3-85869-295-6
  • Werner Bätzing, Michael dresses : The Maritime Alps. Rotpunktverlag, Zurich 2006, ISBN 3-85869-317-0 .
  • Werner Bätzing, Hannes Hoffert-Hösl: The Ötscher - Hikes in the Lower Austrian Limestone Alps . Rotpunktverlag, Zurich 2015, ISBN 978-3-85869-651-9 .
  • Werner Bätzing: Between wilderness and leisure park. A pamphlet on the future of the Alps. Rotpunktverlag, Zurich 2017, 2nd edition, ISBN 978-3-85869-648-9 .
  • Werner Bätzing: Das Landleben: History and future of an endangered way of life , CH Beck Verlag, Munich 2020, ISBN 978-3406748257 .

literature

  • Werner Bätzing: The Alps 1980–1990. A selection bibliography. In: W. Bätzing / P.Messerli (Hrsg.): The Alps in Europe in the nineties. Bern 1991, pp. 292–315 (= Geographica Bernensia P 22)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Werner Bätzing: The "Archive for integrative Alpine research" by W. Bätzing. (PDF; 190 KB) Uni Erlangen, accessed on December 12, 2018 .
  2. ↑ see thematic literature list - Werner Bätzing's list of publications - broken down into central topics and individual subject areas (as of November 2017) , PDF, accessed November 26, 2019

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Bätzing, Werner
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German cultural geographer, professor at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
DATE OF BIRTH June 24, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH kassel