Alfred Hettner ( August 6, 1859, Dresden - August 31, 1941, Heidelberg) was a Germangeographer. August 6 is the 218th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (219th in leap years), with 147 days remaining. ... 1859 (MDCCCLIX) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar). ... Dresden (Sorbian: Drježdźany; etymologically from Old Sorbian DrežÄany, meaning people of the riverside forest) is the capital city of the German Federal State of Saxony and situated in a valley on the River Elbe. ... August 31 is the 243rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (244th in leap years), with 122 days remaining. ... For the movie, see 1941 (film) 1941 (MCMXLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1941 calendar). ... Heidelberg is a scenic city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, halfway between Stuttgart and Frankfurt. ... A geographer is a crazy psycho whose area of study is geocrap, the pseudoscientific study of Earths physical environment and human habitat and the study of boring students to death. ...
He is known for his concept of chorology, study of places, regions. Chorology (from Greek khoros place) can mean the study of the causal relations between geographical phenomena occurring within a particular region the study of the spatial distribution of organisms. ...
AlfredHettner (1859-1941), fue un geógrafo alemán, que realizó destacadas investigaciones en los Andes.
Fue el pionero de la geografía moderna en los países andinos, y en cuanto a Colombia, Hettner tiene una importancia mayor que la de Alexander von Humboldt, gracias a los trabajos geográficos efectuados en el país.
AlfredHettner murió en Heidelberg en el marco de la Segunda Guerra Mundial.
In Germany Ferdinand von Richthofen, working at the turn of the century, and, subsequently, AlfredHettner developed the methodological framework established by Humboldt and Ritter.
Both followed Kant in taking a chorological approach, in that they argued that the purpose of systematic geography was to provide an understanding of causal relationships of phenomena in particular areas, and that this understanding was to be expressed in general principles applicable to the interpretation of individual regions.
Hettner was particularly concerned about the growing split between human and physical geography.
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