Zoological Collections of Germany: The Animal Kingdom in its Amazing Plenty at Museums and Universities (Natural History Collections)

This Book Is Devoted To The Knowledge Of Up To 250 Years Of Collecting, Organizing And Preserving Animals By Generations Of Scientists. Zoological Collections Are A Huge Resource For Modern Animal Research And Should Be Available For National And International Scientists And Institutions, As Well As Prospective Public And Private Customers. Moreover, These Collections Are An Important Part Of The Scientific Enterprise, Supporting Scientific Research, Human Health, Public Education, And The Conservation Of Biodiversity. Much Of What We Are Beginning To Understand About Our World, We Owe To The Collection, Preservation, And Ongoing Study Of Natural Specimens. Properly Preserved Collections Of Marine Or Terrestrial Animals Are Libraries Of Earth's History And Vital To Our Ability To Learn About Our Place In Its Future. The Approach Employed By The Editor Involves Not Only An Introduction To The Topic, But Also An External View On German Collections Including An Assessment Of Their Value In The International And National Context, And Information On The International And National Collection Networks. Particular Attention Is Given To New Approaches Of Sorting, Preserving And Researching In Zoological Collections As Well As Their Neglect And/or Threat. In Addition, The Book Provides Information On All Big Public Research Museums, On Important Collections In Regional Country And Local District Museums, And Also On University Collections. This Is A Highly Informative And Carefully Presented Book, Providing Scientific Insight For Readers With An Interest In Biodiversity, Taxonomy, Or Evolution, As Well As Natural History Collections At Large. Part I. General Aspects -- 1. In Past And Recent Times: On The Significance Of Zoological Collections In Germany--an Introduction -- 2. Germany's Zoological Collections: An International And Personal View On An Important Historical And Contemporary Scientific Resource -- 3. Research Collections In Germany: Modern Trends In Methods Of Sorting, Preserving, And Research -- 4. National And International Collection Networks -- 5. Legal And Ethical Challenges: From Collection Management To Access And Benefit-sharing -- 6. Modern Exhibition Concepts -- Part Ii. The Collections -- 7. Aschaffenburg: The Collection Of The Bavarian Royal National Academy Of Forestry Aschaffenburg Is On Its Way To Becoming A Modern Museum Of Natural History -- 8. Bad DÜrkheim: The Zoological Collections At The Palatinate Museum Of Natural History (pfalzmuseum Für Naturkunde -- Pollichia-museum), Bad Dürkheim (germany) -- 9. Bamberg: The Zoological Collections At The Museum Of Natural History In Bamberg --^ 10. Berlin: From Humboldt To Hvac--the Zoological Collections Of The Museum Für Naturkunde Leibniz Institute For Evolution And Biodiversity Science In Berlin -- 11. Berlin: Zoologische Lehrsammlung (zoological Teaching Collection) -- 12. Berlin: The Zoological Collection Of The Stadtmuseum Berlin -- 13. Berlin: The Veterinary Collection Of The Institute Of Veterinary Anatomy, Department Of Veterinary Medicine, Freie Universität Berlin -- 14. Bonn: Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig In Bonn: Transformation Of A Classical Natural History Museum Of The Nineteenth Century Into A Biodiversity Research Institution -- 15. Braunschweig: Staatliches Naturhistorisches Museum Braunschweig -- 16. Bremen: Geosciences Collection Of The University Of Bremen: The Recent Mollusk Compilation -- 17. Bremen: Zoological Collection Of The University Of Bremen -- 18. Bremen: The Zoological Collections Of The Übersee-museum Bremen (umb) --^ 19. Chemnitz: Museum Of Natural History Chemnitz: Identity Through Tradition -- 20. Darmstadt: The Zoological Collections Of The Hessische Landesmuseum Darmstadt -- 21. Darmstadt: The Zoological Collection At The Department Of Biology/tu Darmstadt History And Present State Of The Zoological Collection -- 22. Detmold: Lippisches Landesmuseum Detmold -- 23. Dresden / Tharandt: Zoological Collections Housed At The Institute Of Forest Botany And Forest Zoology Of Technische Universität Dresden -- 24. DÜsseldorf: Aquazoo Löbbecke Museum Düsseldorf -- 25. Eberswalde: Zoological Collections Of Eberswalde: Like Phoenix From The Ashes? -- 26. Erfurt: The Naturkundemuseum Erfurt -- 27. Flensburg: Naturwissenschaftliches Museum Flensburg: Natural History Museum Flensburg -- 28. Frankfurt, Dresden, GÖrlitz, MÜncheberg: Senckenberg: Its Zoological Collections And Their Histories -- 29. Gießen: University Collections: Justus Liebig University Gießen --^ 30. GÖttingen: The Zoological Museum Of Göttingen University -- 31. GÖttingen: Collections In The Departments Of Wildlife Sciences And Forest Zoology And Forest Conservation -- 32. Greifswald: The Zoological Museum Of The University Greifswald: Past, Present, And Future -- 33. Halberstadt: Museum Heineanum -- 34. Halle-wittenberg: The Zoological Collection Of The Martin Luther University In Halle-wittenberg -- 35. Hamburg: Back To The Future: The Centrum Für Naturkunde On Its Way Toward Reestablishing A Natural History Museum In Hamburg -- 36. Heidelberg: The Zoological Museum Of The University Of Heidelberg -- 37. Jena: The Scientific Zoological Collections At The Phyletisches Museum In Jena: Historical Development And Conservational Challenges -- 38. Jena: The Teaching Collection At The Zoological Institute Of The University Of Jena: Its Importance, Value And Conservational Problems -- 39. Kaiserslautern: Zoological Collection Of The University Of Kaiserslautern --^ 40. Leipzig: Naturkundemuseum Leipzig: Museum Of Natural Sciences -- 41. Leipzig: The Zoological Study And Research Collection Of The University Of Leipzig -- 42. LÜbeck: Museum Of Nature And Environment, Lübeck, Zoological Collections -- 43. Mainz: The Zoological Collections Of The Mainz Natural History Museum/state Collection Of Natural History Of Rhineland Palatinate -- 44. Marburg: Zoological Collection Of The Philipps University Of Marburg -- 45. MÜnchen: The Zoologische Staatssammlung München (zsm) Of The Staatliche Naturwissenschaftliche Sammlungen Bayerns (snsb) -- 46. MÜnster: The Zoological Collections Of The Lwl-museum Of Natural History In Münster -- 47. Oldenburg: 180 Years Of Local Collection And Research In Oldenburg -- 48. Potsdam: Naturkundemuseum Potsdam: Natural History Museum Of Potsdam Documentation Of Regional Biodiversity And 50 Years Of Experience With A Freshwater Aquarium -- 49. Rostock: The Zoological Collection Of The University Of Rostock --^ 50. Schiffweiler: Zentrum Für Biodokumentation Des Saarlandes (zfbs) -- 51. Siegen: University Of Siegen Zoological Collections Teach Biodiversity Better Than Books And Bytes -- 52. Stralsund: The German Oceanographic Museum -- 53. Stuttgart: The Zoological Collections Of The Stuttgart State Museum Of Natural History -- 54. Waren: Müritzeum With The Natural History Collections For The State Of Mecklenburg-vorpommern -- 55. Westlausitz: The Zoological Collection Of The Museum Der Westlausitz Kamenz By Olaf Zinke -- 56. Wiesbaden: Museum Wiesbaden: Natural History Collections [mwnh] -- 57. WÜrzburg: The Zoological Study Collection At The Theodor-boveri-institute, Biocenter, Julius-maximilians-university Of Würzburg -- 58. Karlsruhe: The Zoological Collections Of The State Museum Of Natural History Karlsruhe. Edited By Lothar A. Beck. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Front Matter ....Pages i-xxxii Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 In Past and Recent Times: On the Significance of Zoological Collections in Germany—An Introduction (Lothar A. Beck)....Pages 3-6 Germany’s Zoological Collections: An International and Personal View on an Important Historical and Contemporary Scientific Resource (Hinrich Kaiser, George R. Zug, Aaron M. Bauer)....Pages 7-15 Research Collections in Germany: Modern Trends in Methods of Sorting, Preserving, and Research (Ulrich Joger)....Pages 17-28 National and International Collection Networks (Cornelia Weber)....Pages 29-36 Legal and Ethical Challenges: From Collection Management to Access and Benefit-Sharing (Cornelia Löhne, Peter Giere, Dirk Neumann)....Pages 37-47 Modern Exhibition Concepts (Annette Scheersoi)....Pages 49-58 Front Matter ....Pages 59-59 ASCHAFFENBURG: The Collection of the Bavarian Royal National Academy of Forestry Aschaffenburg Is on Its Way to Becoming a Modern Museum of Natural History (Martin Hoepfner)....Pages 61-70 BAD DÜRKHEIM: The Zoological Collections at the Palatinate Museum of Natural History (Pfalzmuseum für Naturkunde – POLLICHIA-Museum), Bad Dürkheim (Germany) (Frank Wieland)....Pages 71-82 BAMBERG: The Zoological Collections at the Museum of Natural History in Bamberg (Matthias Mäuser)....Pages 83-88 BERLIN: From Humboldt to HVac—The Zoological Collections of the Museum für Naturkunde Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science in Berlin (Peter Giere, Peter Bartsch, Christiane Quaisser)....Pages 89-122 BERLIN: Zoologische Lehrsammlung (Zoological Teaching Collection) (Gerhard Scholtz)....Pages 123-134 BERLIN: The Zoological Collection of the Stadtmuseum Berlin (Manfred Graefe)....Pages 135-139 BERLIN: The Veterinary Collection of the Institute of Veterinary Anatomy, Department of Veterinary Medicine, Freie Universität Berlin (Johanna Plendl, Janet Weigner, Juliane Rieger, Klaus-Dieter Budras)....Pages 141-151 BONN: Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig in Bonn: Transformation of a Classical Natural History Museum of the Nineteenth Century into a Biodiversity Research Institution (Jonas J. Astrin, Sabine Heine, Claudia Koch, Dennis Rödder, Till Töpfer, J. Wolfgang Wägele)....Pages 153-182 BRAUNSCHWEIG: Staatliches Naturhistorisches Museum Braunschweig (Ulrich Joger)....Pages 183-196 BREMEN: Geosciences Collection of the University of Bremen: The Recent Mollusk Compilation (Jens Lehmann)....Pages 197-212 BREMEN: Zoological Collection of the University of Bremen (Hans Konrad Nettmann)....Pages 213-217 BREMEN: The Zoological Collections of the Übersee-Museum Bremen (UMB) (Michael Stiller, Fernanda M. Rodrigues, Volker Lohrmann)....Pages 219-229 CHEMNITZ: Museum of Natural History Chemnitz: Identity Through Tradition (Thorid Zierold, Sven Erlacher, Ronny Rößler)....Pages 231-235 DARMSTADT: The Zoological Collections of the Hessische Landesmuseum Darmstadt (Jörn Köhler, Francisco Hita Garcia)....Pages 237-243 DARMSTADT: The Zoological Collection at the Department of Biology/TU Darmstadt History and Present State of the Zoological Collection (Berend Koch)....Pages 245-251 DETMOLD: Lippisches Landesmuseum Detmold (Dorothee Suray)....Pages 253-257 DRESDEN / THARANDT: Zoological Collections Housed at the Institute of Forest Botany and Forest Zoology of Technische Universität Dresden (I. Brunk, C. Scheibner, J. Zschille, M. Roth)....Pages 259-268 DÜSSELDORF: Aquazoo Löbbecke Museum Düsseldorf (Sandra Honigs, Silke Stoll, Elmar Finke)....Pages 269-279 EBERSWALDE: Zoological Collections of Eberswalde: Like Phoenix from the Ashes? (U. Schulz, A. Linde, J. Möller)....Pages 281-294 ERFURT: The Naturkundemuseum Erfurt (Matthias Hartmann, Herbert Grimm, Ulrich Scheidt)....Pages 295-309 FLENSBURG: Naturwissenschaftliches Museum Flensburg: Natural History Museum Flensburg (Werner Barkemeyer)....Pages 311-315 FRANKFURT, DRESDEN, GÖRLITZ, MÜNCHEBERG: Senckenberg: Its Zoological Collections and Their Histories (Michael Türkay, Uwe Fritz, Thomas Schmitt, Willi Xylander, Raffael Ernst, Uwe Kallweit et al.)....Pages 317-371 GIEßEN: University Collections: Justus Liebig University Gießen (Eva Diehl, Birgit Jauker, Christian Albrecht, Thomas Wilke, Volkmar Wolters)....Pages 373-381 GÖTTINGEN: The Zoological Museum of Göttingen University (Rainer Willmann)....Pages 383-389 GÖTTINGEN: Collections in the Departments of “Wildlife Sciences” and “Forest Zoology and Forest Conservation” (Bernhard Weißbecker, Gerrit Holighaus, Niko Balkenhol)....Pages 391-396 GREIFSWALD: The Zoological Museum of the University Greifswald: Past, Present, and Future (Peter Michalik)....Pages 397-404 HALBERSTADT: Museum Heineanum (Bernd Nicolai)....Pages 405-415 HALLE-WITTENBERG: The Zoological Collection of the Martin Luther University in Halle-Wittenberg (Karla Schneider, Frank Steinheimer)....Pages 417-434 HAMBURG: Back to the Future: The Centrum für Naturkunde on Its Way Toward Reestablishing a Natural History Museum in Hamburg (Matthias Glaubrecht)....Pages 435-461 HEIDELBERG: The Zoological Museum of the University of Heidelberg (Volker Storch)....Pages 463-466 JENA: The Scientific Zoological Collections at the Phyletisches Museum in Jena: Historical Development and Conservational Challenges (Gunnar Brehm, Dietrich von Knorre, Martin S. Fischer)....Pages 467-476 JENA: The Teaching Collection at the Zoological Institute of the University of Jena: Its Importance, Value and Conservational Problems (Gerta Puchert, Gunnar Brehm)....Pages 477-484 KAISERSLAUTERN: Zoological Collection of the University of Kaiserslautern (Jürgen Kusch)....Pages 485-493 LEIPZIG: Naturkundemuseum Leipzig: Museum of Natural Sciences (Jana Domaratius, Ronald Schiller)....Pages 495-497 LEIPZIG: The Zoological Study and Research Collection of the University of Leipzig (Detlef Bernhard)....Pages 499-506 LÜBECK: Museum of Nature and Environment, Lübeck, Zoological Collections (Susanne Füting)....Pages 507-517 MAINZ: The Zoological Collections of the Mainz Natural History Museum/State Collection of Natural History of Rhineland Palatinate (Carsten Renker, Bettina Henrich, Uwe Hildebrand)....Pages 519-528 MARBURG: Zoological Collection of the Philipps University of Marburg (Elisabeth Hempel, Lothar A. Beck)....Pages 529-540 MÜNCHEN: The Zoologische Staatssammlung München (ZSM) of the Staatliche Naturwissenschaftliche Sammlungen Bayerns (SNSB) (Gerhard Haszprunar)....Pages 541-549 MÜNSTER: The Zoological Collections of the LWL-Museum of Natural History in Münster (Jan Ole Kriegs, Heinrich Terlutter)....Pages 551-557 OLDENBURG: 180 Years of Local Collection and Research in Oldenburg (Christina Barilaro)....Pages 559-569 POTSDAM: Naturkundemuseum Potsdam: Natural History Museum of Potsdam Documentation of Regional Biodiversity and 50 Years of Experience with a Freshwater Aquarium (Detlef Knuth, Ina Pokorny, Dirk Berger)....Pages 571-582 ROSTOCK: The Zoological Collection of the University of Rostock (Stefan Richter, Andreas Bick)....Pages 583-589 SCHIFFWEILER: Zentrum für Biodokumentation des Saarlandes (ZfBS) (Andreas Werno)....Pages 591-598 SIEGEN: University of Siegen Zoological Collections Teach Biodiversity Better than Books and Bytes (Klaudia Witte, Sven Dienstbach, Urs Christian Gießelmann, Arndt Horst Johann Wellbrock)....Pages 599-607 STRALSUND: The German Oceanographic Museum (G.-B. Reinicke)....Pages 609-619 STUTTGART: The Zoological Collections of the Stuttgart State Museum of Natural History (Stefan Merker, Arnold H. Staniczek)....Pages 621-645 WAREN: Müritzeum with the Natural History Collections for the State of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Renate Seemann)....Pages 647-657 WESTLAUSITZ: The Zoological Collection of the Museum der Westlausitz Kamenz by Olaf Zinke (Olaf Zinke)....Pages 659-666 WIESBADEN: Museum Wiesbaden: Natural History Collections [MWNH] (Fritz Geller-Grimm)....Pages 667-674 WÜRZBURG: The Zoological Study Collection at the Theodor-Boveri-Institute, Biocenter, Julius-Maximilians-University of Würzburg (Dieter Mahsberg, Gerhard Kneitz)....Pages 675-681 KARLSRUHE: The Zoological Collections of the State Museum of Natural History Karlsruhe (Hubert Höfer, Albrecht Manegold, Alexander Riedel, Robert Trusch, Manfred Verhaagh)....Pages 683-706 Back Matter ....Pages 707-729 "This book is devoted to the knowledge of up to 250 years of collecting, organizing and preserving animals by generations of scientists. Zoological Collections are a huge resource for modern animal research and should be available for national and international scientists and institutions, as well as prospective public and private customers. Moreover, these collections are an important part of the scientific enterprise, supporting scientific research, human health, public education, and the conservation of biodiversity. Much of what we are beginning to understand about our world, we owe to the collection, preservation, and ongoing study of natural specimens. Properly preserved collections of marine or terrestrial animals are libraries of Earth's history and vital to our ability to learn about our place in its future. The approach employed by the editor involves not only an introduction to the topic, but also an external view on German collections including an assessment of their value in the international and national context, and information on the international and national collection networks. Particular attention is given to new approaches of sorting, preserving and researching in Zoological Collections as well as their neglect and/or threat. In addition, the book provides information on all big Public Research Museums, on important Collections in regional Country and local District Museums, and also on University collections. This is a highly informative and carefully presented book, providing scientific insight for readers with an interest in biodiversity, taxonomy, or evolution, as well as natural history collections at large." -- prové de l'editor