# Hans Kinzl

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{{short description|Austrian geographer}}
'''Hans Kinzl''' (1899–1979) was an Austrian [geographer](/source/geographer) and [mountain research](/source/mountain_research)er. 
[[File:Plaza de Chacas - 1932.jpg|thumb|300px| The plaza of [Chacas](/source/Chacas). Photo taken by Hans Kinzl during his stay in Ancash, Peru in 1928.]]

== Life ==
Hans Kinzl was born in [Upper Austria](/source/Upper_Austria) in 1899. After his studies of geography at the University of Innsbruck he became assistant of his mentor [Johann Sölch](/source/Johann_S%C3%B6lch)—disciple of [Albrecht Penck](/source/Albrecht_Penck)—in Innsbruck. He then followed Sölch—who succeeded [Alfred Hettner](/source/Alfred_Hettner) in Heidelberg—but returned to the University of Innsbruck where he became a professor of geography.<ref>Penz, Hugo (1997): ''Hans Kinzl (1898-1979) und das Institut für Geographie der Universität Innsbruck. Gedanken und Erinnerungen zu seinem hundertsten Geburtstag''. Innsbrucker Jahresbericht '''14''', pp. 5–29. [http://www.uibk.ac.at/geographie/igg/berichte/1997/penz.pdf PDF] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070111162623/http://www.uibk.ac.at/geographie/igg/berichte/1997/penz.pdf |date=2007-01-11 }}</ref>

== Research ==
Apart from the European Alps, his focus was on the Peruvian Andes where he conducted [glaciological](/source/Glaciology), [geomorphological](/source/Geomorphology), [agricultural](/source/Agricultural_research) and [population research](/source/Population_geography).Cordillera Blanca <ref>{{cite book | title = Cordillera Blanca | date=1950|  first1 = Hans | last1 = Kinzl | first2= Erwin |last2= Schneider |publisher =Universitats-Verlag Wagner }}</ref> Hans Kinzl is best known for his 1930's maps of the [Cordillera Blanca](/source/Cordillera_Blanca) mountain range located in Peru. He later became the head of the Geographical Department of the [University of Innsbruck](/source/University_of_Innsbruck).

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