Circus Barum in Germany

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Circus Barum
Poster by Adolph Friedländer, 1931
Local name	Circus Kreiser, Circus Simoneit-Barum
Type	circus
Founded	1878
Closed down	2008
Address	Braunschweiger Str. 2
Zip-code	37574
Place	Einbeck
Country	Germany
Website	Website
Related persons
Owner	1878-1907: Carl Froese 1907-1935: Helene Froese 1907-1935: Arthur Kreiser 1935-1972: Margarete Kreiser-Barum 1972-2008: Gerd Simoneit-Barum


Directors	: Lavinia Renz 1878-1907: Carl Froese 1907-1935 : Helene Froese and Arthur Kreiser 1935-1972: Margarete Kreiser-Barum 1972-2008: Gerd Simoneit


Key People
Zoological department
Animal trainers
-2008: Rebecca Simoneit-Barum

Elephant department
Head keepers of elephants
1979-1980: Henry Schroer (elephant trainer) : Charly Weiser (elephant trainer)

Record history
History of updates	2024-03-24: 10 elephants in the 70s 2024-05-23: poster 2024-05-23:

Latest document update	2024-05-23 11:44:54
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Description

Circus Barum, located at Braunschweiger Str. 2, in Einbeck, Germany , was founded in 1878. Circus Barum closed down in 2008.

Comments / pictures1878: Founded by animal trader Carl Froese in Königsberg as Barums amerikanische Karawanen-Menagerie. Later also known as Circus Kreiser and after 1972 labelled as Circus Simoneit-Barum.

1907: Carl Froese died.

1907: Carl Froeses daughter took over with her husband, the animal trainer Arthur Kreiser.

1935: Their daughter Margarete Kreiser-Barum took over the show.

1972: Margarete Kreiser-Barum sold the circus to the famous animal trainer Gerd Simoneit (-2021), who had started as animal keeper at Circus Williams 1946, 15 years old. Circus was renamed to Circus Simoneit-Barum.

1970s: The circus had 10 elephants.

2008: Circus Simoneit-Barum closed down. After the circus closed, his daughter Rebecca Simoneit-Barum took over some animals to her Event-Agentur Barum and Bauer Performance. The circus winterquarters in Braunschweiger Str. 2, 37574 Einbeck, Germany, was sold to circus Charles Knie.

20th July 2021: Gerd Simoneit died in Einbeck.

References for records about Circus Barum

Recommended Citation

Koehl, Dan (2025). Circus Barum, Elephant Encyclopedia. Available online at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=166. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circus_Barum
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerd_Siemoneit-Barum
Dornbusch, Tobias; Haltungsumstellung im Zoo Krefeld, Elefanten-Magazin, Heft 17/2010, https://www.elefanten-schutz-europa.de/Veroeffentlichungen/Magazin/Magazin-16-20/

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