His parents were art historian Hermann Theodor Hettner and Marie von Stockmar.

His maternal grandfather was Christian Friedrich, Baron Stockmar.

Apart from the geography of Europe, his fieldwork concentrated mainly on that of Colombia, Chile and Russia.

In 1895, he founded the journal Geographische Zeitschrift, which he also edited for many years.

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