Saarbrücken Zoo

The Saarbrücken Zoo (German: Zoologischer Garten der Landeshauptstadt Saarbrücken) is with over 200.000 visitors annually, and over 1.700 animals from 160 Species the largest Zoo in Saarland. The Zoo is specialized in African animals.

History

In 1870, the land for the present Zoo was used as a quarry, and until 1926 a funicular. The old Zoo was founded in 1932, but became totally destroyed during world war II. 1956 the work started to rebuild the zoo on a new site, consisting 15 hectares (37.1 acres) on the foot of the hill Eschberges.

In February 1995 the elephant Danka killed the head elephantkeeper Uwe Rothe, by headbutting him against a wall, and a year later, in March 2006, both elephants were sold to Alexandria Zoo in Egypt where both elephants died the same day a month later.

During the end of 2005 the north gate closed due to less visitors coming to the zoo, and some northern parts of zoo was redesigned to residential building. The longtime Director Vaclav Ceska was removed from office, and plans were made to renew the popularity among the public of Saarbrücken.

Since 2008 a lot of improvements has been made, including renewing of enclosures and contact with financing sponsors.

Literature

  • Eugen Grittmann: 80 Jahre Saarbrücker Zoo. 1932–2012. Hrsg.: Zoologischer Garten Saarbrücken. Saarbrücken 2012.

See also

  • List of zoos in Germany

External links

Media related to at Wikimedia Commons

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Astry Imani
20 December 2016
Interesting place to spend a quality time with family esp the one with kids of course. Oh, and they have small canteen with delicious German Sausage????????
Bernard Schacht
25 May 2015
Easily the best zoo we visited lately. Much space, new settings, many primates. Snack serves home made preparations. Ridiculous entry price, we paid 20 euros for two with a kid.
Gerard Menvussa
2 January 2016
Apparently around one quarter of the animals see a therapist on a regular basis and one of the lions has never been on holiday. Also, one of the penguins can be controlled with Bluetooth.
Joko
11 April 2015
Toller Zoo - Robben, Pinguine, Gorillas, Giraffen, Erdmännchen, schöne Spielplätze. Renovierung zahlt sich aus.
Joko
10 June 2017
Der Zoo wurde an einigen Stellen modernisiert und ist deshalb noch besser geworden.
Roman B
10 October 2012
Das neue Robbenbecken ist eine sehr schöne Sache. Fütterung ist derzeit immer gegen 15:30 Uhr.
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Sat 10:00 AM–6:00 PM
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