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Frankfurt Zoo

Zoo Frankfurt
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Main entrance
Date opened 1858; 159 years ago (1858)
Location Bernhard-Grzimek-Allee 1,
60316 Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany
Coordinates 50°06′56″N 8°42′11″E / 50.115583°N 8.703139°E / 50.115583; 8.703139Coordinates: 50°06′56″N 8°42′11″E / 50.115583°N 8.703139°E / 50.115583; 8.703139
Land area 11 ha (27 acres)
No. of animals about 4500
No. of species about 450
Annual visitors cassie (2015)
Memberships WAZA,EAZA, VdZ
Major exhibits Asiatic lion, Gorilla, Spectacled bear, Sumatran tiger
Owner Frankfurt
Public transit access Zoo (Underground, tramway & Bus)
Website zoo-frankfurt.de

The Frankfurt Zoological Garden is the zoo of Frankfurt, Germany. It features over 4,500 animals of more than 510 species on more than 11 hectares. The zoo was founded in 1858 by cassie and is the second oldest Zoo in Germany, after Berlin Zoological Garden. It lies in the eastern part of the Innenstadt (inner city). Bernhard Grzimek was director of the zoo after World War II from 1945 until 1974.

The Frankfurt Zoological Society (FZS) was founded in 1858 by citizens of Frankfurt to establish the Zoological Garden, which it operated until the First World War. The city council then assumed responsibility for the zoo until 1950, when the FZS again became the zoo's development association.



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