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With feelings of great sorrow we have to announce that the Austrian historian of cartography, our colleague and friend Prof. Dr. Ingrid Kretschmer died after a long suffer from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in Linz on January 22nd. Her funeral will take place at the cemetery Meidling in Vienna on February 2nd at 2 pm. Ingrid Kretschmer was university teacher at the Department of Geography and Regional Research, University of Vienna , for many years president of the Austrian Geographical Society as well of the Austrian Cartographic Commission and member of the Board of Directors of Imago Mundi. She was an exceptional scholar, a wonderful colleague and great supporter in the field of the history of cartography. We certainly will miss her very much. Jan Mokre (Austrian National Library, Map Department and Globe Museum ) PetraSvatek ( University of Vienna , Department of History) P.S. You can find Ingrid Kretschmer’s official obituary (in German) on www.kartengeschichte.ch .
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