The Allwetterzoo Münster is a zoo in Münster in Westfalen, Germany. The zoo was founded in 1875. In 1973, the Zoologische Garten zu Münster was closed and replaced in 1974 by the new Allwetterzoo Münster, which was built in a tree-rich area close to the lake Aasee.
Staff In 2012, 85 people (including management) worked at the Allwetterzoo Münster zoo. Amongst those, most (46 people) worked as zookeepers, four were part of an education program, and eleven involved in commercial sale or technical section. Six gardners were tending the plants and six people worked in management. Januar 2013
Management Until the end of the 1950s, the chairman of the board was the official director. However, since 1960, the title is "Zoo director." Since 1985, the zoo is managed by Westfälischer Zoologischer Garten GmbH .
Chairman of the boardZoo 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
Animal numbers This table shows the development of animal numbers in the zoo until 2015. DatumTotalMammalsBirdsReptilesAmphibiaFishInvertebratesSpeciesSpeciesSpeciesSpeciesSpeciesSpeciesSpecies191421831 March 193021061831 March 1934293860902261976256931 December 19501624744513713728394418Summer 195633092031 December 1962341116431 December 19653371202Summer 19723801700April 197540813558339616948960143228627784831 December 1979423197031 December 1984391203031 December 1989352224231 December 1994338222031 December 199931934016358410558633192112217511653265331 December 200536835187365098558522301013710015163542731 December 2008302308864580785172914874378133946461662 Invertebrates in 56 Species 1.194 Fish in 84 Species 48 Amphibia in 7 Species 75 Reptilies in 24 Species 484 Birds in 61 Species 557 Mammals in 63 Species 3.020 in 295 Species Quelle http://www.allwetterzoo.de/ Zahlen und Daten --> 31 December 20122953020635576148424757488411945666231 December 20133203054606175947724876399310507878431 December 201434534927258565486331017509712998691031 December 20152983447654315644221101678751333751062
Animals in Allwetterzoo Münster
Visitors The tables below show the annual number of visitors to the zoo, sorted by year.
Year Visitors1921/22129.1021922/23127.7391924/25137.0781928/29178.7111932/33145.4051936/37178.1851950199.6801955327.7071962470.0001964>500.00019741.242.4311979767.129 Year Visitors1984825.0961989845.9971994718.1271999830.9032003908.4472004895.2002005977.32420061.031:st33720071.018.7542008950.7602009991.9902010871.427 Year Visitors2011935.9182012938.3602013976.0322014947.730 (VDZ-Schlüssel)556.305 (gezählt)2015915.000 (VDZ-Schlüssel)618.000 (gezählt)
See also List of zoos in Germany
References
External links
Münster Zoo at Zoo-Infos.de (in English)