Georg Hassel

Johann Georg Heinrich Hassel ( born December 30, 1770 in Wolfenbüttel, † January 18, 1829 in Weimar ) was a German geographer.

Initially Office actuary in Wolfenbüttel 1809-1813 he was Director of the Statistical Bureau in Kassel. It was in 1815 Braunschweigischer representative in Paris and lived as a privateer in Weimar, where he worked with Bertuch to the country Industrie Comptoir since 1816.

He was co-editor since 1819 of the Manual of the latest geography, Weimar 1818-28, and with W. Müller of the second main section of the Ersch - Gruber 's Encyclopedia.

Works

  • Geo- statistical description of the principalities of Wolfenbüttel and Blankenburg. Braunschweig 1802
  • Textbook on statistics of European countries. Weimar 1812
  • Manual of the latest geography and statistics. Berlin 1816-1817, 2 departments
  • General European heads of state and Address Book for 1816. Weimar 1817-1818, 4 vols
  • General geographical- statistical lexicon. Weimar 1817-1818, 2 vols; Supplements thereto, Weimar 1818
  • Statistical outline of the sämmtlichen European and non- European countries. Weimar 1823-1824, 3 ​​folders
  • Genealogical statistical- historical almanac. Weimar 1824-28
  • Dictionary of the history and mythology. Weimar 1825
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