Zoological Collection Rostock

The collection was founded in 1775 by Oluf Gerhard Tychsen and is used both for teaching and research.

The zoological collection was founded in 1775 by Oluf Gerhard Tychsen, an orientalist and head librarian of the University of Rostock.

It was relocated to the Universitätsplatz in 1844 after the adoption of parts of the collection of the grand duke in Ludwigslust.

The collection holds about 140.000 series of taxa from all over the world.

It is also home to the Rostocker Pfeilstorch, which provided early evidence for long-distance migration by storks.

Blaschka model at the Zoological Collection Rostock
Plaque at the Zoological Institute of the Rostock University
The Rostocker Pfeilstorch