Zoo at the Doggenburg

The zoo at the Doggenburg was north of the city of Stuttgart entertaining zoo .

In 1876, a dog breeding farm set up by the merchant Adolf Hettich was run on the Feuerbacher Heide . Two years later, the restaurateur Wurster acquired the site and ran an inn that was popular with Stuttgart's citizens.

As a replacement for the Nillschen Tiergarten , which went under on April 1, 1906 , manufacturer Theodor Widmann set up a small zoo in connection with the “Zur Doggenburg” restoration. Not only was part of the animal population added to this, but also the inventory of the Nill zoo. The zoo at the Doggenburg was small because it was only 40 acres in size. Gustav Bücheler later managed this without third-party subsidies. The existence of the small zoo was endangered for a longer period of time. After 35 years, the zoo was closed in 1942. This made it the fourth Stuttgart zoo that was dissolved between 1817 and 1942.

Attractions included circus elephants , donkeys, and camels . Furthermore, tigers and lions were kept. With hyenas , they continued a tradition that Gustav Werner founded in the mid-19th century in what is now the city center.

literature

• Jörg Kurz: From Affenwerner to Wilhelma - Stuttgart's legendary animal shows . Belser-Verlag , Stuttgart 2015, ISBN 978-3-7630-2701-9 .
• Wolfgang Müller: Stuttgart in old views. Zaltbommel 1979, no.85.

Web links

• Dissolved zoos in Germany
• Contemporary witness report from the zoo visit
• Newspaper clipping August 1931
• Series of images

Coordinates: 48 ° 47 ′ 16 ″  N , 9 ° 9 ′ 6 ″  E