Frobenius Institute

{{short description|German anthropology research institute}}

File:Frankfurt21.JPG in Frankfurt, where the Frobenius Institute is located]]

The Frobenius Institute (Frobenius-Institut; originally: Forschungsinstitut für Kulturmorphologie) is Germany's oldest anthropological research institute. Founded in 1925, it is named after Leo Frobenius. The institution is located at Gruneburgplatz 1 in Frankfurt am Main. An autonomous organization, it is associated with the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, and works in collaboration with two other organizations, the Institut für Ethnologie, and the Museum der Weltkulturen.{{cite web|url=http://www.frobenius-institut.de/en|title=FROBENIUS-INSTITUT an der Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universitat|work=Frobenius-Institut|accessdate=16 Jan 2016}} It carries out ethnological and historical research.{{cite web|url=http://www.deutsche-kultur-international.de/en/org/organisations/frobenius-institut-ev-an-der-johann-wolfgang-goethe-universitaet-zu-frankfurt-am-main-fi.html|title=Frobenius-Institute at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University, Frankfurt am Main|publisher=Deutsche Kultur International|accessdate=8 May 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725165647/http://www.deutsche-kultur-international.de/en/org/organisations/frobenius-institut-ev-an-der-johann-wolfgang-goethe-universitaet-zu-frankfurt-am-main-fi.html|archivedate=25 July 2011}} Originally established in Munich and known as the Forschungsinstitut fur Kulturmorphologie, it was renamed by Adolf Ellegard Jensen, its director after the 1938 death of Frobenius.{{cite book|last=Gaillard|first=Gérald|title=The Routledge dictionary of anthropologists|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vDad_ohjPFwC&pg=PA218|accessdate=8 May 2011|year=2004|publisher=Psychology Press|isbn=978-0-415-22825-1|pages=218–}}