At first glance families can recognize family-friendly facilities in Saxony by the visible "family badge". Among other institutions these are given to other leisure activity offers suitable for children, playing spaces or for children's meals in restaurants. The family badge is a sign of tested quality and is awarded by the TMGS Tourismius Marketing Gesellschaft Sachsen mbH.
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The Zoo Görlitz-Zgorzelec in Saxony has achieved a remarkable feat, being named the "Trip Destination in Saxony of the Year" for an impressive three consecutive years (2022, 2023, and 2024) by familienausflug.info, a leading German website for family travel. This prestigious recognition is a testament to the zoo's continued popularity and exceptional offerings for families.
The award is based on a staggering 6.7 million reviews, compiled from major platforms like Google and Facebook, as well as reviews submitted directly by families on familienausflug.info. This vast amount of data provides a comprehensive picture of what families value most in their travel experiences, and Zoo Görlitz-Zgorzelec has consistently impressed in this regard.
You can find the whole award list here: https://familienausflug.info/award
The new kangaroo facility including the themed playground and the evnt toilet won in the category Culture & Leisure. "This was a tribute to the continuous creative and innovative work of the Görlitz zoo team which always focuses on the encounter between animals and humans. The kangaroo facility has become a visitor magnet in an area of the zoo that had not received much attention so far."
For the Saxon Participation Funds the Free State of Saxony was looking for ideas that would help to promote structual change including in the lignitite mining region of Lusatia.The project ideas of Nature Conservation Zoo Görlitz "With the green line through Görlitz" (tram), "Video technology for nesting boxes" (zoo-TV), "Zoo-Infomobile" and "Species conservation monitors for the visualzation of environmental education in the zoo".
The measure was co-financed by tax revenue on the basis of the budget which was decided by the members of the Saxon federal state parliament.
The German product test online portal "testberichte.de" evaluated over 420,000 Google reviews from a total of 158 German zoos. Visitors of Görlitz Nature Conservation Zoo ranked the zoo an average of 4.7 stars which is the nationwide peak! Since the zoos with the same ratings were also evaluated by the number of ratings Zoo Görlitz places 4th right after Leipzig Zoo, Animal Park Olderdissen and the Bird park in Marlow which were also rated 4.7 stars.
Our milk playground "Sustainable Agriculture in Tibet/ Germany" was awarded by the German UNESCO commission as a project of the UN-decade "Education for Sustainable Development" because it "impresively shows how sustainable education can look. The Jury's vote praises the project because "it makes it understandable how people can act sustainibly". That is how Prof. Dr Gerhard de Haan who is the chairman of the National Committee and the Jury of the UN-decade in Germany described it.
In the "big zoo test" by the German magazine "Stern" Zoo Görlitz got first place in the category "smaller zoos". Within 10 weeks over 50 zoos were tested. Animal husbandry was the most important criterion of the ranking. It makes up 80 percent of the grade. The design of the zoo was included by 10 percent- i.e. the overall impression of the facility. Visitor services i.e. catering, playgrounds and sanitary facilities accounted for the last 10 percent.
In Germany, Austria and Switzerland there are about 500 zoos and animal gardens. According to an assessment by Greenpeace (Greenpeace Magazin 04/2004) Görlitz-Zgorzelec Nature Conservation Zoo landed on the 14th plce directly behind Leipzig Zoo in terms of the animal living conditions and its commitment to the conservation of species.
