[1] The quarter is home to the Hanover Congress Center, whose complex contains the historic Stadthalle Hannover, as well as the Stadtpark Hannover, the city park of Hanover built on the grounds of the first Bundesgartenschau of 1951.

The Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover is headquartered at the Neues Haus plaza in the quarter.

The later Reich President Paul von Hindenburg lived in the Zoo district from 1919 to 1925, from which the name Hindenburgviertel was derived.

The city of Hanover had appointed Hindenburg as honorary citizen and gave him a villa.

[2] The zoo district is considered a desirable residential area containing upscale historic buildings with significantly above-average rents and real estate prices.