Frankfurt Zoological Garden

{{short description|Zoo in Germany}}

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| name = Zoo Frankfurt

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| image = ZooFfmGesellschaftshaus.jpg

| image_width = 300px

| image_caption = Main entrance

| date_opened = {{start date and age|1858}}{{cite web|url=http://www.zoo-frankfurt.de/unser-zoo/geschichte/|title=Kurzer Überblick der Geschichte des Frankfurter Zoos|language=de|access-date=7 May 2016}}

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| location = Bernhard-Grzimek-Allee 1,
60316 Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany

| coordinates = {{coord|50.115583|N|8.703139|E|region:DE_scale:1000|display=it|format=dms}}

| area = {{Convert|11|ha|abbr=on}}{{cite web|url=http://www.zoo-frankfurt.de/unser-zoo/zoo-in-zahlen/|title=Ein Paar Zahlen gefällig?|language=de|access-date=7 May 2016}}

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| num_animals = about 4500

| num_species = about 450

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| annual_visitors = 830.193 (2015)

| members = WAZA,{{ZooOrg|waza|zoos|accessdate=7 May 2016}} EAZA,{{ZooOrg|eaza|zoos|accessdate=7 May 2016}} VdZ

| exhibits = Asiatic lion, Gorilla, Spectacled bear, Sumatran tiger

| owner = Frankfurt

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The Frankfurt Zoological Garden is the zoo of Frankfurt, Germany. It features over 4,500 animals of over 510 species on more than 11 hectares. The zoo was founded in 1858 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.{{cite web

|url=http://www.zgf.de/?id=8&language=en

|title=The Frankfurt Zoological Society

|publisher=The Frankfurt Zoological Society

|access-date=14 October 2011}}

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{{Zoos of Germany}}

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Category:Zoos in Germany

Category:Buildings and structures in Frankfurt

Category:Tourist attractions in Frankfurt

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