Updated for September 2026
The Best Zoos in Baden-Württemberg
How this list is ordered: by how complete our listing is — how much we hold on opening hours, ticket prices, accreditation, photographs, animals and facilities. It is a measure of our own coverage, not a judgement of the venue. We hold no visitor scores or conservation assessments, so “best” here means every zoo in Baden-Württemberg that qualifies for the list, fullest entry first.
Listed alphabetically
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Keeper talk or showChild friendlyGuided tour
Wilhelma Zoologisch-Botanischer Garten
Zoo in Stuttgart
Some 11,000 animals are kept on about 30 hectares, and the roughly 1,200 species held make it level with the Zoologischer Garten Berlin for the largest species count in Germany. The botanical side shows more than 8,500 plant species. Attendance runs to roughly 1.8 million visitors a year.
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Behind-the-scenes tourEducation programDisability admission concession
Zoo Heidelberg
Zoo in Heidelberg
The zoo covers 10.2 hectares and drew just under 500,000 visitors in 2015. It is run as a non-profit company, Tiergarten Heidelberg gGmbH, with Klaus Wünnemann as director since 1998. It takes part in several European breeding programmes.
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PlaygroundEducation programOn-site dining
Haustierhof Reutemühle
Zoo in Überlingen
The operator counts more than 200 animal species on show, and the collection is listed in Guinness World Records as the largest holding of dying-out breeds. Stock is mainly livestock, with horses, goats, sheep, poultry and pigs, alongside exotic additions including camels, otters, coatis, marmosets, skunks, maras, wallabies, coypu and meerkats.
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Petting zooPlaygroundOn-site dining
Schwarzwaldzoo Waldkirch
Zoo in Waldkirch
Around 55 animal species are kept. The sloping site yields views over the town and the Kastelburg opposite.
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On-site diningNight and evening openingMobility equipment loan
Alternativer Wolf- und Bärenpark Schwarzwald
Zoo in Bad Rippoldsau-Schapbach
Run with the Stiftung für Bären in the Freudenstadt district, the park exists to rehouse large animals in trouble, bears above all, and to teach about animal keeping. It opened in 2010 with a single bear, the second such site after the bear park at Worbis. Wolves and further bears arrived afterwards.
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On-site diningDisability admission concession
Tatzmania Löffingen
Zoo in Löffingen
Twenty species are shown across 46 hectares. It is run by Rüdiger and Isabel Braun of Teningen, who also operate Steinwasen-Park in Oberried.
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Petting zooPlaygroundOn-site dining
Tierpark Walldorf
Zoo in Walldorf
Tierpark Walldorf is a zoo in Walldorf, Germany. Animals on show include Kängurus, Hirschziegenantilopen, Schildkröten, Lamas and Alpakas.
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Keeper talk or showPlaygroundOn-site dining
Wild- und Freizeitpark Allensbach
Zoo in Allensbach
Grounds of about 75 hectares provide near-natural habitat for more than 300 wild animals, mostly native European species. The enclosures for red deer, wisent and fallow deer can be entered freely. It was started in 1972 by a building contractor from Waldshut, Karl Schleith, who died in 2008; his daughter Martina Schleith runs it, and visitors number a good 120,000 a year.
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Keeper talk or showPlaygroundEducation program
Wildparadies Tripsdrill
Zoo in Cleebronn
In its present form the park dates from 1972 and is run as a separate operation from the adjoining theme park. Animals on show include Bär, Wolf, Luchs, Auerochse and Zwergziege.
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On-site dining
Tierpark Göppingen
Zoo in Göppingen
Tierpark Göppingen is a zoo in Göppingen, Germany.
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Leintalzoo Schwaigern
Zoo in Schwaigern
The main purpose is taking in and caring for neglected animals. About 250 animals of some 40 species are kept, and around 50,000 people visit each year.
Our ranking methodology
This is not a ranking. The 12 venues above are listed alphabetically by name, the same order used throughout this site. We do not collect visitor reviews, star ratings, ticket-sales figures or a conservation-impact score, so none of those exist here to rank by — “best” in this page’s title means every venue that qualifies for this list, not first-to-last by quality. If we ever add a data source robust enough to support an honest ranking, this note and the order above will change together.