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THE German “Geographentag,” which takes place every second year, was held from April 21 to 23, in Jena. The meeting was attended by over five hundred persons from all parts of Germany, including Prof. Brackebusch; Colonel Frobenius, Prof. Karl Futterer of Karlsruhe, Prof. Gerland of Strassburg, Prof. Hahn of Königsberg, Dr. Hassenstein. Dr. K. Hassert, Herr von Hesse Wartegg, Prof. Kirchhoff of Halle, Captain Kollm (Secretary of the Berlin Geographical Society), Dr. Kretschmer, Count von Linden, Dr. Lindeman, Dr. Hans Mayer, Prof. Neumann of Freiburg, Prof. Neumayer of Hamburg, Dr. Schenck, Prof. Supan of Gotha, Prof. Sievers of Giessen, Prof. Wagner of Göttingen, Prof. Walther of Jena, Prof. Wahnschaffe of Berlin, and Count von Zeppelin. Twelve German Geographical Societies were officially represented, and two foreign Societies—the Royal Geographical Society and the Hungarian Geographical Society—sent delegates.
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The Twelfth German Geographical Congress. Nature 56, 18 (1897). https://doi.org/10.1038/056018a0
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