

Irene Petersen (1891-1970) who had worked as performing artist with theĬircus since 1910. It was on the roads every seasin until 2015.īenneweis died in 1933 and his eldest son Ferdinand Benneweis Perform as artist and musician and thus circus was enneweisĮstablished. Mistake in public registers) was granted permission from the police to Year Gottfried Benneweis (the change of spelling might be due to a The family made their living as travelling musicians.ġ887 Gottfried Binneweis married Marie Bruun (aprox. Same year Charlotte gave birth to a son Gottfried The band was dissolved he stayed in Denmark where he married CharlotteĪltenburg in 1865. With a band called Braunschweiger Bergcapelle from 1858 to 1862. German musician August Wilhelm Binneweis (1839-1887) toured Denmark

Those investors sold circus Belli to Eli Benneweis (owner of circusīenneweis) in 1955. Metaīelli died in 1953 and her circus was sold to investors without any connection to theīelli family. In season 1939 the major attraction was American cowboy-movie star Tom Mix. In the late 30's circus Belli had grown to be the largest DanishĬircus. Was dissolved in 1933 and Meta Belli became once again sole owner of circus Belli, sinceġ934 assisted by Fredy Wachman who was considered as Meta's husband although they was Using the name Belli-Borchardt) was among the leading circuses in Denmark. Went into partnership with German Willy Borchardt and from 1930 circus Belli (sometimes Giovanni died in 1929 and Mete Belli became sole proprietor. From 1924 the name wasĬhanged to Circus Belli. His wife Meta stayed in Denmark and formed Circus Giovanni Belli. In 1919 the partnership amongst the Belli brothers was dissolved. One of theīrothers Giovanni Belli married Danish Meta Jensen in 1908 and circus Belli stayed inĭenmark. might have visited Denmark even before 1904. They also used the nameĬircus Frants Alouis. From 1894 to 1899Ĭarl Belli visited Denmark with a carnival with seems to have been more like a circus thanĪn amusement park. Belli German circus Belli visited Denmark first time in 1888.
