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Münster Zoo

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Allwetterzoo Münster
Entrance
Map
51°56′47″N 7°35′30″E / 51.94639°N 7.59167°E / 51.94639; 7.59167
Slogan„hautnah“ erleben!
Date opened1974
LocationSentruper Straße 315
48161 Münster, Germany
Land area30 hectares (74.1 acres)
No. of animals3054 [1]
No. of species320 [1]
Annual visitors976.032 ( 2013)
MembershipsEAZA,[3] WAZA[4]
OwnerStadt Münster,
Westfälischer Zoologischer Garten Münster GmbH[2]
DirectorThomas Wilms
Websitewww.allwetterzoo.de

The Allwetterzoo Münster is a Zoo in Münster in Westfalen, Germany.

The Zoo origins in the 1875 founded, and 1973 closed Zoologische Garten zu Münster, replaced by the 1974 founded Allwetterzoo Münster, which was built in a tree-rich area close to the lake Aasee.

Animal numbers

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This table shows the development of animal numbers in the Zoo until 2015

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Datum Total Mammals Birds Reptiles Amphibia Fish Invertebrates
Species Species Species Species Species Species Species
1914 218
31 March 1930 210 618
31 March 1934 293 860 90 226 197 625 6 9
31 December 1950 162 474 45 137 137 283 9 44 1 8
Summer 1956 330 920
31 December 1962 341 1164
31 December 1965 337 1202
Summer 1972 380 1700
April 1975 408 1355 83 396 169 489 60 143 2 2 86 277 8 48
31 December 1979 423 1970
31 December 1984 391 2030
31 December 1989 352 2242
31 December 1994 338 2220
31 December 1999 319 3401 63 584 105 586 33 192 11 221 75 1165 32 653
31 December 2005 368 3518 73 650 98 558 52 230 10 137 100 1516 35 427
31 December 2008 302 3088 64 580 78 517 29 148 7 43 78 1339 46 461
31 December 2012 295 3020 63 557 61 484 24 75 7 48 84 1194 56 662
31 December 2013 320 3054 60 617 59 477 24 87 6 39 93 1050 78 784
31 December 2014 345 3492 72 585 65 486 33 101 7 50 97 1299 86 910
31 December 2015 298 3447 65 431 56 442 21 101 6 78 75 1333 75 1062

Management

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Share of the Westfälischer Zoologischer Garten zu Münster, issued 1. February 1874, signed by Hermann Landois

Until the end of the 1950s was the chairman of the board the official director, but since 1960 the title is Zoo director. Since 1985 is managed by Westfälischer Zoologischer Garten GmbH .

Chairman of the board Zoo Directors
  • 1871–1876 Hermann Landois
  • 1876–1884 Franz v.Olfers
  • 1884–1894 Vormann
  • 1894–1905 Hermann Landois
  • 1906–1907 B. Wulff
  • 1907–1909 Paul Maerker
  • 1909–1910 Wohmann
  • 1910–1922 Ferdinand Verfürth
  • 1924–1928 Hermann Reichling
  • 1928–1933 Rincklage
  • 1933–1937 Karl Humborg
  • 1937–1945 Franz Falger
  • 1945–1948 Hermann Reichling
  • 1948–1952 Theodor Geringhoff
  • 1952–1959 Julius Rohr
  • 1959–1974 Matthias Lückertz
  • 1974–1979 Heinrich Stadtbäumer
  • 1979–1982 Werner Schulze Buschhoff
  • 1982–1997 Rudolf Wilbrand
  • 1997–2001 Ralph Ziegler
  • 2001–2008 Katharina Krüger
  • since 2008 Helge Peters
  • 1875–1905 Hermann Landois
  • 1908–1925 Heinrich Goffart
  • 1925–1933 Richard Neuhaus
  • 1933 Abel
  • 1934 Goffart
  • 1934–1936 M. Hans Bungartz
  • 1936–1945 Heinz Randow
  • 1945–1948 Hermann Reichling
  • 1949–1957 Ludwig Zukowsky
  • 1957–1960 Heinemann
  • 1960–1980 Helmut Reichling
  • 1980–1994 Götz Ruempler
  • 1994–2015: H. Jörg Adler
  • since 2016: Thomas Wilms

Staff numbers

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During 2012 totally 85 persons (inclusive the management) was working in the zoo. From those most (46) worked as Zookeepers, 4 were busy in an education programme, eleven involved in commercial sale section, or in the technical section. Six gardners were tending the plants and six person worked in the management.[5]

Visitor numbers

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The numbers of visitors are sorted in different years

Year Visitors
1921/22 129.102
1922/23 127.739
1924/25 137.078
1928/29 178.711
1932/33 145.405
1936/37 178.185
1950 199.680
1955 327.707
1962 470.000
1964 >500.000
1974 1.242.431
1979 767.129
Year Visitors
1984 825.096
1989 845.997
1994 718.127
1999 830.903
2003 908.447
2004 895.200
2005 977.324
2006 1.031:st337
2007 1.018.754
2008 950.760
2009 991.990
2010 871.427
Year Visitors
2011 935.918
2012 938.360
2013 976.032
2014 947.730 (VDZ-Schlüssel)
556.305 (gezählt)
2015 915.000 (VDZ-Schlüssel)
618.000 (gezählt) [6]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Allwetterzoo Münster – Zahlen und Fakten" (in German). Retrieved 2015-03-03.
  2. ^ "SessionNet | SessionNet Fehlermeldung SessionNet Fehlermeldung".
  3. ^ "EAZA Member Zoos & Aquariums". eaza.net. European Association of Zoos and Aquaria. Retrieved 5 September 2010.
  4. ^ "Zoos and Aquariums of the World". waza.org. WAZA. Retrieved 5 September 2010.
  5. ^ "Zahlen und Daten 2013" (PDF) (in German). WESTFÄLISCHER ZOOLOGISCHER GARTEN MÜNSTER GmbH. Archived from the original (PDF, 47 kB) on 2013-05-08. Retrieved 2013-02-22. Januar 2013
  6. ^ "Besucherplus im Allwetterzoo Münster - Muensterland.de". Archived from the original on 2016-01-03. Retrieved 2016-01-03.
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