. Bonn zoological bulletin. Zoology. wars between Prussia and Austria (1866) and France and Germany (1870-71), this contract never materialized and the zoo remained - with an extension of the old contract - at the "Leers'scher Garten" for a few more years. Fi- nally, under a new contract, the new zoo was opened at the Pfingstweide on 29 March 1874, at the same place that had already been envisaged before the wars. Frankfurt Zoo has remained at this site until today. Thanks to an initia- tive of Bernhard Grzimek immediately after the Second World War it was enlarged and now covers ele
. Bonn zoological bulletin. Zoology. wars between Prussia and Austria (1866) and France and Germany (1870-71), this contract never materialized and the zoo remained - with an extension of the old contract - at the "Leers'scher Garten" for a few more years. Fi- nally, under a new contract, the new zoo was opened at the Pfingstweide on 29 March 1874, at the same place that had already been envisaged before the wars. Frankfurt Zoo has remained at this site until today. Thanks to an initia- tive of Bernhard Grzimek immediately after the Second World War it was enlarged and now covers eleven hectares. The city of Frankfurt has grown around it, so to- day Frankfurt Zoo is in a central Fig. 1. The „romantic" Aquarium tower of Frankfurt Zoo abo- ve the lake in 1880. SLOW START FOR THE TERRARIUM SECTION Despite all the plans and good intentions, the construction of a number of enclosures for mammals and birds and, in particular, a new aquarium and terrarium building had to be postponed due to financial and other constraints once the zoo had moved to its new destination in 1874. But at least there was substantial planning, and the knowledge about how to keep fish and herps as well as the develop- ment of technical means was rapidly increasing right throughout that period. This is also indicated by the fast growing number of associations of aquarium and terrari- um hobbyists in Germany in the last two decades of the 19th century. To provide the financial means for the aquarium building, the members of the administrative council and supervi- sory board provided a loan of 50,000 Reichsmarks. In 1877, the building, comprising two freshwater and 12 sea- water aquaria and (as far as is known) a few terraria was Bonn zoological Bulletin 57 (2): 347-357 ©ZFMK. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemb
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