Part I. General Aspects.- 1. In Past and Recent Times: On the Significance of Zoological Collections in Germany-An Introduction.- 2. Germany's Zoological Collections: An International and Personal View on an Important Historical and Contemporary Scientific Resource.- 3. Research Collections in Germany: Modern Trends in Methods of Sorting, Preserving, and Research.- 4. National and International Collection Networks.- 5. Legal and Ethical Challenges: From Collection Management to Access and Benefit-Sharing.- 6. Modern Exhibition Concepts.- Part II. The Collections.- 7. ASCHAFFENBURG: The Collection of the Bavarian Royal National Academy of Forestry Aschaffenburg Is on Its Way to Becoming a Modern Museum of Natural History.- 8. BAD DÜRKHEIM: The Zoological Collections at the Palatinate Museum of Natural History (Pfalzmuseum für Naturkunde - POLLICHIA-Museum), Bad Dürkheim (Germany).- 9. BAMBERG: The ZoologicalCollections at the Museum of Natural History in Bamberg.- 10. BERLIN: From Humboldt to HVac-The Zoological Collections of the Museum für Naturkunde Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science in Berlin.- 11. BERLIN: Zoologische Lehrsammlung (Zoological Teaching Collection).- 12. BERLIN: The Zoological Collection of the Stadtmuseum Berlin.- 13. BERLIN: The Veterinary Collection of the Institute of Veterinary Anatomy, Department of Veterinary Medicine, Freie Universität Berlin.- 14. BONN: Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig in Bonn: Transformation of a Classical Natural History Museum of the Nineteenth Century into a Biodiversity Research Institution.- 15. BRAUNSCHWEIG: Staatliches Naturhistorisches Museum Braunschweig.- 16. BREMEN: Geosciences Collection of the University of Bremen: The Recent Mollusk Compilation.- 17. BREMEN: Zoological Collection of the University of Bremen.- 18. BREMEN: The Zoological Collections of the Übersee-Museum Bremen (UMB).- 19. CHEMNITZ: Museum of Natural History Chemnitz: Identity Through Tradition.- 20. DARMSTADT: The Zoological Collections of the Hessische Landesmuseum Darmstadt.- 21. DARMSTADT: The Zoological Collection at the Department of Biology/TU Darmstadt History and Present State of the Zoological Collection.- 22. DETMOLD: Lippisches Landesmuseum Detmold.- 23. DRESDEN / THARANDT: Zoological Collections Housed at the Institute of Forest Botany and Forest Zoology of Technische Universität Dresden.- 24. DÜSSELDORF: Aquazoo Löbbecke Museum Düsseldorf.- 25. EBERSWALDE: Zoological Collections of Eberswalde: Like Phoenix from the Ashes?.- 26. ERFURT: The Naturkundemuseum Erfurt.- 27. FLENSBURG: Naturwissenschaftliches Museum Flensburg: Natural History Museum Flensburg.- 28. FRANKFURT, DRESDEN, GÖRLITZ, MÜNCHEBERG: Senckenberg: Its Zoological Collections and Their Histories.- 29. GIEßEN: University Collections: Justus Liebig University Gießen.- 30. GÖTTINGEN: The Zoological Museum of Göttingen University.- 31. GÖTTINGEN: Collections in the Departments of "Wildlife Sciences" and "Forest Zoology and Forest Conservation".- 32. GREIFSWALD: The Zoological Museum of the University Greifswald: Past, Present, and Future.- 33. HALBERSTADT: Museum Heineanum.- 34. HALLE-WITTENBERG: The Zoological Collection of the Martin Luther University in Halle-Wittenberg.- 35. HAMBURG: Back to the Future: The Centrum für Naturkunde on Its Way Toward Reestablishing a Natural History Museumin Hamburg.- 36. HEIDELBERG: The Zoological Museum of the University of Heidelberg.- 37. JENA: The Scientific Zoological Collections at the Phyletisches Museum in Jena: Historical Development and Conservational Challenges.- 38. JENA: The Teaching Collection at the Zoological Institute of the University of Jena: Its Importance, Value and Conservational Problems.- 39. KAISERSLAUTERN: Zoological Collection of the University of Kaiserslautern.- 40. LEIPZIG: Naturkundemuseum Leipzig: Museum of Natural Sciences.- 41. LEIPZIG: The Zoological Study and Research Collection of the University of Leipzig.- 42. LÜBECK: Museum of Nature and Environment, Lübeck, Zoological Collections.- 43. MAINZ: The Zoological Collections of the Mainz Natural History Museum/State Collection of Natural History of Rhineland Palatinate.- 44. MARBURG: Zoological Collection of the Philipps University of Marburg.- 45. MÜNCHEN: The Zoologische Staatssammlung München (ZSM) of the Staatliche Naturwissenschaftliche Sammlungen Bayerns (SNSB).- 46. MÜNSTER: The Zoological Collections of the LWL-Museum of Natural History in Münster.- 47. OLDENBURG: 180 Years of Local Collection and Research in Oldenburg.- 48. POTSDAM: Naturkundemuseum Potsdam: Natural History Museum of Potsdam Documentation of Regional Biodiversity and 50 Years of Experience with a Freshwater Aquarium.- 49. ROSTOCK: The Zoological Collection of the University of Rostock.- 50. SCHIFFWEILER: Zentrum für Biodokumentation des Saarlandes (ZfBS).- 51. SIEGEN: University of Siegen Zoological Collections Teach Biodiversity Better than Books and Bytes.- 52. STRALSUND: The German Oceanographic Museum.- 53. STUTTGART: The Zoological Collections of the Stuttgart State Museum of Natural History.- 54. WAREN: Müritzeum with the Natural History Collections for the State of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.- 55. WESTLAUSITZ: The Zoological Collection of the Museum der Westlausitz Kamenz by Olaf Zinke.- 56. WIESBADEN: Museum Wiesbaden: Natural History Collections [MWNH].- 57. WÜRZBURG: The Zoological Study Collection at the Theodor-Boveri-Institute, Biocenter, Julius-Maximilians-University of Würzburg.- 58. KARLSRUHE: The Zoological Collections of the State Museum of Natural History Karlsruhe.