Wilhelma (German: [vɪlˈhɛlma] ⓘ) is a zoological-botanical garden in Stuttgart, southern Germany, located in the Bad Cannstatt district in the north of the city on the grounds of a historic castle.

The Duke decided that the bathhouse should be built in the Moorish style in the same fashion as the Alhambra in the Spanish province of Granada, with an attached Orangery.

In 1846, the marriage between Charles I of Württemberg and Olga Nikolaevna of Russia was celebrated at Wilhelma, which by now had a banquet hall, two main building with several courtrooms, several gazebos, greenhouses and a large park.

A significant part of the zoo's income was the orchid collection, which brought in money by selling offspring from the garden (a practice at that time unique in Germany).

[12] Wilhelma was badly damaged during World War II Allied bombing raids during the night of 19 and 20 October 1944.

[14] Another exhibit, Animals of the Plains of Africa, once again featured lions and crocodiles, as well as various antelopes (such as waterbuck), zebras, wildebeest, and giraffes.

Under Neugebauer, a building for the zoo's monkeys completed in 1973, South American plants in 1977, hoofed African animals in 1982, Sub Tropics exhibit in 1981, and Youngstock House in 1982.

Another 20 year bill granting funds for further expansion to Wilhelma was put up for consideration by the Ministry of Finances was approved July 2015.

The grounds of both buildings were redesigned in 2012 to include more trees and an animal-friendly pool, increasing its total size to 830 square metres (8,900 sq ft).

Wilhelma has been very successful in the breeding of giraffes, Somali wild asses, bongos, okapi, bontebok and zebras.

[25] Former residents include Grant's zebras, shoebills, porcupines, klipspringers, waterbucks, warthogs and numerous antelopes.

[28] The last two chimpanzees at Wilhelma were acquired in the summer of 2010 due to European Endangered Species Programme drive begun at Veszprém.

In Spring of 2010, the project began to not only meet international standards, but to also include housing for gorillas and bonobos in an outdoor area.

The new building, 13 times the size of the original structure at 4,500 square metres (48,000 sq ft), was opened to the public on 14 May 2013.

[30][32] The unfortunate deaths of two bonobos thanks to malfunctioning components in the ventilation system have called the construction quality of the building into question.

The first major expansion to Wilhelma's collection of birds began with the Sub Tropics Aviary in 1981 that houses kookaburras, Marbled ducks, Northern bald ibises, numerous species of parrot.

[37] Since the restoration of the aviaries in the 1990s, they now hold native birds such as partridges, Eurasian bullfinches, sparrows, and various pigeon species.

In 2015, a modification was made to these aviaries to house capercaillies for Wilhelma's in situ participation of Species protection in the Black Forest region.

[38] For the 1993 World Horticultural Exposition, a new enclosure for African penguins (who had been at Wilhelma since 1953) to replace their old habitat in the Garden's ponds near the Moorish villa adjacent to the bird aviary.

Included are Black storks, ibises, Great hornbills, and an Asian and Australian community aviary that contains a Microbat exhibit and feeding kitchen.

Birds that used to have a presence at the zoo include other types of cranes, shoebills, geese, and curiously a Brush kangaroo.