Augsburg Zoo

Zoo Augsburg

Date opened	000000001937-05-12-000012 May 1937
Location	Brehmplatz 1, 86161 Augsburg, Germany
Coordinates	48°20′52″N 10°54′52″E / 48.34778°N 10.91444°E / 48.34778; 10.91444Coordinates: 48°20′52″N 10°54′52″E / 48.34778°N 10.91444°E / 48.34778; 10.91444
Land area	22 ha (0.22 km²)
Number of animals	1245^[1] (2013)
Number of species	236^[1] (2013)
Annual visitors	600 000
Memberships	WAZA, EAZA, VDZ
Owner	Zoologischer Garten Augsburg GmbH
Website	www.zoo-augsburg.de

Part of the Africa-Panorama with three Rothschild Giraffes

Augsburg Zoo is a zoo located in the city of Augsburg in Bavaria, Germany, and with over 600,000 visitors annually, the zoo belongs to the 20 largest Zoos in Germany.

Augsburg Zoo holds 1,600 animals belonging to 300 different species. Of those animals, the zoo keep 100 reptiles and amphibias from 25 species. The zoo is involved in the 18 European Endangered Species Programmes.

History

Already in year 800, the town of Augsburg had tropical species of animals within its borders, when Emperor Charlemagne placed his Asian elephant Abul-Abbas in Augsburg.^[2] An elephant was a gift to the emperor from the caliph Ar-Rashid, and was walked from Italy through Achen Pass to Germany, and later walked to Augsburg where the emperor preferred to keep his elephant.

In 1410, an enclosure for deer was established at the city wall, those deer were shot by French soldiers in 1796 during the war of War of the First Coalition. with the name Park der deutschen Tierwelt in order to display German animals. There were also plans to build a traditional Swabian farm, a project which was never realized.

During the World War II, most parts of the zoo were destroyed, and the zoo was closed in 1943, and re-opened again in 1947.

After the re-opening, the public showed an interest to see exotic animal species, hence the name was changed to Augsburger Tiergarten after World War II, and the first exotic animal species was introduced in the zoo.

References

Much of the content of this article comes from the equivalent German-language wikipedia article. Retrieved on 12 December 2014. The following references are cited by that German-language article:

1 2 Tierinventur 2013 Newsletter des Zoos Augsburg vom 24. Februar 2014.
↑ Kistler, John M. (2011). Animals in the Military: From Hannibal's Elephants to the Dolphins of the U.S. Navy. ABC-CLIO. p. 91. ISBN 1-598-84347-8. , citing Hodges, Richard. (cf. Kistler & Lair 2006)

External links

Official website

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Zoos of Germany

Zoos	Augsburg Zoo Bad Mergentheim Wildlife Park Berlin Tierpark Berlin Zoological Garden Betzenberg Wildlife Park Bremerhaven Zoo Cologne Zoo Cottbus Zoo Dortmund Zoo Dresden Zoo Duisburg Zoo Eekholt Wildlife Park Erlebnispark Tripsdrill Essehof Zoo Frankfurt Zoo Hamburg Hagenbeck Zoo Hanover Zoo Heidelberg Zoo Hellabrunn Zoo Hirschfeld Wildlife Park Hodenhagen Serengeti Park Karlsruhe Zoo Krefeld Zoo Landau Zoo Leipzig Zoo Lüneburg Heath Wildlife Park Magdeburg Zoo Münster Zoo Nuremberg Zoo Olching Bird Park Opel Zoo Osnabrück Zoo Rostock Zoo Saarbrücken Zoo Sassnitz Wildlife Park Südliche Weinstraße Wildlife Park Stuttgart Wilhelma Zoo Walsrode Bird Park Wuppertal Zoo ZOOM Erlebniswelt Gelsenkirchen

Aquariums	AquaDom Aquarium Berlin German Oceanographic Museum Ozeaneum Sea Life Centres Germany

Historical	Königsberger Tiergarten (now in Kaliningrad, Russia)

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