Since Februar, students are having a xylotheque at the Branch Life Renewable Resources at their disposal. A xylotheque (greek ξύλον xylon for ‚wood‘ and θήκη theque for ‚repository‘) is a collection of wood from different tree species.
In order to provide students a possibility to practice the identification of different wood types, Dr. Alexander Hölderich and Prof. Dr. Cordt Zollfrank from the Straubing Centre of Science looked for a suitable location for a xylotheque. Now there are two boxes with four sets of wood samples available at the Branch Library Renewable Resources, so that up to eight students can work with it at the same time.
At Prof. Dr. Zollfrank's Chair of Biogenic Polymers you can also find one of the largest wood collections in Germany. Dieter Stojan, the founder of the master school for carpenters at Ebern, donated his collection of 900 different woods to the chair.
