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| Date opened | 1932 |
| Date closed | 1973 |
| Location | Tilburg, Netherlands |
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The Tilburgs Dierenpark was a zoo at the Bredaseweg in Tilburg, Netherlands.
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| Date opened | 1932 |
| Date closed | 1973 |
| Location | Tilburg, Netherlands |
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The Tilburgs Dierenpark was a zoo at the Bredaseweg in Tilburg, Netherlands.
The park opened its doors in 1932 as a wedding present from Johan Burgers (the founder of Royal Burgers' Zoo) to his daughter and her husband from Tilburg. In 1946 the park was sold to C. van Dijk & Sons who helped to develop the park as well. The park was closed in 1973. [1] [2]
In 2008 a few museums from Tilburg organized an exposition together with writer Nicole van Dijk. As a part of this project a book was published "Het Tilburgs dierenpark, een familiegeschiedenis" (The Tilbury zoo, a family history).
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