Rolf Knie Sr.

From the list of elephant persons Family: Knie

☨ Rolf Knie Sr.
Profession	circus director
Personal details
Born	1921-11-23 Wetzikon in Switzerland

Dead	1997-08-18 Rapperswil in Switzerland


Spouse(s)	1950 - 1997 Tina Knie

Residence
Country	Switzerland

Locations
Title	director 1941-1992
Location	at Circus Knie in Switzerland

Relevant literature

Biography details

Rudolf Knie Sr., circus director in Switzerland

Knie was born * 1921-11-23 in Wetzikon Switzerland dead 1997-08-18 Rapperswil, in Switzerland , son of director Friedrich Knie and director Margrit Lippuner

⚭ Married 1950 to Tina Knie born 1921 .

Growing up on his parents circus, he learned elephant training from Franz Kraml, and is mostly associated with this profession, but also others.

Rolf Knie Sr.

In 1956, Rolf Knie had seven young African elephants in the ring, five of them on loan from Basel Zoo.

Family

Total: 2 children

Louis Knie Sr.. Born: 1951.
Franco Knie. Born: 1954-09-08.

Siblings

Siblings through the father Friedrich Knie (1844 -- 1941-04-27):

Friedrich Knie Born 1920-05-29 Dead: † 2003-10-11

Rolf Knie Sr.s ancestral Ahnentafel:
P	I	II	III
Rolf Knie Sr. Born: 1921-11-23	Father: Friedrich Knie Born: 1844 2025-07	Paternal Grandfather: Ludwig Knie Born: 1842 2025-07	Paternal Great-grandfather: Karl Knie
		Paternal Grandfather: Ludwig Knie Born: 1842 2025-07	Paternal Great-grandmother: Anastasia Staudinger
		Paternal Grandmother: Marie Heim Born: 1858 2025-07	Paternal Great-grandfather::
		Paternal Grandmother: Marie Heim Born: 1858 2025-07	Paternal Great-grandmother:
	Mother: Margrit Lippuner Born: 2025-07	Maternal Grandfather: Born: 2025-07	Maternal Great-grandfather:
		Maternal Grandfather: Born: 2025-07	Maternal Great-grandmother:
		Maternal Grandmother: Born: 2025-07	Maternal Great-grandfather:
		Maternal Grandmother: Born: 2025-07	Maternal Great-grandmother:

Rolf Knie Sr. is mentioned on 1 other person pagesFranz Kraml,

Rolf Knie Sr. is mentioned on 1 location pagesCircus Knie,

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). director Rudolf Knie Sr. in Switzerland. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 15 July 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/person.php?id=823. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

Jumbo auf dem Drahtseil - Elefanten dressuren von gestern und heute by Gerhard Zapf
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circus_Knie

Selected publications

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