OB P E T D E S E T L E T N IC I G E O G R A F SK E G A  D R U Š T V A  S L O V E N IJE
Že km alu po ustanovitvi Univerze v L jub ljan i (1919) in Geograf­
skega inštitu ta  na njeni F ilozofski fa ku lte ti (1921) je skup ina  m ladih  
študentov in diplom antov geografije dala pobudo za ustanovitev Geo­
grafskega društva  (4. marca 1922), k i se je tri leta pozneje (1925) pre- 
osnovalo v osrednje združenje vseh geografov Slovenije in pričelo izdajati 
svojo revijo »Geografski ve s tn ik«.
Petdesetletnico nepretrganega dela društva  kot najširšega organi­
zacijskega in koordinacijskega telesa slovenskih geografov in njihovih  
in štitucij je Geografsko društvo Slovenije štelo za prim erno priliko, da 
pregleda in predstavi vse delo slovenske geografije v teh 50 letih  in to 
z več strokovnim i prired itvam i ter z osrednjo proslavo, k i je bila 
21. aprila 1972 v  L jubljani. H kra ti je  sklenilo, da tud i zvezek  »Geo­
grafskega vestn ika « za leto 1972 posveti tem u jubile ju  ter m u da 
ustrezno vsebino.
Ta vsebina je razdeljena na dva dela. V  prvem  delu (1: »N ekatere  
glavne smeri in panoge slovenskega geografskega raziskovanja«.) po­
skušam o podati dom ačim  in tu jim  bralcem pregledno sliko g lavnih in 
najuspešnejših  smeri raziskovalnega dela slovenskih geografov, poseb­
no v zadn jih  50 letih, ob tem  pa tud i glavnih problemov, s katerim i se 
to delo ukvarja. V drugem  delu (11: -»Petdeset let Geografskega dru­
štva  S lovenije«J pa so objavljeni razen poročila o sami jub ile jn i pro­
slavi na n jej podani referati o ustanovitvi društva  pred 50 leti in o 
razvoju slovenske geografije v teh 50 letih s posebnim  ozirom na vlogo 
društva  v tem  razvoju.
Prof. Svetozar IL E ŠIČ  
častni predsednik Geografskega društva Slovenije 
in glavni urednik  * Geografskega vestn ika«
O N  TH E O C C A SIO N  OF TH E  F IF T IE T H  A N N IV E R S A R Y  
OF TH E  G E O G R A P H IC A L  S O C IE T Y  OF S L O V E N IA
The in itia tive to found a geographical society (on March 4th 1922) 
came from  a group o f young graduate students o f geography soon after 
the U niversity o f L jubljana was founded  (in 1919) and after the Geogra­
phical In stitu te  o f its Faculty o f A rts was established (in 1921). Three 
years later the new  Society w hich  has become the central association o f 
all geographers in Slovenia started its periodical, the  »Geografski 
vestnik«.
The f ift ie th  anniversary o f the in in terrupted w ork o f the Society, 
being now the w idest organizational and coordinative body o f the Slo­
venian geographers and of their institutions, w as considered by the  
Steering com ittee to be a suitable occasion also for a review  and pre­
sentation o f all w ork done in Slovenian geography during the last ha lf 
a century. The central celebration took place on A p ril 21st 1972 in 
Ljubljana. It was also decided tha t the 1972 volum e o f the  »Geografski 
vestnik« should be dedicated to tha t jubilee by giving it an appropriate  
content.
T his content includes tw o parts. In  the first part (I. -»Some main  
areas and directions o f geographical research in Slovenia«) w e tried  
to present to readers at home and abroad an overview  o f the m ain and 
most sucessful directions o f research w ork perform ed by Slovenian geo­
graphers, in particular during the last f i f t y  years, and  — at the same 
time —  to present the problem s they  w ere dealing w ith . In  the second 
part (II. »Fi f ty years o f the Geographical Society o f Slovenia«) the 
report is published on the jubilee celebration as w ell as the papers 
about how the Society w as founded f i f t y  years ago and about the deve­
lopm ent o f geography in  Slovenia and. in particular, o f the role ihe  
Society has p layed  in its evolution.
Professor Svetozar ILEŠIČ  
Honorary president o f the Geographical 
Society o f Slovenia  
and
Editor-in-chief o f the ■»G eografski v e s tn ik«
A  L O C C A S IO N  DÜ C IN Q U A N T E N N A IR E  DE L A  SO C IE T Y  
DE G E O G R A P H IE  DE S L O V  E N IE
Court a pres I' etablissement de l'U niversite de L jubljana (1919) et de 
l’ln s titu t de Geographie a sa Faculte des Lettres (1921), une groupe de 
jeunes etudiants et diplom es de geographie p rit lin itia tive  ä fonder la 
Societe de Geographie (le 4 mars 1922) qui, trois annees apres, se trans­
form s en organisation centrale de tous les geographes slovenes et com- 
menca ä publier son bulletin scientifique  »G eografski vestnik«.
Le cinquantennaire de l’activite ininterrom pue de la Societe, en tant 
que le corps organisateur et coordinateur principal des geographes slo­
venes et leurs institutions, paraissait a la Societe la meilleure occasion 
a jeter un coup d ’oeil sur toute l activite de la geographie slovene p en ­
dant ces 50 annees et de le presenter par quelques arrangements scien- 
tifiques et surtout dans la celebration solennele centrale qui a eu lieu a 
Ljubljana le 21 avril 1972. On decida en m eme tem ps de consacrer le 
volum e de »G eografski vestnik« pour l’annee 1972 ä ce jubile en lui 
dormant un contenu correspondant.
Ce continu fu t  divise en deu x  parties. La premiere (I. »Quelques 
directions et branches principales des recherches geographiques slo­
venes« ) essaye de presenter aux  lecteurs du pays et de I’etranger un 
court aper fu sur les directions principales et les plus courronees de 
succes des recherches geographiques slovenes ainsi que sur les problemes 
dont elles soccupent. Dans la seconde partie (II. »C inquante annees de la 
Societe cle Geographie de Slovenie«) on publie, ä cöte du rapport sur la 
celebration jubilaire meme, les communications y  presentees sur I'histoi- 
re de la naissance de la Societe et sur Vevolution de la geographie 
slovene pendant les 50 annees de I’existence de la Societe tenant compte 
surtout du röle de la Societe meme dans cette evolution.
Prof.  Svetozar ILEŠIČ  
president d ’honneur de la Societe 
de Geographie de Slovenie 
et
chef-redacteur du  »Geografski ve s tn ik«