Editing Hellabrunn Zoo (section)

== History ==
[[File:Zoologischer Garten München.jpg|thumb|Advertising from [[Ludwig Hohlwein]] for Hellabrunn Zoo (1912)]]
On 25 February 1905 the {{lang|de|Verein Zoologischer Garten München e.V.}} ({{Translation|Society of the Zoological Garden of Munich}}) was founded and the Hellabrunn area was chosen as the location for the zoo. The zoo was designed by [[architect]] [[Emanuel von Seidl]], and opened to the public on 1 August 1911.<ref name="zoo_history"/>
[[Image:ZOO Hellabrunn, München - sibirski tigrovi u hodu.jpg|thumb|A pair of Siberian tigers walking]]

In 1922, the zoo was closed due to the [[inflation]] in Germany. It was re-opened on 23 May 1928. It became the first [[Geo-Zoo]] in the world (animals were shown and kept with other animals of the same geographic region). It also engaged in controversial [[back-breeding]] to "recreate" [[List of extinct animals|extinct animals]] like [[Heck cattle]] (to mimic the [[Aurochs]]) and the [[Tarpan]].<ref name="zoo_history"/>

[[Lutz Heck]] was a renowned zoologist in Nazi Germany, his brother [[Heinz Heck]] was director of Hellabrunn Zoo at the time.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Zookeepers' War: An Incredible True Story from the Cold War |date=2020 |publisher=Simon & Schuster |author1=J.W. Mohnhaupt |isbn=9781501188503 |pages=7–8}}</ref> During [[World War II]], the zoo sustained extensive damage due to [[strategic bombing]] by the [[Allies of World War II]], but the zoo was able to reopen in May 1945.

In 1970, a badly needed plan for the renovation of the zoo was drawn up.