Syllabus
1. Territory of German speaking countries viewed from today
2. Territorial changes until 1849
3. Territorial changes from 1850 to 1918
4. Territorial changes after 1918
5. Territorial changes after 1945
6. Administrative organization of German speaking countries
7. Transport infrastructure of German speaking countries
8. Economy of Federal Republic of Germany
9. Economy of Austria and Switzerland
10. Population of Federal Republic of Germany
11. Population of Austria and Switzerland
Annotation
The course will introduce students to the historical geography and socio-economic geography of Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The first part will deal with changes of respective territory from 1789 to the 1990s.
The second part of the course will focus on the three countries from the socio-economic perspective. Reliable orientation on various maps of German speaking countries is necessary.