Hellabrunn Zoo

Munich Zoo Hellabrunn
particularities	First geozoo in the world
place	Tierparkstrasse 30 81543 Munich
surface	40 hectares
opening	August 1, 1911
Animal species	740 species (2018)
Individuals	18,431 animals (2018)
Visitor numbers	2,680,201 (2018)
ISIN	DE0006633605
organization
management	Rasem Baban
Sponsorship	Munich Zoo Hellabrunn AG
Funding organizations	Association of the zoo
Member of	WAZA , EAZA , VdZ , European Association of Zoo and Wildlife Veterinarians ( EAZWV ), zoo veterinarians in German-speaking countries, Species360
Hellabrunn from a bird's eye view in 2010. In the center the historic elephant house.
www.hellabrunn.de

Coordinates: 48 ° 5 ′ 50 ″  N , 11 ° 33 ′ 15 ″  E

The Munich Hellabrunn Zoo was founded 1911th The zoo is characterized by its natural location in the landscape protection area of ​​the Isar floodplain (LSG-00120.09). Around 18,500 animals of 740 species live in the world's first geozoo .

location

The zoo is located in the Untergiesing-Harlaching district . Embedded in the conservation area of the eastern Isar - Auen was a 40-hectare typical European alluvial forest are obtained on the site, which has a very old trees. Originally there was a 14th century mill on part of the site. This southernmost Untergiesinger mill was demolished in 1902, with its demolition the breakthrough came for the permanent establishment of a zoo for Munich.

The zoo area extends from the Thalkirchner Brücke up the Isar to the Marienklause over the entire terrain of the floodplain from the steep slope to the banks of the Isar, from which it is only separated by a dam with a paved path. The area is crossed by the Auer Mühlbach , which branches off from the Isar or the Isar-Werkkanal at the southern end of the zoo . With 25 bridges over various watercourses and canals, the Munich zoo sometimes calls itself the "Venice among zoos".

The high groundwater level in the zoo area feeds a large number of wells that are distributed over the entire area and from which the zoo can cover the water requirements for its animals and facilities completely independently via a canal system. Many enclosures are bordered by natural watercourses or moats, so that the visitor can have a barrier-free look at the animal inhabitants.

Over the Thalkirchner Brücke you can walk in a few minutes from the Thalkirchen underground station to the so-called Isar entrance on the north-west corner of the zoo. The final stop "Tierpark (Alemannenstraße)" of bus line 52 and bus line X98 is at the northeast corner of the zoo at the so-called Flamingo entrance. There are parking spaces near both entrances (partly guarded).

history

Opening in 1911

After various founding of zoos or zoo-like facilities in Munich had failed, on February 25, 1905, on the initiative of Lieutenant Colonel Hermann von Manz, the association "Zoologischer Garten München eV" was founded with well-known Munich dignitaries with the aim of building a new zoo in Munich erect. After other possible locations had been eliminated, the decision was made in favor of the area that belonged to the noble seat and pleasure palace Hellabrunn and which became the namesake of the zoo. The Hellabrunn area was made available to the association by the city of Munich free of charge in 1906 for sixty years - on the condition that it could raise the necessary capital for the construction of a zoo within five years.

The zoo opened on August 1st, 1911. Some of the animal houses were still relatively provisional, but today's elephant house dates back to that early period (opening in 1914). The artistic master plan for the zoo comes from the architect Emanuel von Seidl , who cleverly exploited the hillside area with its Nagelfluh rocks and the meadow landscape through which the Auer Mühlbach flows, in order to enable natural animal husbandry.

In 1922, however, the zoo had to close again due to lack of money due to inflation. Numerous facilities were dismantled, the lion house from 1911 was demolished; the buildings fell into disrepair.

Reopened in 1928

The elephant house as a postcard motif (1932)

In 1925, a zoo committee was founded within the “Aid Association of the Munich Residents” and reconstruction began. On May 23, 1928, the Hellabrunn Zoo was reopened under the direction of Heinz Heck . Heck took up the ideas of the animal dealer and Hamburg zoo founder Carl Hagenbeck and designed the zoo as the world's first geozoo, in which the animal species were arranged according to their geographical origin. Thanks to this concept and the attempts to reproduce extinct animal species, which resulted in tail horse and tail cattle , the zoo quickly gained worldwide recognition and awareness. The ape house with aquarium built in the 1930s was one of the most modern in the world at the time. Until 1969, the zoo required an extra entrance fee for it.

Second World War and makeshift arrangements

During the Second World War , the zoo suffered severe bomb damage, and numerous animals were also killed in the air raids. Therefore it had to close in 1944. In May 1945 the zoo was able to reopen. Former horse hospital barracks from the war were sometimes used as temporary accommodation for the animals. Since the zoo received no construction subsidies from the city of Munich and had little money at its disposal, some of these temporary arrangements lasted for more than 20 years, and new buildings could hardly be built. The zebras and antelopes were housed in such a makeshift stable until 1972, and the camels even until the 1980s. In 1960 Helmut Horten donated more than one million German marks to the zoo . With the help of this money, facilities for wild goats and wild sheep , a wolf enclosure and exhibition pavilions were built. Heck ran the zoo until 1968.

General expansion plan 1972

Orangutan Jolie , born in 2009

By 1970 the zoo was in poor condition and many renovations and new buildings were overdue. Therefore, in 1972 a general expansion plan for the renewal of the zoo was drawn up. The city of Munich also made larger grants available. From 1972 onwards, all systems were completely renovated. From 1970 onwards, the ape station was renovated. In addition, outdoor facilities for gibbons were built. The grilles were replaced with less annoying bulletproof glass panes. 1975 saw the opening of the new Polarium with facilities for musk ox , penguins , polar bears and seals . A children's zoo and a petting zoo were also built.

In 1980 Hellabrunn's house architect, Jörg Gribl , and civil engineers Frei Otto and Ted Happold built a large aviary for birds, which is spanned by an 18 m high, thin-meshed stainless steel mesh on an area of ​​5000 m². In the meantime, this large aviary has become a landmark of Hellabrunn.

In 1981 Henning Wiesner took over the management of the zoo from Arnfrid Wünschmann and in 1992 also the chairmanship of the Munich Zoo Hellabrunn AG.

Lion in the jungle tent

The monkey house was expanded in 1983 with a system for lemurs , New World monkeys and Siamangs . The outdoor enclosures for wild goats and ibexes were made more natural in 1985/86. In the 1990s a new camel stable was added, as well as a new rhino house . This was followed by a large glass house for turtles and insects , and a new jungle tent for predators and tropical birds.

The zoo at the turn of the millennium

A new jungle house was completed in 2005; it accommodates the Hellabrunn chimpanzees , gorillas , Mississippi alligators and some reptile and fish species. The gorillas can move from the inner enclosure to the outdoor enclosure on the opposite side via a tunnel that is invisible to the public. The orangutans now have spacious “playrooms”. Subsequently, on July 24, 2007, the conservation center with its cinema was opened.

The largely underground aquarium was renovated. From 2002 to 2004 the elephant house was significantly rebuilt and modernized. The hippos had to give way to the renovation, the area was attached to the elephant area.

In November 2009, Andreas Knieriem , who had previously been the deputy zoological director at Hanover Zoo, became director and later the sole director of the Munich Tierpark Hellabrunn AG. During Knieriem's ​​term of office, a number of large-scale projects, mainly of a structural nature, fell. In 2013, the 10,000 m² giraffe savannah was opened. The year before, the aquarium was completely renovated. After Andreas Knieriem moved to the Berlin Zoo on April 1, 2014, Beatrix Köhler was the interim director of the zoo.

Zoo today: the master plan from 2016

Children watch the gentoo penguins

The architect Rasem Baban , previously authorized signatory and deputy director at Leipzig Zoo , has been in office since August 1, 2014 . His projects are based on the announced concept of a “geozoo of biodiversity”. In March 2016, a new master plan for the expansion and renovation of the zoo over the next 20 to 25 years was presented and approved by the Supervisory Board. An interdisciplinary animal park team, supported by external specialist planners, developed the Hellabrunn master plan in just over a year, based on the target and development plan from 2011. The master plan brings the original concept of the geozoo back to the fore and combines this with a new educational mandate to illustrate and explain global biodiversity. The costs for the expansion are estimated at 5 million euros per year (a total of 100 million euros). The Geozoo principle should also be optimized through a clear circular route. In order to illustrate the complexity of biodiversity and the interaction of different species, several animal species are socialized in one facility.

Since Baban's entry into office, the second construction phase of the polar world and thus the first geo-zone has been completed as part of the new master plan. The mill village, part of the Europe geozone, is a further step towards the biodiversity geozoo . The first part was opened in summer 2018, the second part of the project was completed in summer 2019. In addition to the Hellabrunn mill village and the completion of the elephant house and the elephant outdoor enclosure in autumn 2016, various other buildings and facilities were renovated and repaired, such as the new Tao garden at the turtle house, the indoor and outdoor areas of the primates, the new species protection center and the large aviary .

Hellabrunn Zoo was the location for the television series Nashorn, Zebra & Co. , an offshoot of Elefant, Tiger & Co. from Leipzig , between 2007 and 2016 . It is produced by Bayerischer Rundfunk and premiered on May 24, 2007. Since 2015, the program has been shown on BR under the title News from the Hellabrunn Zoo in Munich . The previous season was broadcast in spring 2018.

Under the title Long Night of Biodiversity , the zoo was, according to its own information, accessible for the first time in its history in the evenings beyond the regular opening times. This action, known in other zoos as the night zoo , which makes it possible to observe the behavior of the animals after dusk, was supplemented in Hellabrunn by musical and artistic performances as well as information offers on nature conservation.

Animal facilities

Overview

The Hellabrunn Zoo in Munich was the world's first geozoo. The geo-principle, according to which the animals are arranged according to continents and kept in natural communities, had meanwhile receded into the background, for example through the decision to only keep Asian elephants, which of course remained in the Africa part of the park. Zoo director Andreas Knieriem once again declared the geographic principle to be a leitmotif during his term of office (2009-2014), which has since stood above all zoological changes and structural measures. Since the master plan envisages moving all other "continents" to the zoo area, apart from the already small part of the park, Australia, it will take years before an enclosure arrangement based on the geo-principle is restored. While the zoo presents itself on the one hand, especially in the western area, as a spacious landscape zoo with a rich, old stock of trees and large ungulate enclosures, a number of heavily frequented animal houses are concentrated in a small area in the northeast and eastern area. The species protection center, the zoo school, the depot and the zoo administration are also located here.

World of the apes

Jungle house

The female gorilla Bagira is an experienced mother

Chimpanzees and western lowland gorillas live in the jungle house built in 2001 . On the side of the building opposite these large plants there is a plant with crocodiles, and a coral reef with around 50 different types of coral and various tropical fish. Blue- mouthed monkeys and Cape hyrax as well as several reptiles such as snakes, chameleons, turtles and iguanas also live in the jungle house . The mangrove plant was built at the end of 2017. It informs the visitors of the zoo about the unique habitat of the mudskippers , archer fish, freshwater sea ​​needles and four-eyed fish .

The associated outdoor facilities for the great apes were rebuilt in 2015; the systems in the jungle house were also redesigned. The outdoor facilities were initially separated from the visitor area by moats. In the course of the renovation, they were filled in and replaced by panes of glass, which increased the area of ​​the enclosures.

Orangutan hall

The little silver gibbon Mia on her first attempts at climbing

In the former apes station of gorillas and chimpanzees after moving into the jungle house as real apes, only the Sumatran orangutans . You can now use the indoor and outdoor areas of the former gorilla facility. In 2017 the outdoor area was repaired again, with additional employment opportunities being added for the orangutans. The drill breeding group lives opposite the orangutans with a connecting tract to the species protection center as an outdoor area . Its facility has already been modernized or enlarged twice, including the delivery of the mandrills to the Vietnamese Vinpearl Safari Park in December 2017. In winter 2018, the visitor area of ​​the orangutan hall was rebuilt: it was better soundproofed towards the animal facility and with a newly designed exhibition about the habitat of the orangutans, the tropical rainforest.

In the west wing of the symmetrically laid out building there are red-headed information , silver gibbons and brown-headed spider monkeys.

House of the Little Monkeys

In 1983, according to plans by Jörg Gribl, the monkey house was expanded with a facility for lemurs, New World monkeys and Siamangs, the so-called Niederaffenhaus. The name World of Little Monkeys has been used to refer to this building since the recent restructuring in this area of ​​the park . This area has been technically refurbished since the end of 2019. The visitor area and the animal facilities are also being redesigned or expanded.

Aquarium

Crown puffer fish		Blacktip Reef Shark

The aquarium , which is home to sea ​​horses and sharks , is located underground under the main building of the former ape station. The above-ground entrance hall is directly accessible from the jungle house via a moat. Venomous snakes, including Taylor moccasin otters and South African coral snakes , are kept in terrariums in this atrium-like building, from which two flights of stairs lead down to the aquarium area . The aquarium was renovated in spring 2012 and opened on July 20th of that year. The new seawater basin, which replaces three of the existing basins, is 14 m wide and offers enough space for blacktip reef sharks and numerous other species. A total of around 5000 fish from around 200 different species live in the tanks of the aquarium . The tanks in the aquarium are arranged according to continents.

Australia

In addition to swamp wallabies, agile wallabies and giant red kangaroos , bird species such as emus, pied swans and budgies live here. Since the move of the keas to the former raven aviary in December 2015, they have been living in the future Africa area of ​​the zoo.

Elephant house

Ludwig on his second birthday with his mother Temi

Elephants in front of the elephant house

The elephant house after the renovation in 2016

The elephant house , which opened in 1914, is one of the oldest surviving structures in Hellabrunn Zoo. It was built by the architect Emanuel von Seidl , in whose hands the first artistic general expansion plan lay. The historical building is reminiscent of a Byzantine church. Its 18-meter-high concrete glass dome construction was one of the first self-supporting concrete domes. Today, as the last remaining structure by this architect in the zoo, it is a listed building. As part of the renovation work for the 100th anniversary of the zoo in 2011, during which the elephant house was to get its original ocher-yellow color again and formerly existing skylights were to be exposed, it was found that the statics of the roof construction of the then almost 100-year-old landmark of Hellabrunn was impaired. The house was immediately rebuilt as there was a risk of the ceiling collapsing. The renovation work began in spring 2011 and was completed in autumn 2016. The decision to blow up the dilapidated dome as part of the renovation in summer 2014 and to rebuild it as a steel structure could have meant the loss of the building's monument status. The dome was blown up on September 12, 2014. For the time of the construction work, a provisional elephant house was built on the outdoor area of ​​the elephant bull, which was not open to the public. In December 2014, an information pavilion was opened opposite the construction site of the elephant house. Here the visitors were able to find out more about the construction work on the historic building. The elephant house was reopened on October 28, 2016.

Originally one of the few heated houses in the zoo, in the early years the elephant house not only served as permanent accommodation for the elephants, but also as winter quarters for other cold-sensitive animals. Hippos lived here until 2002, but have not been part of Hellabrunn's animal population since then, and giraffes until 2013, most recently like elephants in a makeshift stable during the renovation work. Since the completion of the redesign in 2016, the house and all outdoor facilities are only available to the elephants. Following the zoo's concept of separating the enclosures as far as possible without bars or fences, the 3500 m² facility is enclosed by a dry ditch. In addition to two tree islands, which are secured from the elephants by electric wires, there is a swimming pool on the site. In 2004 a separate outdoor enclosure was created for the bull elephant, so the cows and their offspring have their own outdoor enclosure.

After seven decades of problems with breeding elephants, the female elephant Temi gave birth to the bull elephant Ludwig on May 6, 2011 . Ludwig was the crowd favorite in Hellabrunn. It was given to the group of young bulls at Heidelberg Zoo on May 12, 2015 . On October 28, 2011, the petite elephant cow Lola was born with a heart defect (father: Gajendra , mother: Panang ). In December 2011, her health deteriorated. Lola died of a pulmonary embolism on January 21, 2012 during a CT scan at the Großhadern Clinic , where she was going to be operated on .

A group of four Asian elephants currently lives in the zoo: the cows Panang (born 1989), Mangala (born 1993) and Temi (born 2001 in Tierpark Berlin ) and the bull Gajendra (born 1993). During the extensive renovation work on the elephant house, Gajendra was housed in Leipzig Zoo since 2011 and in Hamburg's Hagenbeck Zoo since April 2013 , where he also looked after children. In March 2017 he returned to Hellabrunn. The elephant cow Tina (born 1960), who has lived in Munich since 1961, died on June 27, 2012 at the age of 53. Steffi (born 1966), who had lived in Hellabrunn since the age of two and suffered from trunk paralysis, was 52 years old; she was put to sleep on March 7, 2018.

Turtle house

The turtle house , built in 1996 on the site of the old predator house, houses eleven Aldabra turtles. In the 12 terrariums of the turtle house , insects and arachnids as well as lizards , amphibians and snakes are kept.

Jungle world

The jungle world from 1996, originally a jungle tent , was designed as a replacement for the predator house and was populated with several large predator species (lions, jaguars, cheetahs, and later African wild dogs). With the exception of the free-view lion enclosure, the smaller outer cages were stocked with smaller species, including fish cats and manulas . Inside the 18-meter-high house, spanned by a rope and foil structure, live free-flying species of birds such as parrots and tortoiseshell turacos , and species such as palm and giant bats are kept. Iguanas , small chiles and numerous tropical bird species live without barriers in the dense vegetation of the large visitor hall. A room (“discovery cave”) with terrariums for reptiles and insects has been set up under the artificial hill over which the visitor path leads. It is only accessible as part of seminars and guided tours and is also used to train animal keepers (design of terrariums).

Africa

In the area of ​​the not yet relocated part of the park, Africa, there are mainly extensive facilities for ungulates, namely for lowland nyalas , brush-eared pigs and Mhorr's gazelles , a large communal facility for eland antelopes , greater kudu , ostriches and Hartmann's mountain zebras as well as a facility for mantled baboons at the foot of the Harlachinger Berg .

Polar world

Visitors in front of the new polar bear enclosure (2013)

In 2010 the polar world replaced the polarium from the 1970s . In August 2010, after a ten-month conversion period, a new polar bear facility was completed. The existing facility was enlarged by 2800 m² with the inclusion of the musk ox facility, thus almost quadrupling its area. In addition to the new tundra and taiga landscape , the facility has rock faces with (underwater) caves and a natural watercourse with a waterfall. The polar bears can be observed while swimming and diving in the new plunge pool with an underwater view. It is one of the largest and most modern facilities for polar bears in Europe.

In September 2017, the second construction phase of the polar world was completed and the first part of the park was redesigned in accordance with the master plan. The Californian sea lions were given up, with its maned seals the zoo now only keeps one species of seal. For this purpose, walk-in facilities were created for arctic foxes that moved to the polar world within the zoo , as well as for the snow hares and snowy owls that were not previously kept . Originally, instead of the mountain hares, the plan was to move the wolverine facility to the polar region.

Exposed concrete as the main design element (as the equivalent of the rock and ice landscapes of the polar regions) can only be found in the facilities for penguins ( Gentoo penguin , king penguin , northern rockhopper ) after the redesign of the polar bear and seal enclosures .

Outside the polar world , for the anniversary year 2011, the otter facility was converted into a facility for Humboldt penguins .

Europe

Here, for example, Abruzzo chamois , Alpine marmots , Alpine ibex , elk , various water birds , great white pelicans and wolves can be observed. The brown bears pose expired in June 2018 with the death of the last animal, the 41-year-old female bear Olga from. The facility, which is located in the future Africa area, is to be converted for the lions.

Mill village

On July 27, 2018, the first construction phase of the Hellabrunn Mühlendorf opened on the site of the former children's animal park . In this area, which is to form the center of the future part of the park, Europe, the focus is on native biodiversity with original and endangered domestic animal breeds. For example, Murnau-Werdenfelser , Augsburger Hühner and Kunekune can be seen here. A species protection project with local fish is being carried out in the mill house. Visitors are informed about local waters, and there are terrariums with local reptiles and amphibians.

On July 19, 2019, the second construction phase of the mill village was opened, in which the new zoo school is located, which serves as an extracurricular learning location for students. When observing the anatomy and way of life of different animal species, technical and methodological skills as well as teamwork and independent learning and discovery are promoted. The new building has capacity for more classes and offers closer encounters with farm animals. The premises also offer space for events in the field of adult education. Exhibitions and playful learning stations complete the educational offer. To supplement the animal population, stables for Dahomey dwarf cattle , Damara and Girgentana goats were built in the second construction phase . In addition, a beekeeper cart and a sand lizard system were built.

Asia

A selection of large mammal species from the Eurasian continent can be seen in this area. Here live among other rhinos , Siberian tigers , and takins .

Rhino house

On the outside of the shell-like rhinoceros house , which was completed in 1990 as the first project by the architect Herbert Kochta , Indian rhinos and saddleback tapirs originally lived . Two-toed sloths inhabit the interior under the dome . Bearded pigs lived at times in another outdoor area . The keeping of bearded pigs and saddleback tapirs was discontinued in 2017. In October 2017, the pig facility was occupied by two males of the endangered Visayas pustular pigs .

Bat grotto

In 1992 part of the "Horten" house built in 1960 was redesigned into a large bat grotto . Since March 2013 the house has been designed like a mine tunnel. When the visitors' eyes have got used to the darkness, they can see the free-flying bats ( spectacle-shaped noses ) that have made themselves comfortable on the stalactites of the cave. In addition to the bats, visitors can admire a large colony of weaver birds and various species of spiders.

Large aviary

Red ibis when bathing

The large aviary made of stainless steel mesh is 18 meters high and is one of the largest structures in Hellabrunn. This free flight facility was designed by the German architect Frei Paul Otto , from whose pen the roof construction of the Munich Olympic site also originates. On an area of ​​5,000 m², the aviary offers a habitat for many species - including black storks , bald ibises and red ibis . All year round, visitors have the opportunity to watch courtship , nest building and the rearing of young animals. Like the entire zoo, the large aviary is also crossed by an Aubach. The diverse ecological niches created here are tailored to the resident bird species and their breeding behavior. In spring 2019, the Hellabrunn large aviary was redesigned from a horticultural perspective. Open sunbathing areas and new breeding grounds for the various bird species that live in the large aviary were created.

America

A fine example of the socialization of various kinds after Geozooprinzip represents the South American plant: the large complex share vicuña , rheas , capybaras , giant anteater and Maras . Across the street, wood bison involuntarily share their home with a large number of native water birds. The South American maned wolves also live in this part of the zoo .

Giraffe savannah

Opening of the giraffe savannah		The little giraffe bull Naledi (born 2013) with his mother Kabonga

After only one year of construction, the 10,000 m² giraffe savannah was opened in May 2013 in place of the old facility for aurochs and tarpan re-breeding (area of ​​the outdoor area: 4000 m²). The giraffe house with an area of ​​770 m² is up to seven meters high. Its translucent foil roof in combination with the wood and glass elements gives it an open, permeable character. Inside, visitors are separated from the giraffes by a glass pane. The facility offers space for a bull giraffe and up to four female giraffes with a maximum of four young animals. After the death of the giraffe bull Togo in 2015, on the recommendation of the European Endangered Species Program, a group of females was kept. Therefore, the remaining young bull Naledi moved to the newly established pure bull housing in the Naples Zoo in the spring of 2016. Meerkats and white-tailed porcupines live in the vicinity of the reticulated giraffes . The giraffe savannah is the first step in the planned relocation of the Africa part of the park to the Europe part .

Species protection

Offspring in the endangered drills

The Munich Zoo participates in 38 European breeding programs ( EEP part). Hellabrunn manages the EEP and the international studbook for one of the most threatened ape species in Africa, the drill . Since 2013, Hellabrunn has been bred eleven times in the drills. Conservation breeding is a high priority for Hellabrunn. Since 1932, the zoo has been particularly committed to the breeding and preservation of the Przewalski horses, which were exterminated in the wild in the 1960s and could only survive in captivity. In addition to species conservation breeding, the zoo supports many different programs to protect species in their natural habitat. Since 2017 he has been involved in the PICA program in the research and inventory of the little-known Manule .

The Hellabrunn species protection center was opened in 2007 in a side wing of the world of the apes . After the redesign in 2015, visitors have the opportunity to find out about various species protection projects. A permanent exhibition, changing special exhibitions and lectures convey the importance of biological diversity and the role of zoos in international species protection.

Funding institutions and volunteers

Hellabrunn Zoo is supported by the City of Munich as well as a broad base of sponsors, supporters, donors and animal sponsors. The animal park's sponsorship group was founded in 1973 on the initiative of the then chairman of the supervisory board, Georg Kronawitter . From 1993 to the end of 2011 the zoo was also run by the “Tierparkfreunde Hellabrunn e. V. "is supported. In 2011 the zoo terminated the cooperation agreement with him, and after the liquidation the association has been dissolved since April 2013. A foundation fund was set up at Stadtsparkasse München in October 2015 with the aim of supporting the maintenance and expansion of animal facilities.

More than 80 volunteer species protection ambassadors are committed to the zoo. You are in charge of info mobiles on the topics of biodiversity, rainforests and the polar world. Here they inform visitors about endangered habitats and explain in a joint conversation how each individual can make a small contribution to the preservation of biodiversity. The voluntary helpers also support the organization of the annual lecture program in the Hellabrunn species protection center. There are also services in the cottage garden of the mill village or supervision in the petting zoo.

Visitor offers

Birds of prey show

In addition to numerous commented feedings and animal training, for example with the birds of prey or elephants, the Hellabrunn Zoo is also the backdrop for various special events and exhibitions. There are also guided tours, children's birthdays and the “rendezvous with your favorite animal”. Various offers of the zoo school are specially designed for school classes , in which the zoo works with the schools to develop individual teaching units and carry them out in the zoo.

Technical part

To reduce its own CO ₂ emissions , the Hellabrunn zoo and the Munich municipal utilities put their own biogas plant into operation in 2006. The operation took place with the biowaste from the zoo; The electricity generated in the biogas plant was fed into the power grid of the city of Munich, and the heat generated during the conversion processes was in turn fed into the zoo's heat supply. After nine years of operation, the plant was shut down in January 2016 due to the high costs of a necessary renewal. The energy industry cooperation between the municipal utilities and the zoo should continue to exist.

In 2015 the farm yard was renewed, which provides additional offices for the zoological department, and the feed management area also got the option of central feed allocation. In 2017, a new warehouse was built to cover the storage requirements for hay, straw, transport boxes and various building materials. During the upcoming construction work, the entire sewer system under the zoo will be gradually renovated.

After a power failure in 2016, which was caused by a dormouse in the transformer system, the transformer system was brought up to date and fitted with press seals to prevent future damage. Thanks to a heating network, all of the larger houses along Siebenbrunnerstrasse up to the jungle world can be supplied via an internal district heating pipe.

Promotional graphics

Hellabrunn Zoo is known for its graphic advertising work. The most famous poster artists include:

• Ludwig Hohlwein ,
• Siegmund von Suchodolski ,
• Otto Obermeier ,
• Franziska Bilek ,
• Günter Mattei;

in addition, a monthly zoo magazine appeared in the 1920s and 1930s with the title Das Tier und Wir .

Monument protection

Aquarium and ape station

The entire Hellabrunn zoo is a landscape area with its watercourses and pathways under monument protection. Particularly highlighted as individual objects are:

• the elephant house by Emanuel von Seidl, 1911, with the renewed dome,
• Aquarium and ape station by Max Koch, 1936–37
• two ticket booths
• two vases with putti
• seven bridges, around 1911
• Bridge figure of a peacock by Willy Zügel , 1919
• Memorial stone for Heinz Heck , after 1982.

literature

• Georg August Baumgärtner: Memorandum for the rebuilding of the Munich zoo Hellabrunn. Munich 1927.
• Heinz Heck: Guide through Hellabrunn Zoo, Geo-Zoo Munich. Art in print, 1931.
• Fritz Hirsch, Henning Wiesner: 75 years Munich zoo Hellabrunn. Münchner Tierpark Hellabrunn AG 1986, ISBN 3-7991-6344-1 .
• Michael Kamp et al .: Hippos on the Isar: a history of the Hellabrunn Zoo in Munich. Buchendorfer Verlag, 2000, ISBN 3-934036-19-8 .
• Walli Müller, Günter Mattei, Henning Wiesner (eds.): “Do animals have to brush their teeth?” ... and other questions for a zoo director. Hanser Verlag , Munich 2005, ISBN 3-446-20611-6 .
• Julia Strauss: Munich, painter, model animals. Hellabrunn Zoo in time and art. August Dreesbach Verlag, Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-940061-50-8 .
• Helmut Zedelmaier / Michael Kamp: Hellabrunn - history and stories of the Munich zoo. Bassermann Verlag, 2011 ISBN 978-3-8094-2718-6 .
• Heiko Wrusch von Bachem: My Hellabrunn Zoo: With Bachem's hidden objects through the Munich Zoo. Bachem Verlag, 2011 ISBN 978-3-7616-2446-3 .
• Diana Hillebrand: Paula, the zoo reporter: Adventure in Hellabrunn. Volk Verlag, 2011 ISBN 978-3-86222-019-9 .

Web links

Commons : Tierpark Hellabrunn  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Zoo website
• Presentation at muenchen.de
• Early documents and newspaper articles on Hellabrunn Zoo in the 20th Century press kit of the ZBW - Leibniz Information Center for Economics .
• Detailed report on the large aviary with pictures and plans
• Theme portal Tierpark Hellabrunn of the Süddeutsche Zeitung
• Nashorn, Zebra & Co. Internet presence of the ARD series.
• News from the Hellabrunn Zoo in Munich. ( Memento from January 20, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Internet presence of the BR series.
• Hellabrunn Zoo School

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Annual Report 2018 , p. 94. Accessed March 27, 2020.
2. ↑ Annual Report 2018 , p. 45. Retrieved March 27, 2020.
3. ↑ Isar floodplains (with a detailed description of the protected areas between the city limits of Oberföhring and St.-Quirin-Platz)
4. ↑ "The Venice among the zoos" - Hellabrunn turns 100th article in the Augsburger Allgemeine from February 28, 2011. Accessed on March 28, 2015 . 
5. ↑ … getting on in years. Aviary in the Hellabrunn Zoo in Munich. Article in the Deutsche Bauzeitung on May 30, 2011. Accessed on March 28, 2015 . 
6. ↑ An architect is planning “Geozoo Hellabrunn”. As head of the zoo, Rasem Baban wants to implement the vision of the “geozoo of biodiversity”. Animals are supposed to be builders. Article in the Mittelbayerische Zeitung on December 27, 2014. Retrieved on March 28, 2015 . 
7. ↑ Günther Knoll: Hellabrunn: zoo becomes a major construction site . In: sueddeutsche.de . ISSN  0174-4917 ( sueddeutsche.de [accessed on July 17, 2016]).
8. ↑ The master plan for the "Geozoo of Biodiversity"
9. ↑ Süddeutsche Zeitung: How the zoo is changing , January 13, 2020.
10. ↑ Hellabrunn Zoo Night a complete success despite the rain. Report on the Hellabrunn Zoo website from June 6, 2016. Accessed June 6, 2016.
11. ↑ The new Africa area will be built on the previous parts of the park Europe and America, the new America area on the previous part of the Asia park, the area with the African savannah, the predator, turtle and elephant houses will become the new Asia area and the Europe part will be attached to the previous children's zoo and thus significantly reduced in size. The primates are not to be assigned to the individual continents, so the complex of monkey, lower monkey and jungle house will continue to exist largely unchanged: The master plan for the “Geozoo of Biodiversity” on the Hellabrunn Zoo website. Retrieved June 25, 2017.
12. ^ Curtain up on the new great ape facilities. Report on the Hellabrunn Zoo website from March 27, 2015. Accessed on March 28, 2015 . 
13. ↑ Good Morning Vietnam. Announcement on the Hellabrunn Zoo website dated December 18, 2017. Accessed December 18, 2017.
14. ↑ Abendzeitung Germany: Hellabrunn Zoo: Reopening of the monkey houses. Retrieved May 14, 2019 . 
15. ↑ Start of the project: Hellabrunn's house of the little monkeys is being renovated. Announcement on the Hellabrunn Zoo website dated December 20, 2019. Accessed March 27, 2020.
16. ↑ At the beginning of the year Hellabrunn presents new venomous snakes. Announcement on the Hellabrunn Zoo website from January 4, 2019. Accessed January 4, 2019.
17. ↑ Keas move into new aviary. Report on the Hellabrunn Zoo website dated December 30, 2015. Accessed January 1, 2016.
18. ↑ ^{a b} List of monuments for Munich (PDF) at the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation, monument number D-1-62-000-6514
19. ↑ ^{a b} It is progressing! Finally construction work on the elephant house again. Announcement on the Hellabrunn Zoo website from May 15, 2014. Accessed March 28, 2015.
20. ↑ Hellabrunn has its landmark again: the opening ceremony of the elephant house. Retrieved October 30, 2016 . 
21. ↑ New trunk in the elephant house. In: sueddeutsche.de. May 7, 2011, accessed March 20, 2018 . 
22. ^ Elephant Ludwig arrived safely at Heidelberg Zoo at hellabrunn.de, May 13, 2015, accessed on May 15, 2015
23. ↑ Baby elephant dead - Hellabrunn mourns Lola ( Memento from June 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
24. ↑ Welcome home, Gajendra! Announcement on the Hellabrunn Zoo website of March 29, 2017. Accessed June 25, 2017.
25. ↑ Lady elephant Steffi is dead. Report on the website of Hellabrunn Zoo from March 7, 2018. Accessed March 7, 2018.
26. ↑ New discovery cave in Hellabrunn. Announcement on the Hellabrunn Zoo website of July 12, 2016. Accessed July 12, 2016.
27. ↑ New building, pool, ice coveted: Hellabrunn's polar world is ready. Announcement on the Hellabrunn Zoo website dated September 8, 2017. Accessed on September 17, 2017.
28. ↑ Hellabrunn polar world will soon be redesigned. Announcement on the website of Hellabrunn Zoo from June 26, 2015. Accessed July 1, 2015.
29. ↑ Brown bear Olga is dead. Article in the Süddeutsche Zeitung of June 27, 2018. Accessed on June 28, 2018.
30. ↑ Fascinatingly diverse: opening of the Hellabrunn mill village. Announcement on the Hellabrunn Zoo website of July 27, 2018. Accessed on November 11, 2018.
31. ↑ Fascination Biodiversity: New Zoo School in Hellabrunn Mühlendorf. Announcement on the Hellabrunn Zoo website of July 19, 2019. Accessed on March 27, 2020.
32. ↑ Nemo is traveling! Announcement on the Hellabrunn Zoo website dated March 9, 2017. Accessed November 3, 2017.
33. ↑ Visayas pustule pigs in the Hellabrunn rhino house. Announcement on the Hellabrunn Zoo website from November 3, 2017. Accessed November 3, 2017.
34. ^ Carsten Zehrer: The giraffe savannah in Hellabrunn Zoo. Tiergarten 3/2015, pp. 4–9, here p. 7.
35. ↑ Welcome back to Hellabrunn, Giraffe Limber! Report on the Hellabrunn Zoo website dated July 2, 2015. Accessed July 2, 2015.
36. ^ Gender segregation among the reticulated giraffes in Munich and Naples. Report on the Hellabrunn Zoo website from April 5, 2016. Accessed April 10, 2016.
37. ↑ European Conservation Breeding Programs. Website of the Hellabrunn Zoo. Retrieved May 19, 2016.
38. ↑ Second drill baby in Hellabrunn Zoo. Message on muenchen.de. Retrieved May 19, 2016.
39. ↑ A new species for Hellabrunn. Announcement on the Hellabrunn Zoo website from May 26, 2017. Accessed on January 11, 2019.
40. ↑ Sponsorship Association. Website of the Hellabrunn Zoo. Retrieved October 25, 2015.
41. ↑ In the process of dissolution. Article in the Süddeutsche Zeitung from November 18, 2011. Accessed October 25, 2015.
42. ↑ The website of the former zoo friends still exists. Retrieved October 25, 2015.
43. ↑ Hellabrunn Zoo establishes its own foundation fund. Report on the Hellabrunn Zoo website from October 7, 2015. Accessed October 25, 2015.
44. ↑ Hellabrunn Zoo - In action for species protection. January 23, 2019, accessed on May 14, 2019 (German). 
45. ↑ The biogas plant in Hellabrunn Zoo goes offline. Announcement on the Hellabrunn Zoo website from January 11, 2016. Accessed on January 12, 2016.