Zürich Zoologischer Garten
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The Zürich Zoologischer Garten (Zurich Zoological Garden) is a zoo
located in Zurich
in Switzerland
. It was opened in 1929 and, as of 2004, has 2200 specimens of 300 species. It is located on Zurichbergstrasse, on the lower reaches of the Zürichberg
in the Fluntern
quarter.
One of its popular events is the penguin parade, which is performed daily after noon if the outside temperature is below 10 degrees Celsius.
The zoologist Heini Hediger
was director of the Zürich Zoo from 1954 to 1973.
Zoo
A zoological garden, zoological park, menagerie, or zoo is a facility in which animals are confined within enclosures, displayed to the public, and in which they may also be bred....
located in Zurich
Zürich
Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is located in central Switzerland at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich...
in Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
. It was opened in 1929 and, as of 2004, has 2200 specimens of 300 species. It is located on Zurichbergstrasse, on the lower reaches of the Zürichberg
Zürichberg
The Zürichberg is a wooded hill rising to 679 metres , overlooking Lake Zurich and located immediately to the east of the City of Zurich in Switzerland, between the valleys of the Limmat and the Glatt rivers...
in the Fluntern
Fluntern
Fluntern is a quarter in the district 7 in Zurich.It was formerly a municipality of its own, having been incorporated into Zurich in 1893.The quarter has a population of 7,325 distributed on an area of 2.84 km².-Weather:-References:...
quarter.
One of its popular events is the penguin parade, which is performed daily after noon if the outside temperature is below 10 degrees Celsius.
The zoologist Heini Hediger
Heini Hediger
Heini Hediger was a Swiss zoologist noted for work in proxemics in animal behavior and is known as the "father of zoo biology". Hediger was formerly the director of Tierpark Dählhölzli , Zoo Basel and Zürich Zoo ....
was director of the Zürich Zoo from 1954 to 1973.