Identity area
Type of entity
Corporate body
Authorized form of name
Tiergarten Schonbrunner
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Other form(s) of name
- Schönbrunn Zoo; Vienna Zoo
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
1752-
History
Schönbrunn Zoo is a zoo in the city of Vienna, Austria. Established in 1752, it is the world's oldest zoo still in operation. It is also a UNESCO World Heritage Site, being a part of the Schönbrunn Palace gardens. Schönbrunn Zoo was the brainchild of Francis Stephen of Lorraine, the husband of Maria Theresa, the empress of the Habsburg monarchy at the time. Francis Stephen commissioned the architect Jean Nicolas Jadot de Ville-Issey to design a menagerie in the park at the Habsburg-Lorraine's summer residence in Schönbrunn