Dresden Zoo

Dresden Zoo, or Zoo Dresden, is a zoo in the city of Dresden, Germany. It was opened in 1861, making it Germany's fourth oldest zoo. It was originally designed by Peter Joseph Lenné.^[1]

Dresden Zoo
ZOO Dresden - gate
51.0374°N 13.7539°E / 51.0374; 13.7539
Date opened	1861[1]
Location	Dresden, Free State of Saxony, Germany
Land area	13 hectares (32 acres)[1]
No. of animals	3000[1]
No. of species	400[1]
Memberships	WAZA,[2] EAZA,[3] VDZ[4]
Major exhibits	Afrikahaus, Löwen- & Karakalanlage, Aquarium und Terrarium, Giraffenhaus, Vögel, Prof. Brandes-Haus, Orang Utans, Der Zoo Unter der Erde[5]
Website	www.zoo-dresden.de

Map of Dresden Zoo

The zoo is located on the southern edge of the Großer Garten (Great Garden), a large city centre park. The zoo houses about 3000 animals of almost 400 species, especially Asian animals.^[1] It is a member of the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA) and the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria (EAZA).

The zoo is served on its southern side by tram lines 9 and 13 of the Dresdner Verkehrsbetriebe, the local municipal transport company. On its northern side is the Zoo station of the Dresdner Parkeisenbahn, a minimum gauge railway through the Großer Garten that is largely operated by children.^[6][7]

In literature

At the end of the short story Tobermory (1909) by Saki, the visiting Englishman Cornelius Appin is killed by an elephant at the Dresden Zoological Garden.

In the novel Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2005) by Jonathan Safran Foer, Thomas Schell is told to shoot all of the carnivores that had escaped from their cages during Dresden's bombing of World War II. He didn't know which were carnivorous and which weren't, so he was told to kill them all. The animals he killed included an elephant, an ape, two lions, a bear cub, a camel, a rhinoceros, a zebra, a giraffe, and a sea lion.^[8]

See also

• List of zoos in Germany

References

1. "Zoo Dresden". City of Dresden Press and Public Relations Office. Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 5 May 2010.
2. "Zoos and Aquariums of the World". waza.org. WAZA. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
3. "EAZA Member Zoos & Aquariums". eaza.net. EAZA. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
4. "Zoo Dresden". zoo-dresden.de (in German). Zoo Dresden GmbH. Retrieved 8 January 2013.
5. "Rundgang" [Tour]. zoo-dresden.de (in German). Zoo Dresden GmbH. Archived from the original on 19 December 2011. Retrieved 8 January 2013.
6. "Liniennetz Dresden" [Dresden route map] (PDF) (in German). Dresdner Verkehrsbetriebe. 28 November 2009. Retrieved 5 May 2010.
7. "Parkeisenbahn - Interesting facts" (PDF) (in German). Castles and Gardens Dresden. Archived from the original on 22 November 2009. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
8. "A Summary and Analysis of Saki's 'Tobermory'". Interesting Literature. 2017-02-05. Retrieved 2024-08-23.

External links

• Official web site of Dresden Zoo (in German)
• Web site of the Friends of Dresden Zoo (in German)