Patrick Reitinger

Dr. Patrick Reitinger is a Researcher in the Historical Geographies department at the Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography (IfL) in Leipzig, Germany. His work focuses on historical geography, particularly 19th- and 20th-century regional studies, cultural landscape research, and Central/Eastern European studies. He holds a PhD in Historical Geography from the University of Bamberg (2022) and has held guest researcher positions at institutions including Charles University in Prague and the Collegium Carolinum in Munich.

Key research interests include spatialization theory, regional identity formation, and the intersection of ideology with geographical scholarship. He has received the Otto Meyer and Elisabeth Roth Prize for his dissertation on Bavarian Ostmark spatialization in the Weimar Republic. Active in academic networks, he serves as Secretary of the German Geographical Society’s Presidium and co-editor of Siedlungsforschung and Berichte. Geographie und Landeskunde.

His publications span historical geography, regional inventories, and interdisciplinary methodological debates. Current projects explore conceptualizations of regionality in historical studies and transboundary cultural landscapes.