Page 50 - Collections of the TU Dresden [Office for Academic Heritage]

F O R E S T Z O O L O G I C A L C O L L E C T I O N
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The Institute employs historically developed collections for the special needs of forest zoo-
logy. These are still actively deployed in teaching today as well as for research purposes. The
systematic collection of insects dates in part back to the 19th century and provides an over-
view of the endemic fauna with about 50,000 individual objects. An insect collection assemb-
led by W. Baer until 1930, consists of display cases specifically made for teaching. The beetle
collection of H. Wiesner gives an overview of Saxon species, especially from the Elbe Valley,
between Dresden and Riesa in the period from 1875 to 1935. There is a mammal collection (882
objects including stuffed animals, skins, skeletal parts), as well as a bird collection (570 objects
including stuffed animals, skins and eggs), of which the oldest items date back to the years
1877 and 1847. Additionally, there is a systematic collection with 697 objects, largely alcohol
preparations of mammals, fish, amphibians, reptiles and invertebrate species, but also skulls
and skeletal parts.

Institute of Forest Botany and Forest Zoology
Cotta-Bau · Pienner Straße 7 · Tharandt
Dr. Jana Zschille · Phone: +49 351–463 31351 · E-Mail: jana.zschille@tu-dresden.de
https://tu-dresden.de/bu/umwelt/forst/forstbotanik/zoologie/die-professur/sammlung

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