On the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung

The Senckenberg Gesellschaft fur Naturforschung (SGN) - was founded 200 years ago on November 22, 1817. 
We tell the story

in letters from selected finds from the archive of the SGN (Frankfurt). We look mainly at the first 100 years from 1817 to 1917, preceded by a prelude from the 16th century, because Senckenberg was not created out of a vacuum. The epilogue takes place in Dresden and points into the future, as Senckenberg is today no longer exclusively a Frankfurt society.