Frankfurt Zoological Garden

Zoo Frankfurt
Main entrance
Date opened	1858 (1858)^[1]
Location	Bernhard-Grzimek-Allee 1, 60316 Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany
Coordinates	50°06′56″N 8°42′11″E / 50.115583°N 8.703139°E / 50.115583; 8.703139Coordinates: 50°06′56″N 8°42′11″E / 50.115583°N 8.703139°E / 50.115583; 8.703139
Land area	11 ha (27 acres)^[2]
Number of animals	about 4500^[2]
Number of species	about 450^[2]
Annual visitors	830.193 (2015)^[2]
Memberships	WAZA,^[3] EAZA,^[4] VdZ
Major exhibits	Asiatic lion, Gorilla, Spectacled bear, Sumatran tiger
Owner	Frankfurt
Public transit access	Zoo (Underground, tramway & Bus)
Website	zoo-frankfurt.de

The Frankfurt Zoological Garden is the zoo of Frankfurt, Germany. It features over 4,500 animals of more than 510 species on more than 11 hectares. The zoo was founded in 1858 and is the second oldest Zoo in Germany, after Berlin Zoological Garden. It lies in the eastern part of the Innenstadt (inner city). Bernhard Grzimek was director of the zoo after World War II from 1945 until 1974.

The Frankfurt Zoological Society (FZS) was founded in 1858 by citizens of Frankfurt to establish the Zoological Garden, which it operated until the First World War. The city council then assumed responsibility for the zoo until 1950, when the FZS again became the zoo's development association.^[5]

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References

↑ "Kurzer Überblick der Geschichte des Frankfurter Zoos" (in German). Retrieved 7 May 2016.
1 2 3 4 "Ein Paar Zahlen gefällig?" (in German). Retrieved 7 May 2016.
↑ "Zoos and Aquariums of the World". waza.org. WAZA. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
↑ "EAZA Member Zoos & Aquariums". eaza.net. EAZA. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
↑ "The Frankfurt Zoological Society". The Frankfurt Zoological Society. Retrieved 2011-10-14.

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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