Circus Krone
Type	circus
Owner	1905-1943: Carl Krone (1870-1943) 1943: Ida Krone (1879-1957) 1943-1995: Frieda Sembach-Krone (1915-1995) 1995-2017: Christl Sembach-Krone (1936-2017) 2017-now: Jana Pilz-Lacey
Founded	1905
First elephant arrived	1886
Address	Zirkus-Krone-Straße 1-6
Zip-code	D-80335
Place	Munich
Region	Bavaria
Country	Germany
Website	http://www.circus-krone.com
Directors	Owners
Veterinarians	Dr. Christine Lendl
Head keepers of elephants	Stable masters: Hubert Mirow Harry Philadelphia-Huling Harry Jahn 1982-1998: Banda Puntha Vidane 1998-2000: Patricia Zerbini 2000-2001: Dan Koehl 2002- Now: James Puydebois
Relevant literature

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This is the official Youtube- Channel of Circus Krone.
Circus Krone trauert um Elefantendame Mala. Die 55 Jahre alte Elefantin lebte seit einem Jahr in einer spanischen Tierresidenz. Als es ihr schlechter ging, reiste der Zirkuschef eigens zu ihr, um.

Circus Krone has a circus tent with 5,000 seats with a diameter of 48 by 64 metres and a dome height of 14 metres. It covers an overall area of approximately 2,000 square metres. The largest, most modern and most expensive circus tent of the present can only be described. This is the official Youtube- Channel of Circus Krone.

Circus Krone, located at Zirkus-Krone-Straße 1-6, in Munich, in Germany, was founded in 1905 and the first elephant arrived in 1886.

Circus Krone Munich Germany

Comments / pictures Zirkus Krone

1870: Karl and Frederike Krone (born Philadelphia) founded Menagerie Continental.
1870-10-21: Carl Krone jr (1870-1943) was born in Osnabrück.
1882: Fritz Krone was killed by a bear. Carl Krone left school and began his career with the circus.
1883: name changed to Krones Zoologische Ausstellung
1898: name changed to Carl Krones menageri-circus.
1900-02-01: Carl Krone Sr died.
1905: The new circus was founded with the name Circus Charles.
1905: The circus had 2 elephants.
1914: The name was changed again, to Circus Krone.
1915-04-15: Frieda Krone (1915-1995) was born.
By the end of the war, Krone was almost on Bankruptcy, and in Frankfurt Karl Krone made a telephone call to Firma Ruhe in Alfeld, and offered to send back elephants which were still not paid. Ruhe came to Frankfurt and borrowed the money, which was needed to bring to circus to Munich., and so the circus survived. (Source: Wilde Tiere frei Haus by Hermann Ruhe)
1918: the present winterquarters in Munich was bought for the growing circus.
1919: 10 elephants.
1923: 14 elephants.
1928: The show 683 animals (100 carnivores, 250 horses and 27 elephants).
1932: 26 elephants.
1933: Carl Sembach started to train Krones carnivores.
1935: Carl Sembach married Frieda Krone.
1936: Christl Sembach-Krone (1936-2017) was born.
1943-06-04 Carl Krone died in Salzburg, 77 years old.
1944: The 26 elephants were brought to salt mines in Bad Reichenhall, where they were protected from bombings.
1944-12-21 The winterquarters in Munich are destroyed during bombings.
1945-1949: Due the post-war problems, The circus was not on tour.
1949: 9 elephants, in the end of the year 14.
1956: Ida Krone died in Munich, 80 years old.
1967: winterquarters rebuilt and modernized
1967: 14 elephants.
1967-04-08: two yongsters in the town Mannheim put the elephant tent on fire, and the 14 elephants were saved, but eight of them were burned severely, and six of the eight with second grade of firewounds, died, or had to be euthanised.
1998: The elephants were from this year transported with trailers, instead of with train.
The stable in Munich, 2000. Photo: © Jutta Kirchner
Krone elephants and Dan Koehl, 1998. Photo © Jan Lindblad Jr.

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References for records about Circus Krone

Recommended Citation

Koehl, Dan (2020). Circus Krone, Elephant Encyclopedia. Available online at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=21. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

Circus Krone by Frieda Sembach-Krone
Page 198 Wilde Tiere frei Haus by Hermann Ruhe (in german)
Jumbo auf dem Drahtseil - Elefanten dressuren von gestern und heute by Gerhard Zapf
Circus Krone. Von der Menagerie zum größten Circus Europas, by Klaus-Dieter Kürschner
Christl Sembach-Krone, Munich
Elefanten in Zoo und Circus, EEG: Haufellner, Kurt, Schilfarth, Schweiger
Survey 2008 - Elephants in European circuses published by European Elephant Group: Tobias Dornbusch, Jürgen Schilfarth

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