Hans Frädrich

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Hans Frädrich (born July 4, 1937 in Göttingen ; † September 13, 2003 in Berlin ) was a German zoologist and zoo director.

Life

Hans Frädrich was born on July 4, 1937 as the son of the surgeon Günter Frädrich in Göttingen. He studied in Göttingen, Munich and Toulouse the subjects biology and Romance . In Munich he heard lectures from Konrad Lorenz , which strengthened his desire to become a zoo gardener. After Richard Faust and Bernhard Grzimek his studies in Frankfurt's zoo and in the wild in Kenya had allowed his doctorate Frädrich 1964 with his dissertation On the biology and ethology of the wart hog in mind the behavior of other Suiden Dr. rer. nat. After completing student internships at the Tierhandelshaus Ruhe, the former operator of the Hanover Zoo , and observing warthogs at the Münster Zoo, his animal horticultural career began as a volunteer assistant at the Frankfurt Zoo on January 1, 1964. Two years later he started planning a branch of the Frankfurt Zoo in the Taunus commissioned, but moved to the Berlin Zoo that same year . There he became senior scientific assistant in 1972, authorized signatory in 1974, deputy member of the board in 1975, full board member in 1986 and finally chairman of the board and director of the Berlin zoo and its aquarium from September 1, 1991 to July 4, 2002. He had been a member of the Monday Club since 2000 . Hans Frädrich was a particularly amiable person: knowledgeable and hardworking, at the same time modest and reserved as well as factual and fair. He died after a long illness on September 13, 2003 in Berlin. Hundreds of people attended the funeral service in the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church.

Services

During Frädrich's directorate, the Berlin zoo experienced numerous successful renovations and new buildings. The hippopotamus house, the Siamese cattle house and the penguin house are particularly noteworthy. But also from the second row he had a significant influence on the development of the Berlin zoo. The extension of the Berlin zoo to the exemplary designed extension area is mainly attributed to his negotiating skills.

The natural research owes Hans Frädrich significant contributions to the behavioral biology of wild pigs. He was also secretary of the German Society for Mammal Studies for many years, and from 1977 to 2002 he was the co-editor of the Berlin Zoo's Bongo magazine .

Works

  • As long as it still exists. Experienced wildlife between the Caribbean and Tierra del Fuego. Ullstein, Frankfurt & Berlin 1991, ISBN 3-550-06502-7
  • (together with Jutta Frädrich) Zoo guide mammals , Gustav Fischer, Stuttgart 1973, ISBN 3-437-30059-8

Honors

literature

  • Heinz-Georg Klös: Hans Frädrich 60 years. In: Der Zoologischer Garten (NF) 67, 1997, pp. 238-241, ISSN  0044-5169 .
  • Heinz-Georg Klös, Hans Frädrich & Ursula Klös: Noah's Ark on the Spree. 150 years of the zoological garden in Berlin. Berlin 1994, ISBN 3-927551-29-5 .
  • Jürgen Lange: Obituary Dr. Hans Frädrich (4.7.1937-13.9.2003). In: Meeting reports of the Society of Friends of Natural Sciences in Berlin (NF). Volume 42, 2003, pp. 113-115 (published February 24, 2004).
  • Jürgen Lange: In memory of Dr. Hans Frädrich. In: Bongo. Contributions to the zoo and annual reports from Zoo Berlin 34, 2004, pp. 91–94, ISSN  0174-4038 .
  • Harald Schliemann: Hans Frädrich . In: Mammalian Biology . Zeitschrift für Mammaliankunde 69, 2004, pp. 287-288, ISSN  1616-5047 .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Lange (2003), p. 113.
personal data
SURNAME Frädrich, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German zoologist and zoo director
DATE OF BIRTH 4th July 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Goettingen
DATE OF DEATH September 13, 2003
Place of death Berlin