Walter Kaden

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☨ Walter Kaden

Walter Kaden, 1941
Profession	circus elephant trainer
Personal details
Born	in Germany

Dead

Residence
Country	Germany

Locations
Title	elephant trainer 1936-
Location	at Circus Carl Hagenbeck-Stellingen in Germany

Title	elephant trainer
Location	at Carl Hagenbecks Tierpark (Stellingen) in Germany

Relevant literature

Biography details

Walter Kaden , circus elephant trainer in Germany

Kaden was born * in Germany .

The Circus Carl Hagenbeck-Stellingen arrived to the Montevideo port, Uruguay, with the ship Paraguay the 4 December of 1936, proceeding of Hamburg, Germany. During the trip a storm took the ship and several vehicles was damaged. The circus début was the 11 December in the Rodo Park, Montevideo city, then to Buenos Aires, Argentina, realizing an important tour along the country in 1937. The circus owner was Lorenz Hagenbeck, youngest son of Carl. Some names: Rudolph Mathies and his tigers, Walter Kaden´s elephants, Erich Hagenbeck seven seals, The Zemmganos, Lulu Gautier, and more.
Cesar Ortega

Records about Walter Kaden from William "Buckles" Woodcocks Blog

This is a newspaper picture of Walter Kaden with one of the Hagenbeck Circus elephants. Argentina 1937.

Cesar Ortega

William "Buckles" Woodcock Buckles Blog

Circus Hagenbeck's second unit with Walter Kaden in charge of the elephants toured Montevideo in Uruguay from december 1936, then to Buenos Aires, Argentina, and realizing an important tour along the country in 1937, after which Hagenbecks Circus returned to Europe and took up winter quarters in Hagenbecks Viennese circus building in Austria. By then, the circus still had twenty elephants when the last tour in peace time was ended at the Bremen fair.

Records about Walter Kaden from the book Animals are my life, by Lorenz Hagenbeck
That programme which we offered the company of Olympiad guests assembled that night in Berlin was one of the best in our whole circus history. Alfred Kaden capped all previous big-cat shows with his team of lions drawing a Roman chariot I A lion three-in-hand had been a headline sensation of the New York press in 1890. Indeed, it was with the tamer Deyerling's three lions in harness that my father helped his new method of training by kindness to win through. And now Kaden was an accomplishment for circus-lovers in Olympiadminded Berlin. Countless friends that evening greeted me and wished us well. The Eleventh Olympic Games had assembled them from all corners of the world, and they had not been at all surprised to find the Carl Hagenbeck Circus in Berlin's Fehrbellin Square.

The book Animals are my life, written 1956 by Lorenz Hagenbeck

1932; Elephants probably presented by Walter Kaden.

Eight Hagenbeck elephants presented by Walter Kaden.

Walter Kaden is mentioned on 1 other person pagesLouis Gautier,

Walter Kaden is mentioned on 1 location pagesCircus Carl Hagenbeck-Stellingen,

Books where Walter Kaden is mentioned

1: (1956) Animals Are My Life by Lorenz Hagenbeck:ISBN: B0000CJIY8 Amazon.com Amazon.de

Selected publications

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2026). elephant trainer Walter Kaden in Germany. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 16 May 2026 at https://www.elephant.se/person.php?id=167. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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