The Ruhr Valley is an
industrial area, traditionally based on coal and
steel, in western Germany. Wuppertal,
which, stretched out along its own river valley, is
not only home to a 19th century urban transit
system (the Schwebebahn) but also to a 19th century zoo. The zoo
grounds lie on approximately 50 acres (20 hectare)
in the western part of Wuppertal. Franz Heinrich
Siesmayer, garden architect from Frankfurt, has
planned it like Carl Hagenbeck has
designed the Hamburg Zoo. These kind of zoos show
wild animals in open, landscaped spaces instead of
behind bars and fences. Siesmayer has taken full
advantage of the hilly terrain and varied woodland
that characterizes the german Bergisches
Land.
Zoo Wuppertal (Wuppertaler Zoo | Zoologischer Garten Wuppertal)
Hubertusallee 30
42117 Wuppertal
Germany
8.30 -
18.00 ( winter time - 17 uur) - €8 (adult from
17), €4 (child 4-17),
Parking: free
The Suspended Railway (Schwebebahn) stops at
Stadion/Zoo
19th
century
20th
century until WWII
World
War II
20th
century after WWII
21th century
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De Aktiengesellschaft Zoologischer Garten Elberfeld
is founded 5th December 1879 and opening day of
Zoo Wuppertal and its still existing restaurant is
1881, 8 September. The main building, designed
by Heinrich J. Kayser, has taken 10 years of
construction.
At the beginning there are just 34 animals such as
wolves and a bear. A tennis court and playground
provide entertainment while the lake is the place
for canoeing, or ice-skating during the winter
season. The birth of a lion cub in 1899 is one of
the few highlights in zoological respect. Nowadays,
the reverse is true, you will find just few
playground (one) or restaurants (two), and lots of
animals.
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Following in
Carl Hagenbeck's footsteps Josef Keusch (zoo
director in 1900 and also garden architect)
strives to create zoo panoramas and barless
enclosures.
1910
Northern panorama, a sort of three-story polar panorama with
Californian seals on the first plateau and polar
bears in the back and Siberian ibexes on the rocks on the highest level. Short-clawed otters and Jackass as well as King
penguins can be seen on the left and right side of
the panorama. The polar panorama is a copy of Hagenbecks arctic panorama in Hamburg.
Krishna
and Lakshmi, the first two elephants who have lived
in Zoo Wuppertal, arrive at the zoo in 1927, while a
crowd is waiting around the Elephant House. The old Elephant House is now home to the Baird's tapirs.
World
War II
Bombs are dropped on Zoo Wuppertal. Animals who live in the zoo are shot because of lack of food, others are slaugthered for food. Only 20 animals are alive in this zoo at the end of the war. Soon after the war Wuppertal Zoo opens anew.
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20th
century after World War II
Zoo Wuppertal
has lots of postwar buildings:
In the
seventies and eighties the zoo develops steadily:
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1970 Carnivore
House
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1971
Penguin Enclosure
-
1973
Renovation Bird House
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1974
Replacement of Aquarium/Terrarium (1927)
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1978
Primate House
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1981
Zoo Wuppertal celebrates 100 years with
enlargement of the Gibbon Enclosure, new enclosures
for deer, beavers and raptures.
-
1991
Enlargement/renovation Polar Bear
Enclosure
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1993
Walk in, free-flight Tropical Bird House
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1995
New Elephant Exhibit: a 3000 square meter outdoor enclosure and 1340 square meter indoor.
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May 2002 Baird's
tapirs are moved to the old elephant house.
In 2003
the zoo association donates a barrier-free
orang-utan enclosure, carefully laid down in the
landscape. Glass windows allow viewing of the
animals. It is close by the Primate House. The
orangutan enclosure has been a cooperative effort
between the Building Administration, Zoo Wuppertal
and Rasbach architects, Oberhausen. Inside it
measures 600 m2 and Rasbach has equipped the outdoor
enclosure with climbing trees, real plants and a
brooke.
2004
Kodiak Bear Enclosure
The
Pinguinale 2006 celebrating the first 125 years of
Wuppertal Zoo consists of 200 about six feet high
penguins painted by sponsors. The Friends of
the Zoo association collects
€ 750.000 to replace the penguin enclosures. Rasbach
replicates the original Jackass penguin habitat to
Wuppertal. The design encompasses a private penguin beach and a
swimming pool amidst high rounded rocks completed by
three underwater windows.
At the
southern part the zoo will
be extended from 49 to 59 acre (24 hectare) to
accomodate two species of cats. This new
lion and tiger reserve is in the works.
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