Zoological Garden of Hamburg

The Zoological Garden of Hamburg was opened on 17 May 1863 as the fifth German zoo. This was an initiative of some local individuals ( among them Ernst Merck, Karl August Möbius, Heinrich and Heinrich Adolph Meyer Föhring ).

Development

The opening was preceded by a more than three-year planning phase with the establishment of a Zoological Society on share basis. As early as 1862 the zoologist Alfred Brehm was appointed as the first Director of the Zoological Gardens. During his time as director of the zoo, the first volumes came to his main work Illustrirtes animal life (later Brehm's Animal Life ), which was published in 1863. The Hamburg Zoo was home when it opened the first public saltwater aquarium on German soil. In Brehm's leadership, the species-rich animal collection grew rapidly. A stopover in the burgeoning trade in animals of the Hamburg Zoo in the early years provided a frequent changing livestock. After friction with the board of the Zoological Gardens, and the circumcision of Brehm's skills Brehm announced at the urging of the Board by letter of 29 October 1866 which provided for his resignation May 1867. After the conflict was, however, brought to the public, Brehm was released on November 23, 1866 with immediate effect.

Provisionally the zoo had probably passed inspector Sigel. Finding a successor, was not easy. Ernst Haeckel rejected the spot. In January 1868 took over the zoologist Franz Hilgendorf the management of zoos, but remained only until 1 November 1870. Thereafter, the position was vacant at all until 1875. Was appointed Until the Hamburg girls school teacher Heinrich bolau 14 October 1875 as Director. During his tenure, Hagenbeck opened in 1907 its vaunted as an animal paradise wildlife park in Stellingen and made the chronically underfunded Hamburg Zoo additionally difficult life to which did not oppose this innovation. The Office tired of bolau allowed to May 1, 1909 be retired. Thus, the africa experienced zoologist Julius Vosseler stepped to 1909 no easy inheritance. Nevertheless, he managed to build up a fine herd and to inflict upon the animals in difficult times an impeccable care. When the Zoological Society of Hamburg ran the conversion in a population and bird park, the zoo director earned 1927 was put into retirement.

The zoo had an area of ​​approximately 14 hectares, which was left to the Zoological Society fifty years by the Hamburg Senate charged. Only slowly could renewals are negotiated, so that the area after 1920, the city of Hamburg should be returned. The zoo has been closed since 1930. A part of the site was transformed into a fairground called " People's Park" with fair that, the other in a bird park. The latter was liquidated after one and a half years. In the years 1934 and 1935, the park was redesigned under the direction of landscape architect Karl Plomin for the low German Garden Show. Since then is un Blomen planet, an approximately 47 -acre park at this point. The Tiergartenstraße at the border to track reminiscent of this facility. By 1970, the Hamburg Stadtpark some small animal enclosure were kept out of the zoo.

Literature ( in chronological order )

  • Annelore Rieke -Müller and Lothar Dittrich: The lion roars next door. The establishment of Zoological Gardens in the German-speaking countries from 1833 to 1869. Böhlau, Cologne 1998, pp. 141-157.
  • Hans -Dietrich Hämmerlein: The son of the pastor bird. Evangelical publishing house, Berlin 1985.
  • Jürgen W. Scheutzow: For 125 years Hamburg exhibition history, Reprint ( 16 pages), Hamburg Messe und Congress GmbH, Hamburg around 1983.
  • Werner Kourist: 400 years zoo. In the mirror of collection Werner Kourist / Bonn. Rheinland -Verlag in Commission with Rudolf Habelt Verlag, Bonn, 1976, p 142-151.
  • Lothar Schlawe: From the history of the Hamburg Zoo. In: The Zoological Garden ( N.F. ). Volume 41, 1972, p 168-186.
  • Ludwig Heck: Clear - long memories of Tiergärtner. In: The Zoological Garden ( N.F. ). Volume 13, 1941, p 355-361.
  • K. Brown and George Grimpe: Personal messages. Hamburg. In: The Zoological Garden ( N.F. ). Volume 6, 1933, p 283
  • Georg Grimpe: Julius Vosseler 70th birthdays. In: The Zoological Garden ( N.F. ). Volume 4, 1931, pp. 313-317.
  • Anonymous: News from the Zoological Gardens. Hamburg. (Hamburger bird park. ) In: The Zoological Garden ( NF). Volume 4, 1931, pp. 258-259.
  • Erna Mohr: The bird park in Hamburg. In: The Zoological Garden ( N.F. ). Volume 4, 1931, pp. 165-169.
  • M.A.H. Bungartz: At the opening of the Hamburg bird park. In: The Zoological Garden ( N.F. ). Volume 3, 1930, 290-291.
  • William Weltner: Franz Hilgendorf. December 5, 1839 - July 5, 1904 An obituary. . In: Archives of Natural History. Volume 72, 1906, No. 1, pp. I- XII. Digitalisat
  • Dr. bolau, The Zoological Garden in Hamburg in natural history and relationship medicinischer, L. Friederichsen & Co., Hamburg, 1876, pp. 214-215, (online). Dedicated to the members and part -takers of the 49th Assembly of German Natural Scientists and Physicians as hard handover.
  • View the latest complete guide through Hamburg, Altona and the surrounding area, publishing JF Richter, Hamburg, 1869, p 31 (online)
  • Franz Hilgendorf guide through the zoo to Hamburg. With an introduction on the history of the garden of Dr. jur. H. Donnenberg, publisher of the Zoological Society, Hamburg, 1869. Digitalisat
  • Alfred Edmund Brehm: My position Zoologischer Garten Hamburg and my dismissal. Hamburg 1866.
  • Dr. Alfred Brehm, T. F. Zimmermann, images and sketches from the zoo in Hamburg, Lührsen, Hamburg, 1865 (online)
  • William Alford Lloyd: The Aquarium House the zoo Hamburg. In: The Zoological Garden. Volume 5, 1864, pp. 84-87. Digitalisat

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