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Hans Kossmayer

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Hans Kossmayer
Profession circus director
Personal details
Born ? in Germany
Dead 1990-05-16 Köln-Mühlheim in Germany
Spouse(s) 1948 Helene Kossmayer
Country Germany
Locations
Title elephant trainer 1952-1952
Location at Schumann Brothers Circus in Denmark
Title owner 1926-
Location at Circus Kossmayer in Germany
Biography details

Hans Kossmayer , circus director in Germany

Born ? in Germany dead 1990-05-16 in Germany , son of director Willy Kossmayer .

Willy Kossmayer was killed by the elephant bull Jumbo in 1926. His son Hans Kossmayer took over the circus with his wife Helene Kossmayer (nee Althoff), sister to Adolf and Franz Althoff.

1951: Kossmayer bought 3 young Asian elephants.

1952: Toured with the elephants at Circus Schumann.

1956-1958: Kossmayer and his wife Helene Kossmayer rented Circus Apollo from Emil Wacker.

Siblings

Siblings through the father Willy Kossmayer (1880 -- 1926-11-07):

  1. Wenzel Kossmayer Born ?
  2. Karl Kossmayer Born 1917-04-30 Dead: † 2000-12-24
  3. Wilhelmine Kossmayer Born 1874 Dead: † 1918

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Wilhelm Kossmayer

Born: 1880

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Wenzel Kossmayer

Born: 1854
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Born: 1852
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Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). director Hans Kossmayer in Denmark. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 16 February 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/person.php?id=677. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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Categories director | circus | Schumann Brothers Circus | Kossmayer family | Born ? | Dead 1990 | People from Germany

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