Münster Zoo

{{Infobox Zoo

| name = Allwetterzoo Münster

| logo =

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| logo_caption =

| slogan = „hautnah“ erleben!

| location = Sentruper Straße 315
48161 Münster, Germany

| area = {{Convert| 30|ha|acre|1}}

| date_opened = 1974

| num_animals = 3054

| num_species = 320 {{cite web|title=Allwetterzoo Münster – Zahlen und Fakten|trans-title=|publisher=|url=http://www.allwetterzoo.de/wirueberuns/zahlen_daten.php?activemenu=zoo&sub=8|format=|accessdate=2015-03-03|last=|date=|year=|language=German|pages=|quote=}}

| largest_tank_vol =

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| annual_visitors = 976.032 ( 2013)

| owner = Stadt Münster,
Westfälischer Zoologischer Garten Münster GmbH{{Cite web|url=https://www.stadt-muenster.de/sessionnet/sessionnetbi/getfile.php?DT=V_0494_2013_Anlage3_Lagebericht_2013&DEN=pdf&LO=&s1=341911616&s2=171289923&s3=474393365&s4=319217857&type=do|title=SessionNet | SessionNet Fehlermeldung SessionNet Fehlermeldung}}

| director = Thomas Wilms

| management =| members =EAZA, WAZA

| website = {{URL| http://www.allwetterzoo.de/}}

| image = Zoo Münster Eingangsbereich.jpg

| image_caption = Entrance

| coordinates ={{Coord|51|56|47|N|7|35|30|E|type:landmark_region:DE-BE_scale:5000|display=it}}

}}

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

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

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! width="140" rowspan="2"|Datum

! colspan="2"|Total

! colspan="2"|Mammals

! colspan="2"|Birds

! colspan="2"|Reptiles

! colspan="2"|Amphibia

! colspan="2"|Fish

! colspan="2"|Invertebrates

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|1914

|218

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|31 March 1930

|210

|618

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|31 March 1934

|293

|860

|90

|226

|197

|625

|6

|9

|

|31 December 1950

|162

|474

|45

|137

|283

|9

|44

|1

|8

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|Summer 1956

|330

|920

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|31 December 1962

|341

|1164

|

|31 December 1965

|337

|1202

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|Summer 1972

|380

|1700

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|April 1975

|408

|1355

|83

|396

|169

|489

|60

|143

|2

|86

|277

|8

|48

|31 December 1979

|423

|1970

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|31 December 1984

|391

|2030

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|31 December 1989

|352

|2242

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|31 December 1994

|338

|2220

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|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

File:Westfälischer Zoologischer Garten 1874.jpg

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 .

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! colspan="2" align="left"|Chairman of the board

! align="left"|Zoo Directors

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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

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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

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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

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.{{cite web|title=Zahlen und Daten 2013|publisher=WESTFÄLISCHER ZOOLOGISCHER GARTEN MÜNSTER GmbH|url=http://www.allwetterzoo.de/presse/pdf/Zahlen-und-Daten-2013.pdf|url-status=dead|format=PDF, 47 kB|accessdate=2013-02-22|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130508202837/http://www.allwetterzoo.de/presse/pdf/Zahlen-und-Daten-2013.pdf|archivedate=2013-05-08|language=German}} Januar 2013

Visitor numbers

The numbers of visitors are sorted in different years

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! 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

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! 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

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! 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) {{Cite web |url=http://www.muensterland.de/anzeigen-service/nachrichten-aus-dem-muensterland/besucherplus-im-allwetterzoo-muenster/ |title=Besucherplus im Allwetterzoo Münster - Muensterland.de |access-date=2016-01-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160103144538/http://www.muensterland.de/anzeigen-service/nachrichten-aus-dem-muensterland/besucherplus-im-allwetterzoo-muenster/ |archive-date=2016-01-03 |url-status=dead }}

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References

{{Reflist|refs=

{{Cite web|url=http://www.eaza.net/membership/Pages/Zoos%20and%20Aquariums.aspx

|title=EAZA Member Zoos & Aquariums

|work=eaza.net

|publisher=European Association of Zoos and Aquaria

|accessdate=5 September 2010

}}

{{Cite web|url=http://www.waza.org/en/site/zoos-aquariums

|title=Zoos and Aquariums of the World

|work=waza.org

|publisher=WAZA

|accessdate=5 September 2010

}}

External links

{{Official website|http://www.allwetterzoo.de/}} {{in lang|de}}
[http://www.zoo-infos.de/zoos-en/276.html Münster Zoo at Zoo-Infos.de (in English)]

Category:Zoos in Germany

Category:Zoos established in 1974

Zoological Garden

Münster Zoo

Animal numbers

Management

Staff numbers

Visitor numbers

See also

References

External links