The Tomb of Michael and Bernhard Grzimek on the top of the Ngorongoro-Crater, Tanzania

Bernhard Klemens Maria Grzimek [ˈgʒɪmɛk] (April 24, 1909 - March 13, 1987) was the most famous zoo director, zoologist and animal welfarer in Germany, after World War II. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1024x768, 328 KB)The Tomb of Michael and Bernhard Grzimek on the top of the Ngorongoro-Crater, Tanzania - Photo by Michael Rückl, Arzberg - August 2004 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1024x768, 328 KB)The Tomb of Michael and Bernhard Grzimek on the top of the Ngorongoro-Crater, Tanzania - Photo by Michael Rückl, Arzberg - August 2004 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev... April 24 is the 114th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (115th in leap years). ... 1909 (MCMIX) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... March 13 is the 72nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (73rd in leap years). ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Free monkeys islands at the São Paulo Zoo Panda enclosure at Chiang Mai Zoo Visitors feeding and petting tamed marmots at the Parc Animalier des Pyrenées Aquarium with a dolphin at the Barcelona Zoo Sea lions at the Melbourne Zoo For other uses of the term Zoo...

Biography

Grzimek was born in Neisse, Upper Silesia and died in Frankfurt am Main while watching a circus performance. Upper Silesia (Polish: Górny ÅšlÄ…sk, German: Oberschlesien, Czech: Horní Slezsko) is the south-eastern part of Silesia, a historical and geographical region of Poland (Opole Voivodship and Silesian Voivodship) and of the Czech Republic (Silesian-Moravian Region). ... Frankfurt am Main [ˈfraŋkfʊrt] is the largest city in the German state of Hessen and the fifth largest city of Germany. ...

Grzimek was born as son of Paul Franz Constantin Grzimek (Lawyer and civil law notary) and Margarete (Margot) (born Wanke). He got married May 17, 1930 Hildegard Prüfer, with 3 sons Rochus, Michael and the adopted son Thomas. May 17 is the 137th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (138th in leap years). ... 1930 (MCMXXX) is a common year starting on Wednesday. ...

Since 1928 he studies veterinary medicine, first in Leipzig later in Berlin until 1932. In 1933 he got the doctorate. 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Veterinary medicine is the application of medical, diagnostic, and therapeutic principles to companion, domestic, exotic, wildlife, and production animals. ... (help· info) [] (Sorbian/Lusatian: Lipsk) is the largest city in the Federal State (Bundesland) of Saxony in Germany. ... (help· info), IPA: , is the capital city as well as a state of Germany, and also the countrys largest city. ... 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will take you to a full 1932 calendar). ... 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Works

Films

• 1956 - Kein Platz für wilde Tiere
• 1959 - Serengeti shall not die (Serengeti darf nicht sterben)
• 1956 - 1980 - Ein Platz für Tiere (TV-Series on ARD; upto 1987 shortened reedited versions)

1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... For the acronym, see ARD An ard is a type of primitive plough. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Books

• 1941 - Wir Tiere sind ja gar nicht so! Franckh'sche Verlagshandlung
• 1943 - Wolf Dschingis: Neue Erlebnisse, Erkenntnisse und Versuche mit Tieren, Franckh'sche Verlagshandlung
• 1951 - Affen im Haus und andere Tierberichte, Franckh'sche Verlagshandlung
• 1952 - Flug ins Schimpansenland: Reise durch ein Stück Afrika von heute, Franckh'sche Verlagshandlung
• 1956 - 20 Tiere und ein Mensch
• 1956 - Thulo aus Frankfurt Rund um die Giraffe, Franckh'sche Verlagshandlung
• 1959 - Serengeti darf nicht sterben (über die Arbeit am Film)
• 1960 - Kein Platz für wilde Tiere
• 1961 - Unsere Brüder mit den Krallen
• 1963 - Wir lebten mit den Baule. Flug ins Schimpansenland
• 1965 - Wildes Tier, weißer Mann
• 1968 - Grzimeks Tierleben
• 1969 - Grzimek unter Afrikas Tieren: Erlebnisse, Beobachtungen, Forschungsergebnisse
• 1974 - Auf den Mensch gekommen: Erfahrungen mit Leuten
• 1974 - Vom Grizzlybär zur Brillenschlange: Ein Naturschützer berichtet aus vier Erdteilen, Kindler
• 1974 - Einsatz für Afrika: Neue Erlebnisse mit Wildtieren, Kindler
• 1974 - Tiere, mein Leben: Erlebnisse und Forschungen aus fünf Jahrzehnten, Harnack
• 1977 - Und immer wieder Pferde. Kindler

For the movie, see 1941 (film) 1941 (MCMXLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1941 calendar). ... 1943 (MCMXLIII) is a common year starting on Friday. ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... 1952 (MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ... 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1963 calendar). ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1974 calendar). ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1974 calendar). ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1974 calendar). ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1974 calendar). ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ...

Magazines

• since 1960 - Das Tier (Herausgeber zusammen mit Konrad Lorenz und Dr. Heini Hediger)

1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ... Lorenz being followed by his imprinted geese Konrad Zacharias Lorenz (November 7, 1903–February 27, 1989) was an Austrian zoologist, animal psychologist, and ornithologist. ...

Literature

• Franziska Torma: Eine Naturschutzkampagne in der Ära Adenauer. Bernhard Grzimeks Afrikafilme in den Medien der 50er Jahre. Martin Meidenbauer Verlag, München 2004, ISBN 3-89975-034-9
• Gerhard Grzimek, Rupprecht Grzimek: Die Familie Grzimek aus Oberglogau in Oberschlesien, in: "Deutsches Familienarchiv", Band X, Verlag Degener & Co., Neustadt (Aisch) 1958. - 4., erweiterte und überarbeitete Ausgabe, Herder-Institut, Reutlingen 2000.

External links

• Bernhard Grzimek - sein Leben - Lifestory in PDF-format (2,8 MB)
• Private Homepage of Dirk Petzold on the Frankfurt Zoo
• Audio und Manuskript: Wie Bernhard Grzimek 1945 den Frankfurter Zoo rettete
• ZDF: Bernhard Grzimek - Eine deutsche Legende
• Würdigung durch seinen "Haussender" Hessischer Rundfunk
• Würdigung seines Sohnes Michael durch den Hessischen Rundfunk