Heidelberg Zoo in Germany

Heidelberg Zoo
Type	zoo

Owner	Tiergarten Heidelberg gGmbH
Size	10.2 ha (0.102 km2)
Total nrs	1443
Founded	1933
Opened for public	1934
Number of species	174
Number of animals	1443
Address	Tiergartenstrasse 3
Zip-code	69120
Place	Heidelberg
Country	Germany
Website	Website

Directors	1998-now: Klaus Wünnemann

Key People

Veterinarians

Elephant department

Head keepers of elephants	Stefan Aspegren Stefan Geretschläger

Elephant keepers	: Marcus Linder
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Description

Heidelberg Zoo, located at Tiergartenstrasse 3, in Heidelberg, Germany , was founded in 1933, opened for public in 1934.

Living elephants

At the Heidelberg Zoo lives 4 elephants with records in this database: (detail list)

♂ Khin Yadanar Min born 2009-07-27
♂ Ludwig born 2011-05-06
♂ Minh-Tan born 2017-07-04
♂ Namsai born 2013-07-27

Comments / picturesHeidelberg Zoo is a zoo in Germany which was founded in 1933 and opened for the public on 20 November 1934. Since 1998, the zoo director has been Klaus Wünnemann. A new elephant house was opened in 2010, where only young elephant bulls are kept, as part of the EEP breeding programme for Asian elephants

References for records about Heidelberg Zoo

Recommended Citation

Koehl, Dan (2023). Heidelberg Zoo, Elephant Encyclopedia. Available online at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=161. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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