History of the IAR on Helgoland

The IAR is the second oldest ornithological station in the world. An overview of it's history in a
time table:

1837	Heinrich Gätke (1814-1897) moves to Helgoland.
1847	Gätke starts keeping an ornithological journal.
1891	Gätke publishes his book with the trend-setting titel „Die Vogelwarte Helgoland“.
1909	Dr. Hugo Weigold (1886-1973) initiates the first Helgoland research project at the Biologische Anstalt Helgoland.
1/4/1910	Dr. Weigold is officially installed as an ornithological researcher on the 1st of April. This date is now seen as the date of the initiation of the "Ornithological station Helgoland", now the Intitute of Avian Research in Wilhelmshaven.
1/4/1924	Prof. Dr. Rudolf Drost (1892-1971) becomes the successor of Weigold.
10/10/1944	Prof. Dr. Drost leaves Helgoland.
18/4/1945	The activity of the ornithological station is stopped.
1947	The Institute of Avian Research "Vogelwarte Helgoland" moves to Wilhelmshaven.
March 1953	Dr. Wolfgang Jungfer (1913-1999) resumes ornithological work at the now called Island station of the Institute of Avian Research "Vogelwarte Helgoland".
1/4/1956	Dr. Gottfried Vauk (1925-2015) becomes the new leader of the Island station.
1957	The first research house is built on Helgoland.
1/3/1975	Dr. Dieter Moritz obtains a position as the second scientist on Helgoland. This position is maintained when Dr Moritz has to resign for medical reasons in February 1996.
1988	Dr. Vauk leaves the Island station.
1/7/1989	Dr. Ommo Hüppop takes up leadership of the Island station.
1/03/2012	Since 2012 all scientists's work places are mainly located in the main division in Wilhelmshaven, wherefrom the scientific projects at the Island station are coordinated. For that reason Dr. Hüppop moved to Wilhelmshaven, from where he continued his scientific leadership of the Island station until 2021. Dr. Jochen Dierschke became the technical leader of the Island station.