Herman Sörgel

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German born originator of the idea of Atlantropa—a utopian continent created by damming the Strait of Gibraltar. His idea called for the damming and thus lowering of the Mediterranean Sea level and making use of the difference between the Mediterranean and the Atlantic sea levels to generate hydro-electric power. Sorgel's idea to lower sea levels would increase the dry land areas around the Mediterranean and seemingly bring the people of Africa closer to those of Europe.

In 1942, Sörgel was banned from publishing his works by the German national socialist party.[1]

Born on 2 April 1885 in Regensburg, Herman Sorgel died on 25 December 1952 shortly after having been struck by a car while on his bicycle en route to a lecture at a German university in Munich. The accident happened on a road "as straight as a die" and the driver of the car was never found.[1]

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  1. ^ a b Wolfgang Luef (April 2006). Weltbauen gegen den Untergang (German). Datum. Retrieved on 14 January 2008.


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