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

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