Department of Geography at the University of Bonn
The Department of Geography is a member of the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences at the University of Bonn and part of the Department of Earth Sciences.
Research and teaching at the Department of Geography encompasses almost the entire spectrum of Geography, which guarantees the necessary breadth in an interdisciplinary degree course. The following scientific areas are established at the department:
- Climatology and Landscape Ecology
- Hydrology and Water Resource Management
- Geomorphology
- Development Geography
- Urban and Regional Geography
- Economic and Social Geography
- Cultural Geography
- Remote Sensing and GIS
- Geography Education
Reports and publications about the Department of Geography
Until the end of the summer semester 2023, the Department of Geography's annual report provided information on the departments's activities in the sections Events, Research, Studies and Teaching, Personalia and International Affairs. This was published regularly for over 30 years and will now be replaced by a new medium. More information will follow.
Annual reports of the past years (only in german):
2022/2023 Annual report (6.4 MB)
2021/2022 Annual report (5.5 MB)
2020/2021 Annual report (4.7 MB)
2019/2020 Annual report (5.0 MB)
2018/2019 Annual report (6.5 MB)
2017/2018 Annual report (3.7 MB)
2015/2016/2017 Annual report (4.4 MB)
2014/2015 Annual report (2.1 MB)
2013/2014 Annual report (3.9 MB)
The departments nearly 200-year history stretches back to 1828, when the first geographer (G. B. Mendelssohn) gained a post-doctoral Habilitation at the University of Bonn. The first professorship in geography was established in 1875 along with the associated “apparatus.”
History of the department, short version (1.3 MB); only in german
History of the department, long version (495 KB); only in german
History of the department, diagram (5.5 MB); only in german
Further publications on the history of the department (only in german):
Böhm, H. (1991): Beiträge zur Geschichte der Geographie an der Universität Bonn. (= Colloquium Geographicum, Band 21. EBook: Beiträge zur Geschichte der Geographie an der Universität Bonn (uni-bonn.de)
Further contributions in volumes 17, 20, 26, 27, 29, 34 and 35 of the series Colloquium Geographicum.
The Department of Geography publishes the “Colloquium Geographicum” series, which mainly contains articles on the scientific discipline of geography and its history (only in german).
Colloquium Geographicum (uni-bonn.de)
Other publication series from the department:
