Hans Kossmayer

From the list of elephant persons Family: Kossmayer

☨ Hans Kossmayer
Profession	circus director
Personal details
Born	? in Germany

Dead	1990-05-16 Köln-Mühlheim in Germany


Spouse(s)	1948 Helene Kossmayer

Residence
Country	Germany

Locations
Title	elephant trainer 1952-1952
Location	at Schumann Brothers Circus in Denmark

Title	owner 1926-
Location	at Circus Kossmayer in Germany

Biography details

Hans Kossmayer , circus director in Germany

Kossmayer was born * ? in Germany dead 1990-05-16 Köln-Mühlheim, in Germany , son of director Willy Kossmayer

⚭ Married 1948 to Helene Kossmayer born 1907 in Germany .

Willy Kossmayer was killed by the elephant bull Jumbo in 1926. His son Hans Kossmayer took over the circus with his wife Helene Kossmayer (nee Althoff), sister to Adolf and Franz Althoff.

1951: Kossmayer bought 3 young Asian elephants.

1952: Toured with the elephants at Circus Schumann.

1956-1958: Kossmayer and his wife Helene Kossmayer rented Circus Apollo from Emil Wacker.

Siblings

Siblings through the father Willy Kossmayer (1880 -- 1926-11-07):

Wenzel Kossmayer Born ?
Karl Kossmayer Born 1917-04-30 Dead: † 2000-12-24
Wilhelmine Kossmayer Born 1874 Dead: † 1918

Hans Kossmayers ancestral Ahnentafel:
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Hans Kossmayer Born: ?	Father: Wilhelm Kossmayer Born: 1880 2025-06	Paternal Grandfather: Wenzel Kossmayer Born: 1854 2025-06	Paternal Great-grandfather:
		Paternal Grandfather: Wenzel Kossmayer Born: 1854 2025-06	Paternal Great-grandmother:
		Paternal Grandmother: Mina Kübler Born: 1852 2025-06	Paternal Great-grandfather::
		Paternal Grandmother: Mina Kübler Born: 1852 2025-06	Paternal Great-grandmother:
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Hans Kossmayer is mentioned on 4 other person pagesEmil Wacker, Helene Althoff, Karl Kossmayer, Wilhelm Kossmayer,

Hans Kossmayer is mentioned on 2 location pagesCircus Kossmayer, Circus Strassburger,

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). director Hans Kossmayer in Denmark. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 15 June 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/person.php?id=677. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

http://www.abm.se/leopolds/Program.Cirkus.html

Selected publications

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From the list of elephant persons Family: Kossmayer

Siblings

Siblings through the father Willy Kossmayer (1880 -- 1926-11-07):

Hans Kossmayers ancestral Ahnentafel:

References

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