The History of the Zoo am Meer
Tiergrotten – this is how it started
In 1912 – Bremerhaven was well doing because of the fishery and shipping business – a new jetty should be built for the steamers of the Norddeutschen Lloyd. A waiting hall with restaurant and fish sales hall as well as an aquarium ... read more
The new building of the Zoo am Meer
The Städt. Grundstücksgesellschaft, a branch of the Städt. Wohnungsbaugesellschaft owned by the town Bremerhaven bought the zoo incl. the estate in 1999 and established the Zoo am Meer... read more
Quo Vadis Zoo am Meer
Also the Zoo am Meer has been rebuilt and redesigned again and again during the past years to correspond with the requirements of each time era. At the end of the 90th again a very urgent complete refit had become necessary... read more
Developments of the zoos
Within the last decades the zoo buildings and zoo quarters of all zoos have experienced a big development. The cages and diorama of the 20th century have been replaced by large natural premises... read more
