# ZOOM Erlebniswelt Gelsenkirchen

- **Country:** Germany
- **Coordinates:** 51.544167, 7.110833
- **Area:** 31 hectares (about 77 acres)
- **Opened:** 1949
- **Website:** [https://www.zoom-erlebniswelt.de/ zoom-erlebniswelt.de]
- **Exhibits:** Africa, Alaska and Asia
- **Location:** Bleckstr. 64,45889 Gelsenkirchen
- **Zoo Name:** ZOOM Erlebniswelt Gelsenkirchen
- **Logo Width:** 70
- **Date Opened:** 1949 as "Ruhr-Zoo"
- **Num Animals:** 560
- **Num Species:** 64
- **Logo Caption:** ZOOM Erlebniswelt

ZOOM Erlebniswelt Gelsenkirchen, founded on April 14, 1949, as "Ruhr-Zoo", is one of the most modern zoological gardens in Germany. It was founded on a heavily shelled area in Gelsenkirchen adjacent to a port on the Rhine–Herne Canal. It initially encompassed 15.5 hectares. During its first years, there was a large turnover of animals as an animal trader, Firma Ruhe, provided them.

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