Eichholz Info Center
The Eichholz Info Center is a nature conservation center on the Aare in Wabern near Bern . Around 50 species of birds, insects, otters, beavers, deer and other mammals live in the two hectare reserve around the information center.
history
The floodplain on the edge of the Aare is first documented as Oeya in 1343. The name changed to Eyholz and later to Eichholz , so it has no relation to oak. The Aare was straightened in the middle of the 19th century, the oak wood was still interspersed with ponds. In addition, a reed area spread that the farmers used as scattering land.
In 1922 the Swiss football championships took place on the site and the BSC Young Boys trained here. The facility was soon abandoned because of the swampy terrain. Then a fish farm was established, which moved to Reutigen in 1979 . Parts of the facility later served the Dählhölzli zoo as a pheasant enclosure and quarantine station.
The Bern veterinarian Franz Steck submitted a project for a school reservation in 1977. The "Eichholz Reservation Association" took over the maintenance of the reserve from 1994 onwards. Since 2012, the "Eichholz Info Center" has been responsible for maintenance work and the preservation of the diversity of habitats . The empty buildings of the old fish farm spurred Michael Zimmermann on to design a usage concept for a nature center, as envisaged in the bank protection plan. A sponsoring organization secured the financing of the reconstruction and the creation of an office for the operation. The Eichholz Info Center opened in 2011 with an exhibition about the beaver .
Events
Over a hundred events, lectures and excursions take place every year. School classes can also visit the Eichholz Info Center. The information center always houses an exhibition on changing topics. In 2018 it was the bat . The exhibition and the reserve can be visited free of charge during opening hours.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Nicola Stosic: Strong support for the information center . In: Berner Zeitung . September 2, 2017, ISSN 1424-1021 ( bernerzeitung.ch [accessed January 24, 2019]).
- ↑ History | Eichholz Info Center. Retrieved on January 23, 2019 (German).