Wilhelma
Sign in to saveWilhelma () is a zoological-botanical garden in Stuttgart, southern Germany, located in the Bad Cannstatt district in the north of the city on the grounds of a historic castle. Wilhelma Zoo is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Baden-Württemberg, seeing more than 2 million visitors annually.
Key facts
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- Wilhelma Zoological-Botanical Garden Stuttgart
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- ()
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- deu / ger
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- Wilhelma Zoo Logo.png
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- Logo of Wilhelma Zoo and Botanical Garden
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- Logo of Wilhelma Zoo and Botanical Garden
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- Gardens, Wilhelmina, Cannstatt (i.e., Bad Cannstatt), Wurtemburg, Germany-LCCN2002720818.jpg
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- Wilhelma Zoo circa 1900
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- Wilhelma Zoo circa 1900
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- Baden-Württemberg#Germany
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- Location in Germany
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- Wilhelma Zoo, Stuttgart
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- Schloss Wilhelma
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- Zoo
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- Moorish Revival
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- Zoo
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- Bad Cannstatt District, Baden-Württemberg
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- Wilhelma 13, 70376 Stuttgart, Germany
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Encyclopedic overview
18 sectionsContents
- History
- Pre-Modern Wilhelma
- Beginning of Modern Wilhelma
- Establishment
- Expansion
- Current use
- Exhibits
- Pachyderms
- Ungulates
- Primates
- Birds
- Trivia
- Gallery
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- Notes
- External links
Wilhelma () is a zoological-botanical garden in Stuttgart, southern Germany, located in the Bad Cannstatt district in the north of the city on the grounds of a historic castle. Wilhelma Zoo is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Baden-Württemberg, seeing more than 2 million visitors annually.
The Zoo and Botanical Garden have been staffed since 1846. The Moorish Revival style echoing the Alhambra have been maintained and supplemented since 1960. Today, the zoo has an area of about , houses around 11,500 animals from around the world composed of roughly 1,200 species and roughly 6000 plants from all climates. Of Germany's zoos, Wilhelma's collection ranks second to the Berlin Zoological Garden. In addition to the public garden, Wilhelma also has a branch office located in Fellbach, where the zoo keeps its stallions.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Wilhelma” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.