# Cologne Zoological Garden

- **Country:** Germany
- **Coordinates:** 50.958333, 6.973333
- **Area:** 20 ha
- **Opened:** 1860
- **Members:** EAZA, WAZA
- **Location:** Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
- **Zoo Name:** Cologne Zoological GardenZoologischer Garten Köln
- **Date Opened:** 1860
- **Image Width:** 275px
- **Num Species:** 700
- **Accreditation:** EAZA, WAZA
- **Publictransit:** Zoo/Flora

Initially, the zoo's financial track was a successful start, but the World Wars in Germany resulted in phases of stagnation. World War I and the Great Depression resulted in economic losses and development slowdown, and many animals suffered from a lack of food supply. Shortly after World War II the zoo had to close for two years entirely, after being heavily destroyed.

![Photo of Cologne Zoological Garden](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ab/K%C3%B6lner_Zoo_%28Flight_over_Cologne%29.jpg)

**Source:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cologne_Zoological_Garden (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)