In Memoriam Hans Bobek

Summary

This obituary commemorates Hans Bobek, who died in Vienna on 15 February 1990, focusing on his contribution to Austrian school geography. The author recalls how Bobek’s writings and a week-long teacher-training seminar at Raach in 1971 introduced teachers to social geography and development issues and informed subsequent curriculum reform. The author credits Bobek with helping establish a conception of geography and economics education within civic education, examining the motives, conditions, and consequences of human action in spatial and economic affairs.