Alsdorfer Weiher animal park
| Alsdorfer Weiher animal park | ||
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| surface | 30 hectares | |
| opening | 1967 | |
| Animal species | 30th | |
| Individuals | 320 | |
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 In the petting zoo |
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| www.freizeit-in-alsdorf.de | ||
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Coordinates: 50 ° 51 '48.6 " N , 6 ° 9' 2.2" E
The Alsdorfer Weiher animal park is part of the Broichbachtal recreational area and is located in Alsdorf in North Rhine-Westphalia . The area covers 30 hectares and has an animal population of 300 animals in 30 different species.
At the instigation of Helmut Eckert, who was city director of Alsdorf from 1951 to 1975 , the zoo was built between the Ofden district and Bundesstraße 57 in the 1960s , opened in 1967 and has been increasingly enlarged since then. Furthermore, Helmut Eckert founded the Alsdorfer Tierparkverein in 1969, of which he was later an honorary member.
The zoo also has a leisure area, which has a climbing playground with a climbing pyramid built in 2012 and a climbing frame in the shape of a ship. The steam locomotive Anna 9 of the Eschweiler Mining Association stood in the place of today's climbing ship until February 2017 . Until the end of 2015, there was also a Ruthemeyer-Werke steamroller in the immediate vicinity. There are also two kiosks, a skater rink and a restaurant.
On the other side of Theodor-Seipp-Strasse, at the Kahnweiher, is the Boots-House. This includes a beach bar with a rentable event location, pedal boat and BBQ boat rental and the adventure mini golf course, which opened in summer 2017. There is also a barbecue area above the Kahnweiher, which can be rented. The former miniature golf course above the Boots-House was demolished at the end of 2018.
Location of the zoo in the Broichbachtal recreation area
Climbing pyramid and ship
Duck pond
Anna 9 locomotive
Hannibal steam locomotive and Dempfwalze in the background
