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Emil Meynen

Emil Meynen (* 22. October 1902 in Cologne; † 23. August 1994 in Bad Godesberg) was German Geographer and one of the prominent space planners of the FRG.

Life

Meynen studied in Cologne, Leipzig, Innsbruck and Berlin Geography, Ethnologie and Geology and habilitierte itself 1935 at the university to Cologne over „Germany and the German Reich “, whereby after Meynen the German Reich did not cover the whole German nation. Because of its attitude too South Tyrol (which he regarded as integrals part of Germany) the book 1937 was forbidden occasionally by the LV regime from Opportunitätsgründen in the context of the approximation at Italy.

From 1934 to 1945 he was director/conductor of the office of the people-German research councils and helped, those Annexion Austria to prepare 1938, for which it „Medal for memory of the 1. October 1938“got lent.

1938 it created the collection George body Brandt, the geographical and völkerkundliche information about those Soviet Union collected - George body Brandt was participant that When sea-conference. Starting from 1941 he was director/conductor of the office for regional studies in the office for realm for land survey and starting from 1943 at „the research relay for the special order “with Supreme command of the armed forces, where it contributed population and “races” among other things to the literature and aerial photointerpretation over Eastern Europe and - provided maps of the Soviet Union, which were used by armed forces and groups of employments.

1946 and 1947 he and of crew powers was arrested politically examined, whereby he led one starting from 1947 because of its outstanding knowledge of the Soviet Union at the American military government „department for regional studies “, into which it numerous old colleagues transferred.

it created 1950 also Walter of Christian all and Paul Gauss that German federation for applied geography (DVAG).

1955 were appointed Meynen the fee professor at the university Cologne and 1956 director of the institute for regional studies of the Federal Institution for regional studies and space research. it received the large Order of Merit to 1969.

Literature

• M. Rössler: Science and habitat: geographical east research in the national socialism. Berlin 1990.
• P. Recently among other things (Hg.): Geography and national socialism. (urbs et regio; 51). Kassel 1989
• G.H. Harsh one, Under the map OF Germany. London 1997.
• M. Pale shrubs, Science in the service of the National Socialist policy? Baden-Baden 1999
• M. Pale shrubs, “Where the German… is, is Germany ", Bochum 1994.

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• Literature by and over Emil Meynen in the catalog that German national library