Tuesday, August 16, 2011

The Berlin Zoo

The Berlin Zoological Garden, or Berlin Zoo, is located in Berlin's Tiergarten notorious park, is known as the most visited zoo in all of Europe. Nearly three very great number visitors come each year to consider more than 17,000 animals of 1,500 figure. The Berlin Zoological Garden also has a sister zoo called Tierpark, with whom it works to offer a cohesive store of animals in Berlin.

The fountain of the Berlin Zoo is ‘Peacock Island', summer home of Prussian King Frederick William III. His son King Frederick William IV dexterously gave his menagerie of birds, bears, kangaroos, and llamas to the founders of the Berlin Zoo when he came to power. In 1844, the Berlin Zoo opened in the pattern of just three years of construction, make it the first zoo in Germany and the ninth in Europe. 

Toward the commencement of its life, the Berlin Zoo gained small popularity. People weren't willing to cause to become the trek outside of the incorporated town centre to get to this recreational port. However, the early zoo directors Dr. Heinrich Bodinus and Dr. Ludwig Heck increased the zoo's rank by bringing new structures and variety to the zoo. During the end from 1869 to 1913 the Berlin Zoo's renown greatly increased and began to opponent other large zoos in Europe. In 1913 the celebrated three-story aquarium addition opened to the common. This marked the height of the zoo's prosperous issue. The achievement would soon go ignored however, with the fatal damage of World War II.