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Erfurt Zoo in Germany

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Erfurt Zoo
©: Daniela Dunger, Erfurt
©: Daniela Dunger, Erfurt

Local name Thüringer Zoopark Erfurt
Typezoo
Total nrs1000
First elephant arrived1960
Opened for public1959
Number of species133
Number of animals1000
Address Zum Zoopark 8 - 10
Zip-code D-99087
Place Erfurt
Country Germany
Website Website
Related persons
OwnerStadt Erfurt

Directors

2014-now: Sabine Merz
2009-2014: Thomas Kölpin
1990-2007: Norbert Neuschulz
1962-1989: Fritz Altmann
1959-1962: Harald H. Roth

Zoological department

Head Veterinarian 2014-now: Tina Risch

Zookeeper 1986-: Kerstin Quensel

Elephant department
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Head keepers
of elephants


Elephant keepers

-1998: Gerd Kohl

Record history
History of updates2026-03-20: text, picture

Latest document update2026-03-21 09:19:07
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Description

Erfurt Zoo, zoo located at Zum Zoopark 8 - 10, Warning: Undefined variable $type in /customers/6/2/a/elephant.se/httpd.www/location2.php on line 2563 in Erfurt, Germany , opened for public in 1959 and the first elephant arrived in 1960

Erfurt Zoo elephants are managed in Protected Contact, since .

Living elephants

At the Erfurt Zoo lives 6 elephants with records in this database: (detail list)
  1. Ayoka born 2020-08-05
  2. Banjoko born 2024-05-27
  3. Chupa born 2003-12-25
  4. Csami born 1995
  5. Kibo born 2005-10-09
  6. Safari born 1971
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Casualties

1 casualties
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  1. 1968-11: elephant keeper Frank Quensel attacked by Assam. Quensel was pushed by Assam. Frank Quensel Survived. Quensel fell on concrete and suffered cusions. With increasing agressions, Assam was shot two years later, in 1970.
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Comments / picturesErfurt Zoo in Germany GermanyPicture with previous Elephants in the older enclosure at Erfurt Zoo.

Today, visitors see the living Herd at the Dornbuschsavanne (Thornbush Savanna), which is currently the largest African elephant facility in Germany.

References for records about Erfurt Zoo

Recommended Citation

Koehl, Dan (2026). Erfurt Zoo, Elephant Encyclopedia. Available online at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=22. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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