Zoo Park

The Zoo Park is a public park on Independence Avenue (until 1990 Kaiser Street ) in the Namibian capital Windhoek. It is situated in the Windhoek Central.

The park has the function of a city park and is next to the Parliament Gardens of the Palace of the ink only major park in the city. Here are next to the coming of the colonial period Café Zoo ' ( Cafè balalaika ), a children 's playground and a small outdoor stage.

History

The Zoo Park is of prehistoric interest. In 1961, the remains of an elephant found here are estimated to be at least 5,000 years.

At the time of the German colonial force around 1897, the area for the protection of troops monument was known. It was erected in memory of the fallen German soldiers during the Nama uprising. The area around the monument became a popular tourist destination. In 1911 the territory was handed over to the City of Windhoek to manage before 1916 emerged the first proposals for the establishment of a zoo. At the same time the café zoo was built. The zoo was developed 1922-1929.

1956 should be a large part of the zoo park covered the development of the major roads to the victim. The population was decided against this step. Finally, the park was merely transformed. Between 1958 and 1963, the zoo was dissolved. In 1963, the renovations were completed and the new park was presented to the Windhoek population under the name Dr. Verwoed Park. In 1989, the park back its historical name as Zoo Park. A proposal for the name change to " Marcus Garvey Park " was rejected in 2006.