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Annals of the Association of American Geographers
Volume 73 Issue 1 Page 51 - March 1983
doi:10.1111/j.1467-8306.1983.tb01395.x

Walter Christaller¹

Ruth Hottes¹¹Lessingstrasse 56, 4630 Bochum, West Germany

AbstractWalter Christaller needs no introduction in the United States. He was well known for his central place theory long before his work was acknowledged in Germany. Though even in his childhood he was interested in atlases, it was not until the age of 36 that he studied geography. Before 1914 he began studies in philosophy and political economics and subsequently served in the army; later, during the twenties, he pursued a variety of occupations. In 1929 he resumed graduate studies that led to his famous dissertation. At the end of the thirties he held a short-lived academic appointment, but then moved into government service during World War II. After the War he joined the communist party and became politically active. In addition, he devoted himself to the geography of tourism. His principal geographic contributions had been made before World War II. However, he was honored for them, first in the United States, after age 70, and then finally in West Germany.

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¹Lessingstrasse 56, 4630 Bochum, West Germany

To cite this article
Hottes, Ruth (1983)
Walter Christaller¹.
Annals of the Association of American Geographers 73 (1), 51-54.
doi: 10.1111/
j.1467-8306.1983.tb01395.x

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