History

the Zoo of Cologne was founded in 1860 by the inhabitants of Cologne. The zoo was financially independent until in the years 1920, when the Town of Cologne bought the majority of the shares. Since then, the zoo is financed by the city. During the Second world war, the zoo was almost completely destroyed and had to be closed. Two years after the war, in 1947, the zoo was réouvert with the public. It not was then only rebuilt but its surface was doubled to reach the size of 20 hectares. This phase of rebuilding and enlarging finished in the years 1970.

In 1963 the first zoological school on the continent of Europe was created. The Zoo of Cologne also played a central role in the installation of the European programs of breeding and currently manages a big number of these programs and contributes financially and humanly to several programmes of in situ conservation of species threatened of extinction.

Addresses: Riehler Straße 173,50735 Köln

The park

The zoo is divided into 3: the park, the aquarium and vivarium.

Animals

Elephants, deer, houses of monkeys (attention has your heads because they have tunnels which their make it possible to pass to the top you), alpacas, grizzlys, hamadryas, horse of Przewalski, russet-red panda, birdcage (which one can enter), saiga…

Directors of the zoo

• 1859-1869 Dr. Heinrich Bodinus
• 1870-1886 Dr. Nicolas Funck
• 1886-1888 Prof Dr. Ludwig Heck
• 1888-1928 Ludwig Wunderlich
• 1929-1938 Dr. Friedrich Hauchecorne
• 1938-1951 Dr. Werner Zahn
• 1952-1975 Dr. Wilhelm Windecker
• 1975-1981 Prof Dr. Ernst Josef Kullmann
• 1981-2006 Prof Dr. Gunther Nogge
• 2007 Theo Pagel and Christopher Landsberg

Internal bonds

• Zoological gardens
• List of the zoological gardens of Europe
• Cologne

External bond

Zoos in the world

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