Zoo Park

Zoo Park is a public park on Independence Avenue in downtown Windhoek, Namibia. It is likewise a focal point of social lifestyles within the town. The contemporary park is landscaped and capabilities a pond, children's playground and open-air theatre. The remains of an elephant from among 5,000 and 20,000 years in the past had been uncovered in 1961, making the elephant kill there one of the earliest known such activities in human records. The area then known as Schutztruppe Memorial turned into exact by way of the German colonial authorities in what was then German South West Africa in 1897. It became created to honor the German squaddies who died inside the struggle in opposition to Namaqua leader Hendrik Witbooi.

The land was transferred to neighborhood control in 1911, when it became increased. Cafe Zoo, which continues to be in operation, opened in 1916 after the coming of South African army manage. From 1960 to 1963, the park was reshaped to house the widening of contemporary Independence Avenue and Fidel Castro St. then Kaiser Strasse and Peter M?eller Strasse.