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Heidelberg Zoo

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Land area
  
102 ha (1.02 km)

No. of species
  
174 (2012)

Opened
  
20 November 1934

Number of animals
  
1,443 (2012)

No. of animals
  
1443 (2012)

Annual visitors
  
610 000

Phone
  
+49 6221 64550

Number of species
  
174 (2012)

Heidelberg Zoo

Date opened
  
000000001934-11-20-000020 November 1934

Location
  
Tiergartenstraße 3, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany

Address
  
Tiergartenstraße 3, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany

Hours
  
Open today · 9AM–6PMSunday9AM–6PMMonday9AM–6PMTuesday9AM–6PMWednesday9AM–6PMThursday9AM–6PMFriday9AM–6PMSaturday9AM–6PM

Similar
  
Landau Zoo, Luisenpark, Karlsruhe Zoo, Sea Life Speyer, Hanover Zoo

Profiles

Heidelberg Zoo is a zoo in Germany which was founded in 1933 and opened for the public on 20 November 1934. Since 1998, the zoo director has been Klaus Wünnemann.

History

The zoo was created as a foundation, initiated by the ornithologist, Otto Fehringer.

Fehringer was supported by Carl Bosch, the German chemist, engineer, and Nobel laureate in chemistry.

During the first years, Heidelberg Zoo was suffering from money shortage, which even worsened after 1940 and World War II.

In March 1945, the zoo was totally destroyed during bombings.

In 1972, a new director was appointed, and a reformation began.

Several new enclosures were added, like a new enclosure for sea lions 1973, Africa enclosure 1977, carnivores 1978, brown bears 1981, bird enclosure 1985, primates 1988, followed by a new tiger enclosure and other buildings.

A new elephant house was opened in 2010, where only young elephant bulls are kept, as part of the EEP breeding programme for Asian elephants.

References

Heidelberg Zoo Wikipedia