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Walter Christaller

1893 - 1969

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Walter Christaller (21 April 1893 – 9 March 1969) was a German geographer whose principal contribution to the discipline is central place theory, first published in 1933. This groundbreaking theory was the foundation of the study of cities as systems of cities, rather than simple hierarchies or single entities. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Walter Christaller has received more than 122,825 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Walter Christaller is the 4,875th most popular politician (down from 3,834th in 2019), the 1,320th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,050th in 2019) and the 379th most popular German Politician.

Walter Christaller is most famous for his Central Place Theory. This theory states that people will travel to a central place to buy goods, and that the size of a town will be determined by the size of the market it can provide for.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Walter Christaller ranks 4,875 out of 19,576. Before him are Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, Judith of Habsburg, Emperor Seiwa, Dieter Wisliceny, Maria Teresa, Princess of Beira, and John George II, Elector of Saxony. After him are Jeong Mong-ju, Michal Kováč, Fu Hao, Pietro II Orseolo, Gaston, Count of Eu, and Alberic II of Spoleto.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1893, Walter Christaller ranks 57. Before him are Ernst Toller, Prince Felix of Bourbon-Parma, Vsevolod Pudovkin, Battista Farina, Erwin Piscator, and Nicholas J. Spykman. After him are Pierre Drieu La Rochelle, Ernst Öpik, Hans Scharoun, Raymond Loewy, Conrad Veidt, and Dragiša Cvetković. Among people deceased in 1969, Walter Christaller ranks 46. Before him are Robert Taylor, Li Zongren, Boris Karloff, Itzhak Stern, Erika Mann, and Zakir Husain. After him are Vito Genovese, René Barrientos, Raymond A. Spruance, Korney Chukovsky, Grażyna Bacewicz, and Dragiša Cvetković.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Walter Christaller ranks 1,320 out of 7,253. Before him are Heinz Lammerding (1905), Karl-Otto Apel (1922), Leonhart Fuchs (1501), Johann Friedrich Böttger (1682), Sebastian Kneipp (1821), and John George II, Elector of Saxony (1613). After him are Gerhard Ludwig Müller (1947), Max Amann (1891), Anne Christine of Sulzbach, Princess of Piedmont (1704), Karl von Habsburg (1961), Hermann Lotze (1817), and Rudolf Brandt (1909).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Walter Christaller ranks 379. Before him are Josef Bühler (1904), John Rabe (1882), Rudolf Diels (1900), Ernst Albrecht (1930), Franz, Duke of Bavaria (1933), and John George II, Elector of Saxony (1613). After him are Max Amann (1891), Karl von Habsburg (1961), Rudolf Brandt (1909), Leopold, Grand Duke of Baden (1790), Christian August of Holstein-Gottorp, Prince of Eutin (1673), and Lucius Antonius Saturninus (20).

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