Cologne Zoo (Köln Zoo) in Germany


Cologne Zoo (Köln Zoo)
Photo: © Stephanie Wroben, Germany
Photo: © Stephanie Wroben, Germany
Local name Zoo Köln, Kölner Zoo
Typezoo
Size20 hectares (49 acres)
Total nrs10000
Founded1860
First elephant arrived1864
Number of species850
Number of animals10000
Address Riehler Straße 173
Zip-code 50735
Place Köln
Country Germany
Website Website
FacebookFacebook
YouTube ChannelYouTube Channel
Twitterkoelner_zoo
Instagramkoelnerzoo/
Related persons
OwnerAktiengesellschaft Zoologischer Garten Köln/Stadt Köln
Directors 1981-2007: Gunther Nogge (director)
1975-1981: Ernst Kullmann (director)
1952-1975: Wilhelm Windecker (director)
1886-1888: Ludwig Heck (director)
1870-1886: Nicolas Funck (director)
1860-1869: Heinrich Bodinus (director)
2007: Theo Pagel (director)
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Key People 1991-2007: Theo Pagel (zoologist)
1971-1978: Brian Batstone (zookeeper)
Veterinarians
Elephant department
Elephant managementProtected Contact, since
Head keepers
of elephants		 2000-2005: Brian Batstone
(elephant head-keeper)
Elephant keepers 1979-2000: Brian Batstone (elephant keeper)
1963-1966: Wolfgang Nehring (apprentice keeper)
-: Thomas Peschen (elephant keeper)
Record history
History of updates2025-03-17: 2025-03-17:
Latest document update2025-03-17 18:38:29
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Photo: © Stephanie Wroben, Germany

Photo: © Stephanie Wroben, Germany
Description

Cologne Zoo (Köln Zoo), located at Riehler Straße 173, in Köln, Germany , was founded in 1860 and the first elephant arrived in 1864

Cologne Zoo (Köln Zoo) elephants are managed in Protected Contact, since

.

Living elephants

At the Cologne Zoo (Köln Zoo) lives 11 elephants with records in this database: (detail list)
  1. ♀ Bindi born 2012-07-25
  2. ♂ Bindu born 1968
  3. ♀ Kreeblamduan born 1984
  4. ♀ Laongdaw born 1990
  5. ♀ Leev Ma Rie born 2020-06-18
  6. ♀ Marlar born 2006-03-30
  7. ♀ Sarinya born 2023-06-14
  8. ♀ Shu Thu Zar born 1994-06-03
  9. ♂ Tarak born 2005-10-28
  10. ♂ Taro born 2025-03-07
  11. ♀ Tong Koon born 1984

Comments / picturesThe zoo was founded in 1860. The world wars led to a phase of stagnation, and the zoo had to close for two years entirely, after virtually being destroyed in World War II. It reopened in 1947; the aquarium was added in 1971. In 2020, 43 Asian and 12 African elephants had been kept in Cologne Zoo.

1860: Founded in 1860, Cologne Zoo is the third oldest Zoo in Germany.

1864: The first Asian female elephant arrived in 1864, no name or picture is known from this elephant.

1868: She was followed by another two Asian female elephants in 1868.

1874: The first African elephant arrived.

1874: The zoo is flooded by the nearby river.

1882: The zoo is again flooded by the nearby river.

Cologne Zoo (Köln Zoo) in Germany Germany
An African elephant demolishing its stable during a flooding.

1901: A male and female Asian elephants, with the names Tom and Dora.

1895: A second African elephant with the name Magascha, arrived.

1940: Due the Worldwar II, elephants were removed.

1950: Again the first elephants arrived.

1954: African elephant Savani arrived.

1969: Two African elephants arrived, Pretti and Tanga.

1998: Tanga died.

2004: Savani died in the old house.

2005: Pretti was relocated to Zoo Planete Suavage, where she died in 2012.

The elephants were for many years kept in an old elephant house, a Moorish-looking building, that amazingly survived the bombing in World War II, but in 2004 a totally new area was changed into an "Elephant park" with a new house and the largest outdoor enclosure north of the Alps.

2006: import of a Group of female Asian elephants from Thailand.

Cologne Zoo (Köln Zoo) in Germany GermanyWeight of the different elephants 2022

References for records about Cologne Zoo (Köln Zoo)

Recommended Citation

Koehl, Dan (2025). Cologne Zoo (Köln Zoo), Elephant Encyclopedia. Available online at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=126. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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