Abstract
The Institute of Geography of the German University in Prague was one of the main important research centres of geography in Prague in late nineteenth and the first half of the twentieth century. Although relatively small, employing mostly just one professor and one assistant, it left a mark on the history of geography in the Czech Lands.
The Institute of Geography of the German University in Prague came into existence when Dionis Grün, professor of geography, upon the split of the Charles-Ferdinand University (1882) chose to join the German university. His successors included Oskar Lenz, Alfred Grund, Fritz Machatschek, Bernhard Brandt, and Hans Spreitzer (who headed the institute during the Second World War).
The institute resided in the Buquoy Palace (next to the historic Carolinum). This contribution describes the main turning points in the history of the institute, including changes brought about by political changes in the Czech Lands in the twentieth century, and the most important personalities of the institute.