Zoom Gelsenkirchen adventure world

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Zoom Gelsenkirchen adventure world
ZOOM Erlebniswelt.svg
Full name Zoom Gelsenkirchen Adventure World
Formerly: Ruhr Zoo Gelsenkirchen
place Bleckstrasse 64
45889 Gelsenkirchen
surface 31 hectares
opening 1949: Ruhr Zoo
2004: Grimberger Hof (1st phase)
2005: Adventure world Alaska
2006: Adventure world Africa
2007: Grimberger Hof (2nd phase)
2010: Adventure world Asia
Animal species 100 species
Individuals approx. 900 animals
organization
management Ulrich Köllmann
(Managing Director Stadtwerke Gelsenkirchen GmbH)

Dr. Hendrik Berendson (Head of the Zoom Erlebniswelt)

Sponsorship Stadtwerke Gelsenkirchen GmbH
Member of WAZA , EAZA , VdZ , Foundation for Species Protection
http://www.zoom-erlebniswelt.de/

The Zoom Erlebniswelt ( spelling ZOOM Erlebniswelt ) in Gelsenkirchen is the redesigned former Ruhr Zoo . The zoo is run by Stadtwerke Gelsenkirchen , which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the city of Gelsenkirchen.

general description

Map of the zoo

The zoo is divided into four subject areas: Alaska , Africa , Asia and Grimberger Hof .

Alaska gives an insight into all four vegetation zones of the "big" model: the coastal rainforest , the tundra , the mountain region and the polar region . Special features here include the underwater glass tunnel in the sea lion enclosure, the 3,000 m² bear enclosure or the Alaska Ice Adventure , a simulated trip in an igloo on an ice floe .

Africa shows a village with domestic animals, various savannas and the rainforest . A boat trip takes you along the landscape enclosures. The design of the boats is reminiscent of the eponymous steamboat from the film African Queen .

Asia is the newest area with jungles, tigers, orangutans and fruit bats. A 1,300 meter long promenade, sometimes also at a height of 5 meters, meanders through the jungle. There is also an indoor playground and a dining area, which also offers evening opening times.

In contrast, the Grimberger Hof is home to some Central European farm animals. The Grimberger Hof themed area, designed in the style of a Westphalian farm , includes a petting zoo , a beer garden and a climbing playground.

In 2006 around three quarters of a million visitors came to the “Zoom Erlebniswelt”. The highest number of visitors in one day was around 14,000 in the 2006 summer season (as well as on Easter Monday 2007). The 1,000,000. Visitors of the year 2007 were counted at the beginning of November. In comparison, only around 250,000 people visited the former Ruhr Zoo each year before the renovation.

Visitor development
before 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
approx. 250,000 approx. 750,000 approx. 1,000,000 approx. 900,000 approx. 850,000 approx. 1,050,000 approx. 902,000 approx. 735,000 approx. 865,000 956.007 970.407 792.389 751.979

structure

Grimberger Hof

The Grimberger Hof represents the entrance area of ​​the Zoom Erlebniswelt. In addition to the service center, the adventure playground and gastronomy, some Danish protest pigs and the petting zoo are also located here. The first construction phase of the approx. 4 hectare area was opened in May 2004, the second after the demolition of the former elephant house on September 13, 2007.

Animals

Alaska

With around six hectares and a circular path length of 1.3 kilometers, the Alaska adventure world is the largest part of the adventure world after Africa . In the polar bear sanctuary u. a. the short female Antonia . The two bears Elvis (d. 2013) and Fanny (d. 2014) reached an old age of over thirty years .

Special visitor attractions in the Alaska Adventure World are the “Bering Strait”, a nine-meter-long glass tunnel in the sea lion pool , the eight-meter-high waterfall in the Kodiak bear enclosure and the Alaska Ice Adventure , which simulates a ride in an igloo on an ice floe. A gold panning playground is also used for entertainment .

Animals

  • View of "Alaska" (gastronomy, reindeer enclosure)

  • Sea lions

  • Gastronomy in this area

Africa

The Africa Adventure World, which was completed in the summer of 2006 (opening on July 20, 2006), was already home to lions, hyenas, pygmy goats, zebras, Somali sheep and Watussi cattle. The adventure world has an area of ​​14 hectares and a path length of 1.8 kilometers. In 2005/06 it was the largest construction site in North Rhine-Westphalia and takes up almost half of the area of ​​the Zoom Erlebniswelt.

In August 2006, the entire group of chimpanzees at Zurich Zoo , one of the few pure groups of the West African subspecies, relocated to Gelsenkirchen.

In the Adventure World Africa there are visitor attractions a boat tour with boats attached to underwater ropes based on the pattern of the African Queen , the 2000 square meter jungle hall, in which some animals also spend the winter, the Africa Lodge , a resting place with restoration and a panoramic view of the savannah, the lemur island , a large, visitor-open enclosure for Rote Varis and a replica African fishing village with original boats from Ghana.

Animals

The hippopotamus Rosl , which weighed more than two tons, was the oldest of its kind in Germany. It had its 50th birthday in December 2008 and has lived in Gelsenkirchen Zoo since 1981. It gave birth to twelve young there. The mayor Frank Baranowski (SPD) was the animal sponsor of the hippopotamus . Rosl died on April 24, 2012 at the age of 53.

The Hippo Ernie will celebrate his 45th birthday on March 31, 2015. This makes him the oldest hippo bull in Germany. Ernie was born in Karlsruhe , but has lived in Gelsenkirchen for more than 44 years. With his two wives, Suse and Asita , he lives in the jungle hall of the zoo and the outdoor area on Lake Africa.

Asia

The last subject area is Asia . The approximately five hectare area was opened on March 4, 2010. The center of the area is the approx. 4,500 square meter tropical paradise, in which the orangutan facility and the large indoor playground Drachenland are located. In May 2013, the Asia area was expanded to include a system for tigers.

Animals

Exposed species In the ponds, at least the following turtle species can be found:

These were illegally exposed by visitors.

Special events

One of the three Kodiak bears died in an attack by a conspecific on December 21, 2005. The zoo veterinarian suspected that a mating attempt was the cause of the argument between the animals. After this incident, the zoo temporarily separated the remaining two animals, but six months later they could be put back together again without any problems.

Since October 20, 2008, the adventure world with the docu-soap Tierische Kumpels has been shown on ZDF on weekdays.

The Zoom Erlebniswelt was awarded the Parkscout Public Award as Germany's best zoo in the 2008/09, 2012/13 and 2018 season .

On April 15, 2010, the brothers Marcel and Marlon Stawinoga left the zoo's Asia Hall on foot for India.

Animal outbreaks

On September 17, 2005, a young female timber wolf escaped from her enclosure. After pack and territorial fights , she jumped over a 3.50 meter high sheet pile wall and an electric fence. On the morning of September 25, 2005, the she-wolf was run over by a car on the A 42 between the Gelsenkirchen-Bismarck and Gelsenkirchen-Schalke junctions, not far from the zoo, and died.

In January 2017, a young lynx named Findus escaped via the partially frozen water of the enclosure. After five and a half days he was captured and returned to the zoo unscathed.

Transport links

The adventure world is located at the Gelsenkirchen-Bismarck junction of the A 42 . In addition, the are located in the immediate vicinity breakpoint Gelsenkirchen Zoo at the regional train 43 ( Emschertal train ) of Dortmund by Dorsten and rail station Zoom Experience the tram line 301 .

To the east of the zoo runs the “ Erzbahn-Radwanderweg ” (from Bochum to the port of Grimberg), from which you can look through windows in the zoo's boundary wall.

Web links

Commons : Zoom Erlebniswelt  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Page no longer available , search in web archives: Press release Zoom - Annual overview 2009 (p. 3).@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.zoom-erlebniswelt.de
  2. ↑ http://www.derwesten.de/staedte/gelsenkirchen/Mit-Asien-wird-s-schoener-aber-auch-teurer-id2355147.html
  3. ↑ http://www.radioemscherlippe.de/Zoom-Saison-2011.2471.0.html
  4. ↑ Participation Report 2011 ( Memento from March 14, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  5. ↑ Annual press conference of the GEW ( Memento from December 17, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  6. ^ Stadtwerke Gelsenkirchen GmbH: Distribution of 1 million euros to the city - Stadtwerke Gelsenkirchen. June 6, 2014, accessed July 3, 2017 .
  7. ↑ a b https://www.stadtwerke-gelsenkirchen.de/ausgabe/stadtwerke-gelsenkirchen-gmbh-leger-jahresverbindungen-fuer-das-geschaeftsjahr-2015-vor.html
  8. ↑ a b https://www.vdz-zoos.org/de/lösungen/zoos-im-vdz/gelsenkirchen/
  9. ↑ Mourning in Gelsenkirchen: polar bear lady Fanny has died. ( Memento from July 17, 2015 in the web archive archive.today ) Report from the Ruhr News from September 16, 2014.
  10. ↑ Senegal-Galago , Zoo Animal List, accessed March 2020.
  11. ↑ Gelsenkirchen. Germany's oldest hippopotamus celebrates its 50th birthday . In: Schwäbische Zeitung from December 30, 2008
  12. ↑ Zoom Erlebniswelt mourns the loss of the hippo Rosl . In: [1]
  13. ↑ Tiger area soon to be a new attraction in the ZOOM Adventure World Asia - 1000 sqm enclosure for the big cats ( Memento from April 8, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  14. ↑ ParkScout winner 2008/2009
  15. ↑ Award 2012-2013 at parkscout.de
  16. ↑ Two brothers migrate from Gelsenkirchen to Calcutta at derwesten.de
  17. ^ Rheinische Post online

Coordinates: 51 ° 32 ′ 38.9 ″  N , 7 ° 6 ′ 39.4 ″  E