Karlsruhe Zoo

Karlsruhe Zoo
Karlsruhe Zoo. Office, 2015
Map
Date opening1865
No. of animals3000
No. of species250
Websitewww.karlsruhe.de/zoo

The Karlsruhe Zoo (German: Zoologischer Stadtgarten Karlsruhe) is a city garden with a zoo in the southwest of Karlsruhe, Germany. It also encompasses the outer area; Tierpark Oberwald in the southeast of the city. The main area totals 22 hectares (of which nine hectares are zoo), and the Oberwald Zoo has an area of 16 hectares. A total of around 3000 animals of over 240 species live at the Zoologische Stadtgarten Karlsruhe. The city garden is located north of the Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof and south of the Karlsruhe Congress between the Karlsruhe districts of Südstadt and Südweststadt. The zoo was opened in 1865, making it one of the oldest zoos in Germany. The city garden and zoo form a common, enclosed area and cannot be visited separately.

The site is managed by two municipal authorities, the horticultural office and the zoo. The Zoological City Garden in its entirety is under monument protection.