# Hans Bobek
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'''Hans Bobek''' (17 May 1903, in [Klagenfurt](/source/Klagenfurt) – 15 February 1990, in [Vienna](/source/Vienna)) was an [Austrian](/source/Austrians) [geographer](/source/geographer). After his studies in geography at the [University of Innsbruck](/source/University_of_Innsbruck), where [Johann Sölch](/source/Johann_S%C3%B6lch)—a pupil of [Albrecht Penck](/source/Albrecht_Penck) in Vienna—was his main teacher, he became professor of geography at the [University of Vienna](/source/University_of_Vienna) (1951–1971). Bobek is noted for his works on [cultural](/source/cultural_geography) and [social geography](/source/social_geography), [urban geography](/source/urban_geography) as well as on the [regional geography](/source/regional_geography) of the [Near](/source/Near_East) and [Middle East](/source/Middle_East), then primarily known as the "[Orient](/source/Orient)". He was, among others, the author of ''Iran: Probleme eines unterentwickelten Landes alter Kultur''. His theory about rural and urban interactions was called ''Rentenkapitalismus''; another important output was the ''theory of cultural steps'' (''Kulturstufentheorie'').
Bobek was elected a member of the [Austrian Academy of Sciences](/source/Austrian_Academy_of_Sciences) in 1953[Schuder, W. (ed.) (1987): ''[Kürschners Deutscher Gelehrten-Kalender](/source/K%C3%BCrschners_Deutscher_Gelehrten-Kalender)'', Vol. 15, de Gruyter, Berlin, p. 374. {{in lang|de}}] and the [Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities](/source/Bavarian_Academy_of_Sciences_and_Humanities) in 1968.[[http://www.badw.de/mitglieder/v_mit/v_mit_b/index.html List of deceased members] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722033407/http://www.badw.de/mitglieder/v_mit/v_mit_b/index.html |date=2011-07-22 }} {{in lang|de}}] In 1978, he received an honorary doctorate from the [Ruhr University Bochum](/source/Ruhr_University_Bochum). He was awarded the [Busk Medal](/source/Busk_Medal) by the [Royal Geographical Society](/source/Royal_Geographical_Society) in 1981.[{{cite journal |title=Medals and Awards |url=https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/QSDT4 |website=OSF |date=2022 |publisher=RGS-IBG |doi=10.17605/OSF.IO/QSDT4 |access-date=9 December 2024 |author1=RGS-IBG }}]
==Works==
===Monographs===
* Bobek, H. (1928): Innsbruck - Eine Gebirgsstadt, ihr Lebensraum und ihre Erscheinung, Engelhorn, Stuttgart, 152 p.
* Bobek, H. (1951): Die natürlichen Wälder und Gehölzfluren Irans, ''Bonner geographische Abhandlungen'' 8, Bonn, 62 p.
* Bobek, H. (1952): Südwestdeutsche Studien, ''Forschungen zur deutschen Landeskunde'' 62, Remagen, 67 p.
* Bobek, H. (1959): Features and Formation of the Great Kavir and Masileh, Teheran, 63 p.
* Bobek, H. (1962): Iran - Probleme eines unterentwickelten Landes alter Kultur, Diesterweg, Frankfurt a.o., 74 p.
* Bobek, H. and [E. Lichtenberger](/source/Elisabeth_Lichtenberger) (1966): Wien - Bauliche Gestalt und Entwicklung seit der Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts, Böhlau, Graz a. Cologne, 394 p.
===Selected articles===
* Bobek, H. (1927): Grundfragen der Stadtgeographie. ''Geographischer Anzeiger'' 28, p. 213–224.
* Bobek, H. (1948): Stellung und Bedeutung der Sozialgeographie. ''[Erdkunde](/source/Erdkunde)'' 2, p. 118–125.
* Bobek, H. and J. Schmithüsen (1949): Die Landschaft im logischen System der Geographie. ''Erdkunde'' 3, p. 112–120.
* Bobek, H. (1959): Die Hauptstufen der Gesellschafts- und Wirtschaftsentfaltung in geographischer Sicht. ''Die Erde'' 90, p. 259–298.
* Bobek, H. (1962): The main stages in socio-economic evolution from a geographical point of view. In: Wagner, P.L. and M.W. Mikesell (eds.): Readings in Cultural Geography, Chicago, p. 218–247. (English translation of the former)
==Further reading==
* Wiche, K. (ed.) (1963): Festschrift Hans Bobek, Vienna. {{in lang|de}}
* Wurzer, R. (ed.) (1964): Beiträge zur Raumforschung - Festschrift zum 60. Geburtstag von Hans Bobek, Vienna. {{in lang|de}}
* Dickinson, R. E. (1969): The makers of modern geography, Routledge & Kegan Paul, London, p. 167–168.
* Lichtenberger, E. (1995): Hans Bobek (1903–1990). In: G. J. Martin (ed.): Geographers: Biobibliographical Studies, Vol. 16, Mansell, London, p. 12–22.
* [Fassmann, H.](/source/Heinz_Fa%C3%9Fmann) (2009): Bobek, H. In: [Kitchin, R.](/source/Rob_Kitchin) and [N. Thrift](/source/Nigel_Thrift) (eds.): [International Encyclopedia of Human Geography](/source/International_Encyclopedia_of_Human_Geography), Elsevier, Amsterdam a.o., p. 324–325.
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