Görlitz Zoo

Zoo in Görlitz, Germany

51°8′30″N 14°58′49″E / 51.14167°N 14.98028°E / 51.14167; 14.98028Date opened1957LocationZittauer Str. 43
02826 Görlitz, GermanyLand area5 hectares (12 acres)No. of animals500No. of species100Annual visitors140.000 (2015)MembershipsEAZA,^[1] WAZA^[2]OwnerNaturschutz-Tierpark Görlitz e. V.DirectorSven HammerWebsitewww.tierpark-goerlitz.de

The Görlitz Zoo (German: Naturschutz-Tierpark Görlitz) is a zoo in Görlitz, in Saxony, Germany.

Founded in 1957, it covers 5 hectares (12.4 acres) and houses 500 animals from 100 species and also some types of domestic breeds.

History

Görlitz Zoo was founded 1957 upon the initiative of the mayor of Görlitz, Bruno Gleißberg, and the directors of gardens, Henry Kraft, on the private grounds of the factory owner, Richard Raupach, which was given to the public of Görlitz after 1945.

Among the first enclosures was for wild boars and roe deers, a pony stable, and "Bärenzwinger", a cage for brown bears, followed, in the early 1960s, by enclosures for fallow deers, monkeys and a bird aviary, as well as a kitchen to prepare foods for the animals.

Number of visitors

2011: 105,000^[3]
2014: 130,000^[4]
2015: 140,000^[5]

Management

until 2011: Axel Gebauer
since 2011: Sven Hammer

Pictures

References

^ "EAZA Member Zoos & Aquariums". eaza.net. European Association of Zoos and Aquaria. Retrieved 5 September 2010.
^ "Zoos and Aquariums of the World". waza.org. WAZA. Retrieved 5 September 2010.
^ "Fehler 404 - Seite nicht gefunden — Alles-Lausitz.de". Archived from the original on 2016-03-31. Retrieved 2016-07-20.
^ sz-online. "Sächsische Zeitung — online".
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