Hellabrunn Zoo
Hellabrunn Zoo | |
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48°5′50″N 11°33′15″E / 48.09722°N 11.55417°E | |
Date opened | 1 August 1911[1] |
Location | Munich, Germany |
Land area | 40 ha (99 acres)[2] |
No. of animals | 18,943 (2014)[3] |
No. of species | 767 (2014)[3] |
Annual visitors | 2,283,739 (2014)[3] |
Memberships | EAZA,[4] WAZA[5] |
Website | www.hellabrunn.de |
Hellabrunn Zoo (German: Tierpark Hellabrunn) is a 40 hectare (99 acre) zoological garden in the Bavarian capital of Munich. The zoo is situated on the right bank of the river Isar, in the southern part of Munich near the quarter of Thalkirchen.
A high ratio of enclosures are cageless, relying upon moat features to keep the animals in place. The zoo was the first zoo in the world not organized by species, but also by geographical aspects. For example, the wood bison share their enclosure with prairie dogs.
In 2013, the zoo was ranked the fourth best zoo in Europe (up from 12th).
Tierpark Hellabrunn is a member of the
History
On 25 February 1905 the Verein Zoologischer Garten München e.V. (transl. Society of the Zoological Garden of Munich) was founded and the Hellabrunn area was chosen as the location for the zoo. The zoo was designed by architect Emanuel von Seidl, and opened to the public on 1 August 1911.[1]
In 1922, the zoo was closed due to the
During World War II, the zoo sustained extensive damage due to Allied air raids, but it was able to reopen in May 1945.
In 1970, a badly needed plan for the renovation of the zoo was drawn up.
Hellabrunn today
In 2014 it was home to 18,943 animals representing 767 species.[8]
The Tierpark Hellabrunn is very active in breeding, reintroduction and conservation projects.
Over 2.2 million people visited Hellabrunn in 2014.
As the
Attractions
- The elephant house: Constructed in 1914, renovated 2011–2016
- The new chimpanzees, Diana monkeys and American alligators
- Rare but very acrobatic drills
- The new savannah house where visitors are separated only by a glass wall from the giraffes
- The aquarium with the piranha feeding
- "Dracula's villa" – bats fly around visitors
- Many other buildings like the "Polarium"
- Guided tours – especially when it is dark and there is no one else in the zoo
- Children's birthday parties
Notes
- ^ a b c "History of the Munich Zoo". tierpark-hellabrunn.de. Hellabrunn Zoo. Retrieved 27 November 2011.
- ^ "Munich Zoo". zoo-infos.de. Zoo-Infos.de. Retrieved 23 November 2011.
- ^ a b c "Geschäfts-Bericht 2012" [2012 Annual Report] (PDF). tierpark-hellabrunn.de (in German). Hellabrunn Zoo. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
- ^ "EAZA Member Zoos & Aquariums". eaza.net. EAZA. Retrieved 27 November 2011.
- ^ "Zoos and Aquariums of the World". waza.org. WAZA. Retrieved 27 November 2011.
- ^ "Zoo-Ranking" (in German). Tierpark Hellabrunn. 2013-08-29. Archived from the original on 2013-08-29. Retrieved 2016-10-31.
- ISBN 9783865231840.
- ^ "2010 Annual Report" (PDF). tierpark-hellabrunn.de. Hellabrunn Zoo. Retrieved 27 November 2011.