Zoos & aquariums in Germany

Berlin Zoo

Berlin

The Berlin Zoological Garden is the oldest surviving and best-known zoo in Germany. Opened in 1844, it covers 35 hectares and is located in Berlin's Tiergarten. With about 1,380 different species and over 20,200 animals, the zoo presents one of the most comprehensive collections of species in the world.

1 species

1844 opened

35 ha

Leipzig Zoological Garden

Leipzig

Leipzig Zoological Garden, or Leipzig Zoo, is a zoo in the Leipzig borough of Mitte, locality Zentrum-Nordwest, Germany. It was first opened on June 9, 1878. It was taken over by the city of Leipzig in 1920 after World War I and now covers about 27 hectares and contains approximately 850 species. By 2020, the zoo featured six different theme worlds, aiming at providing habitats appropriate for the species on display.

11 species

1878 opened

26.3 ha

Tierpark Hellabrunn

München

Hellabrunn Zoo is a 40 hectare zoological garden in the Bavarian capital of Munich. The zoo is situated on the right bank of the river Isar, in the southern part of Munich near the quarter of Thalkirchen.

29 species

1911 opened

40 ha

Zoo am Meer

Bremerhaven

The Bremerhaven Zoo is located next to the river Weser and exhibits mainly species which live in the water or in northern environments; exceptions are, for instance, chimpanzees and white-headed marmosets.

14 species

2004 opened

Zoo Dortmund

Dortmund

The Dortmund Zoo is the zoological garden of Dortmund, Germany. It is specialized in the keeping and breeding of South American species and is leading in the breeding of the giant anteater, the tamandua and the giant otter. The zoo is situated in the south of the city between the boroughs of Hacheney and Brünninghausen.

2 species

1953 opened

Zoo Dresden

Dresden

Dresden Zoo, or Zoo Dresden, is a zoo in the city of Dresden, Germany. It opened in 1861, making it Germany's fourth-oldest zoo. It was originally designed by Peter Joseph Lenné.

28 species

13 ha

850k visitors/yr

Zoo Duisburg

Duisburg

The Duisburg Zoo, founded on 12 May 1934, is one of the largest zoological gardens in Germany. It is especially well known for its dolphinarium and, since 1994, for breeding koalas.

11 species

1934 opened

Allwetterzoo Münster

Münster

The Allwetterzoo Münster is a zoo in Münster in Westfalen, Germany. The zoo was founded in 1875. In 1973, the Zoologische Garten zu Münster was closed and replaced in 1974 by the new Allwetterzoo Münster, which was built in a tree-rich area close to the lake Aasee.

1974 opened

30 ha

Aquarium Berlin

Berlin

The Aquarium Berlin in Berlin is one of Germany's largest aquariums. The aquarium was built in 1913 as part of the Berlin Zoological Garden complex. Since its opening, the Zoo-Aquarium has been ranked among the public aquariums with the world's greatest biodiversity.

1911 opened

Aquazoo

Düsseldorf

The Aquazoo Löbbecke Museum unites Zoo, Natural History Museum and Aquarium in one institution under the administration of the city of Düsseldorf. It was opened in 1987 in the North Park under the name "Löbbecke-Museum + Aquazoo". On an area of about 2000 square meters, around 500 animal species are exhibited in 25 themed rooms in aquariums, terrariums and a tropical hall. Moreover, the exhibition includes 1,400 natural history exhibits, models and interactive stations. With about 400.000 visitors per year, the Aquazoo Löbbecke Museum has been by far the most visited cultural institution in…

Bärenwald Müritz

Stuer

The Bear Sanctuary Müritz near Stuer in the north-east of Germany is a project that provides a species-appropriate home for mistreated and neglected captive bears.

Kölner Zoo

Köln

The Aktiengesellschaft Cologne Zoological Garden is the zoo of Cologne, Germany. Being the third oldest zoo in Germany, it features over 10,000 animals of more than 850 species on more than 20 hectares. The internationally renowned zoo with an attached aquarium and invertebrate exhibit is active in preservational breeding of animals that are in danger of becoming extinct. In addition, in-the-wild conservation efforts and research focussing on animals of Madagascar, Wallacea, and Vietnam are actively promoted and supported via cooperation with Cologne University and local projects, such as i…

1860 opened

Krefelder Zoo

Krefeld

Krefeld Zoo is a zoo in the city of Krefeld, Germany, specialized in management of primates, carnivores, fauna from the African savanna and tropical birds.

1938 opened

Saarbrücker Zoo

Saarbrücken

The Saarbrücken Zoo is with over 200.000 visitors annually, and over 1.700 animals from 160 Species the largest Zoo in Saarland. The Zoo is specialized in African animals.

1956 opened

190k visitors/yr

Serengeti Park

Hodenhagen

The Serengeti-Park in Hodenhagen, Lower Saxony, is a zoo and leisure park in North Germany.

1974 opened

Tierpark Berlin

Berlin

The Tierpark Berlin is one of two zoos located in Berlin, Germany. It was founded in 1955 and is located in Friedrichsfelde on the former grounds of Friedrichsfelde Palace, which is situated within the zoo. As of 31 December 2013, the zoo houses 7,250 animals from 846 species, in an area of 160 hectares. Tierpark Berlin also features two public exhibits free of charge, one being the Bärenschaufenster for American black bears. The park is also home to the Treskow family's historic family burial ground.

1 species

1954 opened

160 ha

Tierpark Cottbus

Cottbus

The Cottbus Zoo is a zoo in the town Cottbus in the Brandenburg region of Germany. The zoo was founded in 1954, and covers 25 hectares. The park includes a lot of trees, growing along the river Spree. The zoo breeds over 70 species of waterfowl, and its symbol is the red-breasted goose.

1954 opened

Tierpark Essehof

Lehre-Essehof

Essehof Zoo is a privately owned and operated zoo located in Essehof, a town within the municipality of Lehre, Lower Saxony, Germany. It opened in 1968 and currently consists of 10 hectares. It is located about 13 km (8.1 mi) northeast of Braunschweig.

1968 opened

Wildpark Leipzig

Leipzig

The Leipzig Wildlife Park is a zoo on the southern outskirts of Leipzig in the neighbourhood of Connewitz, Germany. It is located in the Leipzig Riverside Forest and is 42 ha in size.

Wilhelma

Stuttgart

Wilhelma is a zoological-botanical garden in Stuttgart, southern Germany, located in the Bad Cannstatt district in the north of the city on the grounds of a historic castle. Wilhelma Zoo is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Baden-Württemberg, seeing more than 2 million visitors annually.

30 ha

Zoo Frankfurt

Frankfurt am Main

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 western part of the Ostend, near the city center. Bernhard Grzimek was director of the zoo after World War II from 1945 until 1974.

Zoo Heidelberg

Heidelberg

Heidelberg Zoo is a zoo in Germany which was founded in 1933 and opened for the public on 20 November 1934. Since 1998, the zoo director has been Klaus Wünnemann.

12 ha

Zoo Neuwied

Neuwied

The Neuwied Zoo is a zoo located on the edge of the town of Neuwied, Rhineland-Palatinate. It borders the Rhine-Westerwald Nature Park. In 2007, the zoo had over 270,000 visitors.

Zoo Osnabrück

Osnabrück

Osnabrück Zoo, also known as Zoo Osnabrück, is a zoo located in south Osnabrück at the hillside of Schölerberg in Osnabrück, Germany. It was founded under the name "Heimattiergarten", and opened during the summer of 1936. Almost 3000 animals from roughly 300 species can be seen on the 23.5 ha (0.235 km2) land. It is famous for housing the Grolar Bear. This brought about many scientific inquiries into the zoo.

1936 opened

Zoo Wuppertal

Wuppertal

Wuppertal Zoo is a 24-hectare (59-acre) zoo in Wuppertal, Germany. About 5,000 animals from around the world live at the zoo, representing about 500 species, including apes, monkeys, bears, big cats, elephants, as well as birds, reptiles, and fish.

1881 opened

Zoologischer Garten Rostock

Rostock

Rostock Zoo is a zoo in the city of Rostock, Germany, founded in 1899. It covers 56 hectares and with 4,500 animals from 320 species, Rostock Zoo is the largest zoo on the German east coast. Rostock Zoo is studbook keeper of Polar bears within the European Endangered Species Programme. The director of Rostock Zoo is Udo Nagel.

1899 opened

ZOOM Erlebniswelt Gelsenkirchen

Gelsenkirchen

ZOOM Erlebniswelt Gelsenkirchen, founded on April 14, 1949, as "Ruhr-Zoo", is one of the most modern zoological gardens in Germany. It was founded on a heavily shelled area in Gelsenkirchen adjacent to a port on the Rhine–Herne Canal. It initially encompassed 15.5 hectares. During its first years, there was a large turnover of animals as an animal trader, Firma Ruhe, provided them.

1949 opened

Thüringer Zoopark Erfurt

Erfurt

27 species

1959 opened

Tierpark Hirschfeld

Hirschfeld

Hirschfeld Wildlife Park is in Voigtsgrün, part of the municipality of Hirschfeld, near Zwickau in the German Free State of Saxony.

1954 opened

Vivarium

Darmstadt

13 species

1956 opened

Vogelpark Olching

Olching

Olching Bird Park is located in Olching, 20 km north west of Munich. On an area of 20,000 m2, a wide range of different species can be found: from the little tiger finch to cranes, storks and many brightly coloured parrots.

Walsrode Bird Park

Walsrode

Walsrode World Bird Park is a bird park located in the middle of the Lüneburg Heath in North Germany near Walsrode in the state of Lower Saxony, Germany.

1962 opened

24 ha

300k visitors/yr

Wildlife Park Eekholt

Großenaspe

The Wildpark Eekholt is a wildlife park near Großenaspe (Schleswig-Holstein). It hosts about 100 species in Central Europe with over 700 animals on an area of 67 hectares, which nature has designed.

1970 opened

Wildpark Hundshaupten

Egloffstein

9 species

1971 opened

Zoo Magdeburg

Magdeburg

Magdeburg Zoo is a zoo in the city of Magdeburg in the region Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany. The zoo was founded in 1950, and covers 16 hectares.

1950 opened

Alternativer Bärenpark Worbis

Leinefelde-Worbis

Aquarium

Wilhelmshaven

Aquarium GEOMAR

Kiel

Arche Warder

Warder

Erlebnis-Zoo Hannover

Hannover

Hanover Zoo is located in the Mitte borough of Hanover, Germany. The zoo was established on 4 May 1865, and comprises an area of 22 hectares. It contains about 3,414 animals in 237 species, which are cared for by more than 400 employees in the summer season.

1865 opened

Jaderpark

Jade

Karlsruhe Zoo

The Karlsruhe Zoo 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, 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 gar…

50 species

1865 opened

Meereszentrum Fehmarn

Fehmarn

Nuremberg Zoo

Nuremberg Zoo is a zoo located in the Nuremberg Reichswald, southeast of Nuremberg, Germany. With an area of 67 hectares, approximately 300 animal species are kept by the zoo.

1912 opened

Seehundstation Nationalpark-Haus Norddeich

Norden

Sylt Aquarium

Sylt

2004 opened

Tiergarten Delitzsch

Delitzsch

1 species

1968 opened

Tiergarten Kleve

Kleve

1959 opened

130k visitors/yr

Tiergarten Mönchengladbach

Mönchengladbach

Tiergarten Ulm

Ulm

Tierpark Dessau

The Dessau Zoo is a municipally owned zoo in Dessau, Germany which was founded in 1958. It is located in a park that surrounds the former mausoleum of the Dukes of Anhalt.

1958 opened

Tierpark Fauna

Solingen

Tierpark Gera

Gera

Tierpark Gotha

Gotha

Tierpark Hamm

Hamm

Tierpark Oberwald

The Oberwald in Karlsruhe, Germany, is an urban park-like forest and a Landschaftsschutzgebiet. It is known primarily for its freely accessible animal park, the Tierpark Oberwald, which is part of the Karlsruhe Zoo.

2 species

1965 opened

16 ha

Tierpark Sassnitz

Sassnitz Wildlife Park is a wildlife park in the borough of Sassnitz on the German Baltic Sea island of Rügen.

Tierpark und Fossilium Bochum

Bochum

32 species

1933 opened

Wildfreigehege Hellenthal

Hellenthal

Wildparadies Tripsdrill

Cleebronn

16 species

1972 opened

Wildpark im Tannenbusch

Dormagen

1960 opened

Wildpark Lüneburger Heide

Hanstedt

The Lüneburg Heath Wildlife Park is a wildlife park near Nindorf in the municipality of Hanstedt in the north German state of Lower Saxony. The park is home to around 1,000 animals of over 120 species in an area of 61 hectares. The park is open all year.

1970 opened

Wildpark Neuhaus

Holzminden

Wildpark Schorfheide

Schorfheide

WildtierPark Edersee

Edertal

Zoo Arche Noah

Grömitz

1976 opened

Zoo Eberswalde

Eberswalde

1958 opened

15 ha

Aachener Tierpark Euregiozoo

Aachen

1966 opened

Alternativer Wolf- und Bärenpark Schwarzwald

Bad Rippoldsau-Schapbach

BergTierPark Blindham

Aying

Erlebnis & Tigerpark Dassow

Dassow

2003 opened

5 ha

Inselzoo

Altenburg

Landauer Zoo

Zoo Landau in der Pfalz is a 4-hectare (9.9-acre) zoo in Landau in der Pfalz, Germany. It was founded in 1904. The governing body is the municipality of the city of Landau in der Pfalz (Landau/Palatinate/Germany). The zoo is situated in the city center, along the historic remains of a French fort. The average yearly number of paying visitors is between 155,000 and 170,000. The zoo is home to about 600 animals representing 110 species of mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, and invertebrates. The current total number of employees is 20.

1904 opened

Naturwildpark Granat

Haltern am See

Opel-Zoo

The Opel Zoo is a zoo in Königstein im Taunus, Hesse in Germany.

1956 opened

Reptilium Landau

Landau in der Pfalz

Safariland Stukenbrock

Schloß Holte-Stukenbrock

1969 opened

SeaLife München

München

Solinger Vogel- und Tierpark

Solingen

Tier- und Pflanzenpark Fasanerie

Wiesbaden

Tiergarten Halberstadt

Halberstadt

Tierpark Chemnitz

The Chemnitz Zoo is a zoo in the city Chemnitz in Sachsen, Germany.

1964 opened

Tierpark Gettorf

Gettorf

1968 opened

Tierpark Perleberg

Perleberg

Tierpark Sababurg

Hofgeismar

Tierpark Wismar

Wismar

Vogelburg Weilrod

Weilrod

Vogelpark Heiligenkirchen

Detmold

Vogelpark Niendorf

Timmendorfer Strand

Wildpark Johannismühle

Baruth/Mark

Wildpark Mainz-Gonsenheim

Mainz

Wingster Waldzoo

Wolfcenter

1 species

Zoo Augsburg

Augsburg Zoo is a zoo located in the city of Augsburg in Bavaria, Germany, and with over 600,000 visitors annually, the zoo belongs to the 20 largest Zoos in Germany.

Zoo Hoyerswerda

Hoyerswerda

Adlerwarte Berlebeck

1939 opened

Affen- und Vogelpark Eckenhagen

Reichshof

Affenberg Salem

Allgäuer Schmetterling Erlebniswelt

Pfronten

Eifelpark

The Eifelpark is a wildlife and leisure park in Gondorf near Bitburg in the Eifel mountains of Germany.

2014 opened

Haustierhof Reutemühle

Überlingen

Hochwildpark Rheinland

Naturschutz-Tierpark Görlitz

Görlitz

6 species

1957 opened

5 ha

Sea Life

Hannover, TX

Sea Life Konstanz

TerraZoo Rheinberg

Tier-, Freizeit- und Saurierpark Germendorf

Oranienburg

Tier-und Kulturpark Bischofswerda

Bischofswerda

Tiergarten Eisenberg

Eisenberg

Tiergarten Falkenstein

Falkenstein/Vogtl.

Tiergarten Neustrelitz

Neustrelitz

Tiergarten Staßfurt

Staßfurt

Tiergarten Stendal

Stendal

Tierpark Angermünde

Angermünde

Tierpark Bad Pyrmont

Bad Pyrmont

Tierpark Fasanerie

Arnstadt

Tierpark Göppingen

Göppingen

Tierpark Nadermann

Delbrück

Tierpark Rheinböllen

Rheinböllen

Tierpark Senftenberg

Tierpark Ströhen

Wagenfeld

1959 opened

Tierpark Weißwasser

Weißwasser/O.L.

Tierpark Wolgast

Wolgast

Tierpark Zabakuck

Jerichow

1973 opened

3.7 ha

Tierpark Zittau

1965 opened

Tümpelgarten

Fulda

Vogelpark Marlow

Wildgehege Moritzburg

Wildpark Gangelt

Gangelt

Wildpark Knüll

Homberg (Efze)

1968 opened

Wildpark Poing

Poing

1959 opened

Wildpark Rolandseck

Remagen

Wildpark Saarbrücken

1929 opened

Wildpark Schwarze Berge

Rosengarten

Wildpark-MV

Wisentgehege Springe

Zoo am Rammelsberg

Kassel

Zoo Kaiserslautern

The Kaiserslautern Zoo is a zoo in the city of Kaiserslautern in Germany. The Zoo was founded on 15 June 1968 and is located in Kaiserslautern's Siegelbach neighbourhood. The zoo originally belonged to the town of Siegelbach which became part of the city in 1969.

1968 opened

Zoo Stralsund

Stralsund

Bayerwald-Tierpark

Lohberg

Eifel-Zoo

Lünebach

Exotarium

Oberhof

Greifvogelpark Katharinenberg

Wunsiedel

Letzenberg Tierpark

Malsch

Natur- und Tierpark Brüggen

11 species

Tiergarten Straubing

Straubing

Tierpark

Freiberg

Tierpark Alsdorfer Weiher

Tierpark Bad Liebenstein

Bad Liebenstein

Tierpark Herford

Tierpark Hexentanzplatz

Tierpark im Stadtgarten

Recklinghausen

Tropenzoo Bansin

Heringsdorf

Wild- und Wanderpark Silz

The Südliche Weinstraße Wildlife Park is located in the Wasgau, a region on the Franco-German border that forms the southern part of the Palatine Forest and the northern part of the Vosges, near the village of Silz in the south of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate. The park is not named after the German Wine Route which passes about 6 kilometres away, but after the county of Südliche Weinstraße. The tourist attraction receives about 100,000 visitors annually.

Wildlife park "swan pond"

Wildpark Bad Mergentheim

The Wildpark Bad Mergentheim is a zoo that was founded in 1973. The 35-hectare (86-acre) park is located on a hill in the forest about 1.5 km (0.93 mi) southeast of Bad Mergentheim.

1973 opened

Wildpark Betzenberg

The Betzenberg Wildlife Park in Kaiserslautern, Germany, was founded in 1970 with the aim of enabling the population to observe native species of animals - including those that used to live wild around Kaiserslautern but are no longer native there today.

1970 opened

Wildpark Frankfurt (Oder)

Wildpark Malente

1965 opened

12 ha

Wildpark Pforzheim

Pforzheim

Wildpark Reuschenberg

Wildpark Schloss Tambach

1969 opened

Wildpark Schwarzach

Zoo Arche Noah

22 species

1964 opened

Zoologischer Garten

Halle (Saale)

Adler- und Wolfspark Kasselburg

Affen-Zoo Jocksdorf e.V.

Neiße-Malxetal

Alpenwildpark

Obermaiselstein

Basgarde-Hof

Ottenhöfen im Schwarzwald

Bergwildpark Meißner

Meißner

Biotopwildpark Anholter Schweiz

Esel- & Landspielhof Nessendorf

Blekendorf

Exotenhaus

Jonsdorf

Falkenhof Ravensberge

Potsdam

Falkenhof Schloss Rosenburg

Riedenburg

Fürstlicher Tiergarten Braunfels

Braunfels

Garten der Schmetterlinge

Bendorf

Greifenwarte "Falknerei am Rennsteig"

Waltershausen

Greifvogelpark Saarburg

Saarburg

Insektenmuseum und Schmetterlingsfarm

Wunstorf

Kinderbauernhof auf dem Görlitzer

Berlin

Kinderbauernhof Mümmelmann

Petershagen/Eggersdorf

Kinderbauernhof Selikum

Neuss

Kleintierzoo Strehla

Strehla

Kleinzoo Wasserstern

Ingolstadt

Leintalzoo

Natur- und Wildpark Waschleithe

Grünhain-Beierfeld

Naturerlebniszentrum Elbepark Hebelei

Diera-Zehren

Naturzoo Rheine

Neocaridina & Co

Erftstadt

Nordsee-Aquarium Borkum

Borkum

Ponyhof

Scheidegg

Rasse- und Ziergeflügelpark Kathy

Schnarup-Thumby

Reptilienhaus Oberammergau

Oberammergau

Reptilienhaus Unteruhldingen

Uhldingen-Mühlhofen

Schlangenfarm Schladen

Schladen-Werla

Schmetterlingspark

Fehmarn

SEA LIFE Oberhausen

Oberhausen

Tier-Erlebnispark, Bell

Bell

Tiererlebnispark Müritz

Grabowhöfe