Geographic_Society_in_Hamburg
The Geographic Society in Hamburg (German: Geographische Gesellschaft in Hamburg, GGH) is a non-profit, educational institution based in Hamburg whose aims is to establish and maintain connections between science with the state and the economy as well as society more generally. For many years the city's first mayor also acted as president of the Geographical Society at the same time.[1] The Institute of Geography of the University of Hamburg regularly hosts lectures delivered by the GGH.[2] Along with the Hamburg Colonial Institute, founded in 1908, it helped prepare the way for the establishment of the University of Hamburg in 1919.[3]