The history of the Zoo Landau... over 100 years of tradition!

On the 24.07.1904 of the Club "Bird friend" the today's Zoo grounds along the historic French Fort systems took over. The Club built a first Bird House and built small animal enclosure. This date is considered as the founding date of the Zoo Landau.

Since 1920, the municipally owned system. In the years leading up to the second world war she gained increasing importance area expansion, the construction of another enclosure and the redesign of the gardens as a recreational facility. The new and reconstruction of the first, at that time called even "Zoo Landau", institution of its kind in Rhineland-Palatinate began soon after the almost total destruction of the end of the war.

The pipe by the veterinarian Dr. Rudolf Spengler yielded a change in 1973. According to the Zoological and veterinary started the transformation to a scientifically derived "Zoo". An extension of the Zoo grounds from 2 to nearly 4 acres was made in 1990.

The veterinarian Dr. Bernhard Nadeem Zoo Director took over in 1994. During his career, in particular the socialization of various animal species in common enclosures was continued successfully.

Since 01.01.2000, the veterinarian Dr. Jens-Ove Heckel as the Director directs the Landauer Zoo. Since then the conceptual change of the Zoo is according to the World Zoo and Aquarium conservation strategy towards a modern nature and species conservation centre in the foreground. In addition to its function as a place of rest, engages the Zoo Landau in the areas of biodiversity, environmental education and research. Also the modernization and the construction of natural, latest findings and requirements customized, animal facilities is intensively promoted. Aspects of carbon neutrality, energy efficiency and sustainability are this special attention.

It is so exciting in the Zoo Landau in der Pfalz...