Elephant locations in Germany

227 locations has kept elephants in Germany

There is presently 136 (27,109) living elephants in locations in Germany in this database

Germany
Region:	Germany is in this database included in europe
Location holdings:	227 locations has kept 674 elephants in Germany (Database tables with collection of elephants further down on the page)
Elephants in locations	136 (27,109) living 538 (112,388) dead

The first elephant arriving in Germany was Charlemagnes elephant Abul-Abbas, arriving in Aachen in 802. The second elephant in Germany is refered to as The Cremona elephant arriving in 1229.

In 1995 Germany had elephants on more circuses than in Zoos. Since then many circuses lost their elephants.

During 1650, 1668 and 1692, elephants were exhibited on the annual
Leipziger Messe, including a private elephant bought from William I of Württemberg in Germany had bought.

1857: Menagerie Scholz & Liphard on Leipziger Messe.

Recommended Citation

Koehl, Dan, Facts about elephants in Germany. Elephant Encyclopedia, (2025) available online retrieved 2025-11-16 at https://www.elephant.se/country.php?name=Germany.
(archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources, among others

https://geo.viaregia.org/testbed/pool/editmain/T1_673_Miss.Baba.htm

Internal relevant links

The elephant database startpage. Statistics
News about elephants in Germany (From the sister site Elephant News)

Name	Elephant collection					Place

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