Circus Gasser-Olympia in Switzerland

Circus Gasser-Olympia

Local name	Circus Restaurant GO
Type	circus

Owner	1949-1974: Dominik Gasser Sr. 1974-: Dominik Gasser Jr. 1974-: Dominik Gasser III
Founded	1949
Place	Gelterkinden
Country	Switzerland
Website	Website

Directors	1926: Maria Bauer (assistant director)

Key People	: Frank Gasser (artist) -: Karl Gasser (artist) -: Karl Gasser (artist) -: Sonja Nock (artist) -: Carlos Gasser (animal trainer)

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Record history
History of updates	2022-04-05

Latest document update	2022-04-05 10:54:00

Description

Circus Gasser-Olympia, in Gelterkinden, Switzerland , was founded in 1949.

Comments / picturesThe Circus Gasser-Olympia emerged from one of the five great circus dynasties in Switzerland: the Gasser dynasty. Heinrich Gasser, born in 1880, delighted audiences as an acrobat throughout Europe. His son Dominik Gasser Sr. still performed outdoors in the arena as a tightrope walker and acrobat on the mast . The first tent was bought in 1949 and since then people have traveled under the name Circus Olympia. His son Dominik Gasser Jr. took over the company in 1974, which in turn was taken over by his son Dominik Gasser III. , born in 1953, and is still managed today.

References for records about Circus Gasser-Olympia

Recommended Citation

Koehl, Dan (2025). Circus Gasser-Olympia, Elephant Encyclopedia. Available online at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=3589. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circus_Restaurant_GO

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