Diergaarde Blijdorp
| Diergaarde Blijdorp | ||
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| place | Blijdorplaan 8 3041 JG Rotterdam |
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| surface | 25 hectares | |
| opening | 1857 | |
| Animal species | 618 species | |
| Individuals | 5820 animals | |
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| Sponsorship | Foundation, endowment | |
| Member of | WAZA , EAZA , NVD | |
 Listed entrance to the Rotterdam Zoo |
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| www.diergaardeblijdorp.nl | ||
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Coordinates: 51 ° 55 ′ 37 ″ N , 4 ° 27 ′ 12 ″ E
The Diergaarde Blijdorp is a zoo and botanical garden in the Dutch city of Rotterdam . The sponsor is a foundation, the Stichting Koninklijke Rotterdamse Diergaarde .
Zoological and botanical facilities
The 25 hectare park was founded in 1857 and is home to around 5800 animals of 600 species. The park is a geozoo , which is divided into six themed areas: Europe , Asia , Africa , North and South America and Oceanium.
- Areas in the geozoo
Amazonica tropical butterfly garden
Plant of the Sumatran tiger
The Oceanium
Since February 2008 the buildings and facilities of the zoo from the years 1939 to 1941 have been registered as Rijksmonument and listed. It was designed by the Dutch architect Sybold van Ravesteyn in the functionalism style , adorned with neo-baroque elements. Listed are u. a. the entrance area, the central Rivierahalle with exhibition area, plant house, enclosures and gastronomy, the "Bear Theater" with an antique pillar, as well as the historic giraffe house and the adjoining tea house.
- Listed buildings
Entrance area of the Rivierahalle
Plant house of the Rivierahalle
Gastronomy area in the Rivierahalle
Studbooks
The European and international breeding of the little panda (Ailurus fulgens) is coordinated in Diergaarde Blijdorp .
Events
On the first weekend in May 2007, on the occasion of the zoo's 150th anniversary, a couple of people could be seen in a cage next to the lion enclosure. The species and distribution area were described on the information sign.
The outbreak of the gorilla Bokito on May 18, 2007 attracted international attention when the animal attacked and seriously injured a visitor. More people were injured in the panic escape from the gorilla. According to newspaper reports, the hand-raised gorilla in the Berlin Zoological Garden wanted to defend his territory after the visitor had stared at him at the enclosure almost every day for a long period of time.
history
The Rotterdam Zoo was founded as a private facility for keeping exotic birds in the mid-19th century by two employees of the Dutch Railways . They were soon joined by other Deutsche Bahn employees. Interested people from Rotterdam could finally become members of the small zoo for 10 guilders. The tamer and menagerist Henri Martin , who was very well known at the time, acted in an advisory capacity in the development of the zoo. In 1857 Martin became the zoo's first director. The first zoo was located near the Delftsche Poort train station at what is now the city's main train station . The street name Diergaardesingel still reminds of the former location.
The first park was designed by the company JD en LP Zocher of the garden and landscape architect Jan David Zocher and his son Louis P. The facility was expanded in 1876 based on designs by Dirk Wattez .
In 1938 Sybold van Ravesteyn was commissioned to design a new zoo at a new location in Blijdorp. This facility, still in use today, was built between 1939 and 1941.
During the bombing of Rotterdam in 1940 , the old zoo was destroyed before the new facilities were occupied. In December 1940 the northern part of the park in Blijdorp was opened, and in April 1941 the entire facility could be used. For the first time, anyone could visit the zoo for a fee, which was previously only open to members. Numerous artists were involved in the design of the park, including Dick Elffers .
The remaining facilities of the old zoo were dismantled to make room for new urban planning. Only the wrought-iron entrance gate remained. It came into the possession of the Louwman family who used it in their Wassenaar animal park. After it was closed in 1985, the gate, protected from the weather, was installed in the hall of the Louwman Museum in Raamsdonksveer and was accessible there until the museum was relocated in 2009.
location
The zoo is located in the Rotterdam-Noord district in Wijk Blijdorp. It is located on a fan-shaped area, near the railway line Amsterdam-Rotterdam between the Van Aerssenlaan and the northern adjacent Vroesenpark .
Picture gallery
Amur leopard
Great kudu
Spinach
Young little panda
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Web links
- Zoo website (Dutch, English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Statutes of Stichting Koninklijke Rotterdamse Diergaarde 2013. Accessed on July 23, 2016 (Dutch).
- ↑ Dutch Register of Monuments , Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed - Ministerie van Onderwijs, Cultuur en Wetenschap, accessed April 16, 2017 (Dutch)
- ↑ Nieuw verblijf voor de kleine panda's , Diergaarde Blijdorp, November 10, 2015, accessed July 22, 2016 (Dutch).
- ↑ Helmut Hetzel: When women fall in love with monkeys , background report on the outbreak (Welt Online), May 22, 2007.
- ↑ A. Gerritsen (Red.): Iets grootsch & buitengewoons . 150 jaar Rotterdamse Diergaarde 1857-2007. Koninklijke Rotterdamse Diergaarde Blijdorp, Rotterdam 2007, ISBN 978-90-75111-03-3 (Dutch).
- ^ Johan de Vries, Anne Mieke Backer (Red.): Ir. S. van Ravesteyn: Diergaarde Blijdorp . De Hef, Rotterdam 1986, ISBN 90-6906-003-5 (Dutch, with an English summary).