Circus Arena Frank in Germany

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Circus Arena Frank
Type	circus
Founded	1911
Country	Germany
Related persons
Owner	1911-1932: Georg Frank Sr. 1911-1947: Lucie Frank


Directors	1932-1947: Georg Frank Jr.

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Record history
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Latest document update	2025-02-16 12:55:13

Description

Circus Arena Frank , Germany , was founded in 1911.

Comments / pictures1911 Founded by Georg Frank Sr and his wife Lucie.

With winter quarters in Hamburg, the circus was idle during WW1, and restarted after end of war.

After WW2 the circus could not return to Hamburg and was stucked in the Sovjet-Union zone. Frank with wife, their nine children and the elephant Sahib perfomed among other places in Pommern.

1947 Circus Frankello was founded, and by 1957 Frank followed his children to Circus Willy Hagenbeck in West-Germany, where his children had engagement.In 1958 the new Circus Frankello went on tour in Europe.

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Koehl, Dan (2026). Circus Arena Frank , Elephant Encyclopedia. Available online at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=3505. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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