Walter Christaller Born: 21-Apr-1893 Birthplace: Berneck, Germany Died: 9-Mar-1969 Location of death: Jugenheim, Germany Cause of death: unspecified
Gender: Male Religion: Christian Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Scientist Nationality: Germany Executive summary: Central Place Theory Military service: German Army (WWI) German geographer Walter Christaller developed Central Place Theory, concerning the development of cities as hubs for goods and services serving smaller, surrounding areas, and the size, number and distribution of urban areas. Active in Germany's Nazi Party and a bureaucrat in Hitler's government, he first put his theory to practical use in planning the occupation of Poland. His grandfather, Johann Gottlieb Christaller (1827-1895), was a well-known linguist and Christian missionary to West Africa, and his mother, Helene Christaller (1872-1953) was a successful writer of Christian-themed children's novels. He is the namesake of the Walter Christaller Award for Applied Geography. Father: Erdmann Gottreich (author, b. 1857, d. 1922) Mother: Helene Christaller (novelist, b. 1872, m. 1890, div. 1916, d. 1953) Wife: (m. 1921, div. 1928, three children)
High School: (home schooled) University: University of Heidelberg University: DSc, University of Munich
German Official Planning and Soil Director:1940-44 German Ancestry
Author of books:
Die zentralen Orte in Süddeutschland (The Central Places in Southern Germany) (1933)
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