Bernburg Zoo
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| place | Krumbholzallee 3 06406 Bernburg |
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| surface | 8.5 hectares | |
| opening | 1909 | |
| Animal species | 135 species | |
| Individuals | approx. 1130 animals | |
| Species focus | Threatened and rarely shown species | |
| Visitor numbers | 59,992 (2009) | |
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| management | Andreas felt | |
| Sponsorship | Bernburger Freizeit GmbH | |
| Funding organizations | Friends of the zoo and fairy tale garden “Paradise” in Bernburg e. V. | |
| Member of | DTG , VdZ , Species 360 , Sphenisco | |
,_in_the_animal_park,_image_1.jpg) Brown bear enclosure (2003) |
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| www.tiergarten-bernburg.de | ||
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Coordinates: 51 ° 47 ′ 39 " N , 11 ° 43 ′ 41" E
The Bernburg Zoo is the zoo of the city of Bernburg (Saale) in Saxony-Anhalt .
Geographical location
It is located as part of the Krumbholz recreation area in the Lower Saale Valley nature park between Saale and Bundesstraße 185 . The zoo covers an area of 8.5 hectares and shows over 1130 individuals in around 135 species and races. The stop of the Bernburg Park Railway, named after the zoo, is located opposite the entrance on the other side of the B 185.
history
The beginnings of the Bernburg Zoo go back to 1909. At that time, a first aviary for pheasants was built on the courtyard wall of the forest keeper's house in Krumbholz, which the city of Köthen had donated. At that time there was already fifty-year old brown bear keeping at Bernburg Castle. In addition, mute swans and other water birds have already been cared for in the immediate vicinity of the future zoo on the Röse.
From the mid-1930s, peacocks, exotic small birds, seals, monkeys, flamingos, crowned cranes and finally even magellanic penguins were added. After only a few animals had survived the cuts of World War II , there was a hopeful new beginning from October 1945. For the first time, enclosures for ungulates were created in a style similar to that of a wilderness park, made of felled spruce wood from a bark beetle area. A bird house followed shortly afterwards. Finally, on October 13, 1951, the reopening of the expanded animal enclosure was celebrated under the name of Bernburg Zoo. The animal population gradually increased. Even a hyena and toucans came to Bernburg. Until the Ministry of Culture in distant Berlin decreed a profile as a home zoo and the associated extensive restriction to native or formerly native animals. In 1972 the previously municipal zoo became the sponsorship of the state-owned enterprise (VEB) Nahercovery, later VEB Nahercovery Bernburg. The political change brought the transfer back to the city of Bernburg.
At the beginning of June 2013, the zoo was affected by the flooding in 2013 , which caused floods and evacuations in numerous Central European cities and regions from the end of May to the beginning of June. The company and the surrounding streets were temporarily closed.
Tiergarten today
The zoo in Bernburg has been in continuous redesign for several years. The aim is to present the diversity of the animal world in spacious, natural-looking facilities. Special attention is paid to the conservation breeding of threatened species and those rarely shown in zoos. The tour leads through the areas of Africa, Eurasia, Australia and America and is increasingly based on the principle of the geozoo . Its stations are:
- Cheetahs , petting zoo with West African pygmy goats
- Africa House with dwarf mongooses , bush hyraxes , simplicity Borstenhörnchen , aquariums, terrariums and a walk for visitors enclosure for lemurs
- Vervet monkeys
- Aviaries for African birds such as red-beaked toko , yellow-throated franklin , opal rag , Hildebrandt gloss star and flameheaded bird
- Aviaries for Asian birds such as red-billed kitta , white- hooded jay , sunbird , palawan peacock pheasant and narrow- billed star
- Steppe enclosures with trample and Hungarian steppe cattle
- Bison
- Colorful Bentheim pigs and wild boars
- Lynxes
- Enclosure for brown bears and wolves
- Australian enclosure with Bennett kangaroos and emus
- America house with forest dogs , tinsel , frontal lobe basilisks and acouchis
- Patagonia plant with South American ducks, Chilean flamingos and maras
- Penguin coast with Magellanic and Humboldt penguins
The zoo is a member of the German Animal Park Society , the Association of Zoological Gardens , Species 360 and a partner of the Endangered Species Foundation . The zoo has been operated by Bernburger Freizeit GmbH since 1993 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ List of animals from December 31, 2008 ( Memento from December 25, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF file; 90 kB)
- ↑ Status report on the flood on tiergarten-bernburg.de
literature
- Andreas Filz: On the history of the Bernburg Zoo. Part 1: From promising beginnings. In: Bernburger Bear. Journal for Heimat, Dialect and Viticulture Tradition 44, No. 117, 2006, pp. 20–21.
- Andreas Filz: On the history of the Bernburg Zoo. Part 2: Eventful post-war years. In: Bernburger Bear. Journal for Heimat, Dialect and Viticulture Tradition 45, No. 118, 2007, pp. 6-7.
- Andreas Filz: On the history of the Bernburg Zoo. Part 3: Big plans, little leeway. In: Bernburger Bear. Journal for Heimat, Dialect and Viticulture Tradition 45, No. 119, 2007, pp. 19-20.
- Andreas Filz: On the history of the Bernburg Zoo. Part 4: exotic species preferred. In: Bernburger Bear. Journal for Heimat, Dialect and Viticulture Tradition 46, No. 121, 2008, pp. 12–13.
- Andreas Filz: On the history of the Bernburg Zoo. Part 5: The big expansion and modernization. In: Bernburger Bear. Journal for Heimat, Dialect and Viticulture Tradition 47, No. 122, 2009, pp. 3–4.
- Bernburger Freizeit GmbH (Hrsg.): Hundred years of zoo in Bernburg. ISBN 3-9807097-7-9 .
- Karl Lemke: zoos. Zoos, aquariums, game reserves . Tourist Verlag, Berlin, Leipzig 1985.
- Bernburg City Council (ed.): Bernburg Zoo. 1951.
- Council of the City of Bernburg (ed.): 50 years from the pheasantry to the zoo. A signpost through the zoo in the city of Bernburg. 1959.
