Leipzig Zoological Garden

Leipzig Zoological Garden, or Leipzig Zoo is a zoo in the borough of Mitte, locality Zentrum-Nordwest, . It was first opened on June 9, 1878.
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  • Type: Building
  • Description: zoological garden northwest of downtown Leipzig
  • Also known as: “Haupteingang Zoo Leipzig”
  • Address: Pfaffendorfer Straße 29, Leipzig, 04105
  • Roof shape: gabled

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Kongreßhalle Leipzig and German Central Library for the Blind.

Convention center
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The is an event building with several halls on Pfaffendorfer Straße in the locality Zentrum-Nordwest directly next to the entrance to the Leipzig Zoo.

Library
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The , abbreviated DZB, is a public library for the visually impaired located in the city of , , , in the Zentrum-Nordwest locality. is situated 510 metres southwest of Leipzig Zoological Garden.

Museum
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The Natural History Museum in Leipzig is a natural history museum in the city of , , located at the northwest corner of the Inner City Ring Road in the locality Zentrum-Nordwest. is situated 390 metres south of Leipzig Zoological Garden.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Waldstraßenviertel and Musikviertel.

Neighborhood
is a neighbourhood in the north west of borough Mitte in , . It is considered one of the largest complete areas of Gründerzeit buildings in Europe and is therefore considered of important cultural and heritage status.

Neighborhood
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is a neighbourhood in , . The is part of the locality Zentrum-Süd in the borough of Leipzig-Mitte.The name goes back to the first music institutions built in the neighbourhood, the second Gewandhaus and the new building of the .

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

Leipzig Zoological Garden

Latitude
51.34846° or 51° 20′ 54″ north
Longitude
12.37095° or 12° 22′ 15″ east
Elevation
109 metres (358 feet)
Height
4.8 metres (16 feet)
Open location code
9F3J89XC+99
Open­Street­Map ID
way 608254864
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­gatehouse
Open­Street­Map attribute
roof-shape=­gabled
Geo­Names ID
7732563
Wiki­data ID
Q220055
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Ukrainian—“Leipzig Zoological Garden” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Zoo de Leipzig”
  • Czech: “Zoo Leipzig”
  • Czech: “Zoo Lipsko”
  • Dutch: “Zoo Leipzig”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جنينة حيوانات لايبزيج”
  • Esperanto: “Zoo de Lepsiko”
  • French: “zoo de Leipzig”
  • French: “Zoo de Leipzig”
  • German: “Zoo Leipzig”
  • Hebrew: “גן החיות של לייפציג”
  • Icelandic: “Dýragarðurinn í Leipzig”
  • Indonesian: “Taman Zoologi Leipzig”
  • Italian: “zoo di Lipsia”
  • Italian: “Zoo di Lipsia”
  • Japanese: “ライプツィヒ動物園”
  • Korean: “라이프치히 동물원”
  • Korean: “라이프치히동물원”
  • Lombard: “Zoo de Lipsia”
  • Persian: “باغ‌وحش لایپزیگ”
  • Portuguese: “Jardim Zoológico de Leipzig”
  • Russian: “Лейпцигский зоопарк”
  • Spanish: “Zoo de Leipzig”
  • Swedish: “Zoo Leipzig”
  • Ukrainian: “Зоопарк Лейпцига”
  • Ukrainian: “Лейпцизький зоопарк”

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