The Zoologische Staatssammlung München

Zoologische Staatssammlung München

Zoologische Staatssammlung München or ZSM or The Bavarian State Collection of Zoology is a major German research institution for zoological systematics. With over 20 million zoological specimens it is one of the largest natural history collections in the world. The sections are Entomology,...

(The Bavarian State Collection of Zoology) awards the Ritter-von-Spix-Medal to distinguished donors and benefactors of outstanding zoological collections. The German research institution has built up one of the largest natural history collections in the world with over 20 million zoological specimens.

The award is named after Johann Baptist von Spix

Johann Baptist von Spix

Dr. Johann Baptist Ritter von Spix was a German naturalist.Spix was born in Höchstadt, Middle Franconia, as the seventh of eleven children. His boyhood home is the site of the Spix Museum , opened to the public in 2004...

, the institution's first curator of zoology, and is granted sporadically since the 200th birthday of von Spix.

Award winners

• 2010 - Lutz W. R. Kobes
• 2008 - Zoltán Varga
• 2003 - Karl-Heinz Fuchs
• 2003 - Heinz Politzar
• 2001 - Thomas Witt, Museum Witt
  Museum Witt
  The Museum Witt Munich is a department of the Bavarian State Collection of Zoology. It is located in Munich, Germany, and has the world's leading collection of moths.- Establishment :The museum was established in 1980 by Thomas Witt....
  
  
• 2001 - Claude Herbulot
  Claude Herbulot
  Claude Herbulot was a French entomologist. He was born in Charleville-Mézières and died in Paris. He was a lepidopterist and specialised in moths in the family Geometridae...
  
  
• 2000 - Ulf Eitschberger

External links

The Bavarian State Collection of Zoology Biography of Johann Baptist von Spix