Erfurt Zoo in Germany

Erfurt Zoo
©: Daniela Dunger, Erfurt
Local name	Thüringer Zoopark Erfurt
Type	zoo

Owner	Stadt Erfurt
Total nrs	1000
Opened for public	1959
Number of species	133
Number of animals	1000
Address	Zum Zoopark 8 - 10
Zip-code	D-99087
Place	Erfurt
Country	Germany
Website	Website

Directors	1962: Fritz Altmann (director) 2014-now: Sabine Merz (director) 1959-1962: Dr. Harald H. Roth 1962-?: Dr. Fritz Dietrich Altmann Dr. Norbert Neuschulz ?-2014: Dr. Thomas Kölpin (later Director Wilhelma) 2014-now: Dr. Sabine Merz

Key People

Veterinarians

Elephant department

Elephant management	Protected Contact, since

Head keepers of elephants	-: Dirk Hebs (elephant head-keeper) -: Frank Quensel (elephant head-keeper)

Elephant keepers	-1998: Gerd Kohl (elephant keeper)
Record history
History of updates	2025-03-17:

Latest document update	2025-03-17 18:22:40
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Description

Erfurt Zoo, located at Zum Zoopark 8 - 10, in Erfurt, Germany , opened for public in 1959

Erfurt Zoo elephants are managed in Protected Contact, since

Living elephants

At the Erfurt Zoo lives 6 elephants with records in this database: (detail list)

References for records about Erfurt Zoo

Koehl, Dan (2025). Erfurt Zoo, Elephant Encyclopedia. Available online at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=22. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Litterature about Erfurt Zoo

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Erfurt Zoo is mentioned on Elephant News:
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2006-01-02	Day in pictures - Elephant News

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