Erich Hagenbeck

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 ☨ Erich Hagenbeck 
Profession circus director
Personal details
Born 1912 in Germany
Dead
Residence
Country Germany
Locations
Title assistant director 1956-1982
Location at Carl Hagenbecks Tierpark (Stellingen) in Germany
Title director 1949-1953
Location at Circus Carl Hagenbeck-Stellingen in Germany
Title director 1949-1953
Location at Circus Carl Hagenbeck-Stellingen in Germany
Title zoo designer 1941-1941
Location at Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus in United States
Biography details

Erich Hagenbeck , circus director in Germany

Hagenbeck was born * 1912 in Germany , son of director Lorenz Hagenbeck and director Else Hagenbeck .

Erich Hagenbeck went to USA and RBBB in 1941, and designed new facilitites for animals, until World War II came to the USA in December, 1941. In April 1942 he was sent to an internment camp in North Dakota for the duration of the War.

Erich Hagenbeck

Ringling Brothers and barnum and Baileys winterquarters in Sarrasota. The lower picture shows the monkey islands designd 1941 by Erich Hagenbeck.

Siblings

Siblings through the father Lorenz Hagenbeck (1882 -- 1956):

  1. Carl-Lorenz Hagenbeck Born 1908 Dead: † 1948
  2. Herbert Hagenbeck Born 1911 Dead: † 1941

Erich Hagenbecks ancestral Ahnentafel:
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Erich Hagenbeck
Born: 1912

Father:
Lorenz Hagenbeck

Born: 1882
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Paternal Grandfather:
Carl Hagenbeck

Born: 1844
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Gottfried Hagenbeck
Paternal Great-grandmother:
Christiana Anderson
Paternal Grandmother:
Amanda Mehrmann

Born: 1849-10-03
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Mother:
Else Hagenbeck

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Erich Hagenbeck is mentioned on 3 other person pagesLorenz Hagenbeck,  Louis Gautier,  Walter Kaden,  

Erich Hagenbeck is mentioned on 1 location pagesCircus Carl Hagenbeck-Stellingen,  

Erich Hagenbeck is mentioned on 1 elephant record pagesAida,  

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). director Erich Hagenbeck in Germany. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 13 November 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/person.php?id=418. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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