Zoo Landau, Municipal zoo in Landau, Germany

Zoo Landau in der Pfalz covers 4 hectares next to the historic remains of a French fort, a five-minute walk from Landau's city center. It keeps about 600 animals of 110 species, from white-naped mangabeys in the monkey house to Humboldt penguins and Northeast African cheetahs. The grounds include a 7,000 m² enclosure for Siberian tigers and a free-flight hall.

The zoo was founded in 1904 as a local wildlife observation center. Over time it transformed into a modern facility engaged in global conservation partnerships and breeding programs for endangered animals.

Street signs near the zoo show three orange dromedaries, and a fenced enclosure holds figures of the Elwetritsch, a legendary Palatine creature. The zoo also keeps a flock of helmeted guineafowl and blue peafowl roaming a lawn visitors may not enter. The Zoo School, founded in 1992, teaches more than 15,000 children a year.

The zoo lies about a five-minute walk from Landau's town centre, next to the historic fortifications of the former fortress. Street signs marked with three orange dromedaries point the way. The grounds cover 4 hectares, so plan a route past the free-flight hall, the monkey and warm house and the 7,000 m² tiger enclosure on the forest path.

Zoo Landau coordinates the international studbook for the Philippine spotted deer (Cervus alfredi), a species it also keeps. The zoo also holds the only Madagascar side-necked turtles in any European zoo, and its white-naped mangabeys are kept in Germany only here, Duisburg and Osnabrück.