Institute of Urban and Cultural Area Research

Organisational unit: Institute

Organisation profile

The Institute for Urban and Cultural Area Research is part of the School of Culture and Society at the Leuphana University of Lüneburg. It is divided into the departments of Building Culture, Cultural Geography and Tourism Studies.

Main research areas

Department Cultural Geography

In the Department of Cultural Geography, the question of the relation to space plays a major role. From this geographical perspective, cultural landscape research is conducted, also in the historical-geographical sense. Not only from a historical perspective urban spaces are examined in urban-geographical contexts. Further focal points are geographic transport research and economic-geographic issues.

An overview of the fields of research:

-    Transport Geography
-    Economic Geography
-    City Geography
-    (Historical) Cultural Landscape Research

Department of Building Culture

Overview of the research fields:

-    Digital and haptic architecture models
-    Computer integration in the creative planning process
-    Revitalization - Cultural heritage
-    Perception of city and space

Department of Tourism Studies

The research of the Department of Tourism Studies covers the following areas:

-    Travel/holidays as leisure activity and appropriation of space
-    Leisure as a late-modern phenomenon
-    Touristification of rooms
-    Control of destination tourism areas
-    Travel behavior and security
-    Tourism marketing/-management
-    Room consumption

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    "... die vom Eisenwerk, das sind ja Bratenfresser ..."

    Pries, M., 2000, Lohbrügge: Bd. 2: Felder und Fabriken. Dahms, G. (ed.). Hamburg: Kultur- & Geschichtskontor, p. 104-106 3 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

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    Die vielfältige Bedeutung des Rohstoffs Ton für die Backsteinstadt Lüneburg: Ein interdisziplinäres Projekt

    Grader, C., Ring, E. & Seidel, A., 02.03.2016, Lüneburg: Museum Lüneburg. 144 p. (Beiträge aus dem Museum Lüneburg; vol. 1)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearchpeer-review

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    Die vermarktete Stadt: Städtisches Kulturerbe aus marketingtheoretischer Sicht

    Saretzki, A., 2016, In: Informationen zur modernen Stadtgeschichte. 2016, 1, p. 66-74 9 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Dienstleistungsgesellschaft

    Wöhler, K., 11.2011, Lexikon der Geisteswissenschaften: Sachbegriffe – Disziplinen – Personen. Reinalter, H. & Brenner, P. J. (eds.). 1. ed. Wien/Köln/Weimar: Böhlau Verlag GmbH, p. 279-284 6 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticles for encyclopediaResearch

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    Die Nordchemie in Melbeck/Embsen

    Seidel, A., 2010, In: Industrie-Kultur. 16, 4, p. 28-29 2 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

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    Die Lüneburger Ziegelproduzenten der Neuzeit und ihre Bedeutung für das Stadtbild

    Seidel, A., 2014, Die Backsteinstadt Lüneburg: Ursprünge − Entwicklungslinien − Technikgeschichte . Pries, M. & Seidel, A. (eds.). Norderstedt: Books on Demand GmbH, p. 109-126 18 p. (Lüneburger Geographische Schriften; vol. 2).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

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    Die Lüneburger Ziegeleien des 19. Jahrhunderts: Rohstoffbasis, Tradition und Produktion

    Seidel, A., 2013, In: Siedlungsforschung. 30, p. 157-177 21 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

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    Die Lüneburger Landwehr als Gegenstand der Kulturlandschaftsforschung

    Pries, M., 2001, In: Kulturlandschaft. 11, 1, p. 22-26 5 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch