10.17192/meta.2019.12.7940 Escher, Anton Anton Escher Eugen Wirth (1925-2012) - Geographer of the Oriental City in North Africa and the Near East Middle East - Topics + Arguments : Vol 12 (2019) Philipps-Universität Marburg 2019 Eugen Wirth German Geography History of Geography Oriental City Urban Research Center for Near and Middle Eastern Studies (CNMS) 2019-07-10 2019-06-25 en JournalArticle https://journals.uni-marburg.de/0003/2019/230/7940 urn:nbn:de:hebis:04-0003-2019-230-79400 https://journals.uni-marburg.de/0003/2019/230/7940/7940.png 2196-629X application/pdf https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 The article is a personal review of the scientific work of Eugen Wirth. It briefly+nbsp;highlights the essential aspects of the role+nbsp;of Eugen Wirth in the German community+nbsp;of geographers during the last decades+nbsp;of the 20th century. The text focuses on+nbsp;his scientific work concerning the+nbsp;“Oriental City”. Eugen Wirth’s publications on the+nbsp;Oriental City+nbsp;consist of+nbsp;empirical work and mapping in innumerous old quarters of Islamic cities. Also, this close-up documents his influence on scientists in various disciplines, not only+nbsp;geographers. 2196-629X Middle East - Topics + Arguments Vol 12 (2019)