In this year the first Director of the Zoo and Zoo founder Prof. Dr. Heinrich Dathe would have been 100 years old, at the same time, the Tierpark Berlin commits its 55th anniversary. On this occasion, the friends of the capital zoos have launched the action DatheImpuls. Three ambitious requests are tracked with this action: it supported the Foundation of the friends of the capital zoos to a Heinrich Dathe award will be established and the child sponsorship for little friends of the city zoo to be built. The action of DatheImpuls was presented on Wednesday, April 14, 2010 at the Tierpark Berlin in the Elephant House, the last house built by Heinrich Dathe at the animal park. Heinrich Dathe would have been 100 years old on November 7, 2010.

As a child he cared for animals. He found his life’s great work as Zoo Director; in 1954, he began to build the Zoo in Friedrichsfelde Castle Park, which is the largest European landscape Zoo today with 160 ha. From the outset, Heinrich Dathe has the Berliners and Berlin in the development of the animal park included. He may rightly as the Grzimek of the East\”are because he has addressed the diverse tasks of zoos, leisure, education and research to conservation. Even today, almost 20 years after his death he is one of the most famous Berlin.

Heinrich Dathe today how popular the presence of many Berlin is more prominent, such as for example Dr. Elisabeth Dathe widow of Heinrich Dathe Dr. Falk da Silva Sohn of Heinrich Dathe Dr. Bernhard Blaszkiewitz Director of Zoo Berlin and Tierpark Berlin Karin Rohn long-standing companion of da Silva and radio presenter Dagmar Frederic – singer Herbert Kofer – actor Helmke Schulze – head of da Silva high school and 5 students of da Silva high school Andy Moor – music producer Helga Freifrau v.