Heiligenkirchen Bird Park
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| motto | Your hands-on family park in Detmold. | |
| place | Ostertalstrasse 1 32760 Detmold, Germany |
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| surface | 3.8 hectares | |
| opening | 1969 | |
| Animal species | about 300 species | |
| Individuals | approx. 1000 animals | |
| Visitor numbers | 119,000 (2015) | |
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| management | Friedrich-Wilhelm Eckstein | |
| Sponsorship | Private | |
| Member of | DTG | |
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Coordinates: 51 ° 53 ′ 57.8 ″ N , 8 ° 51 ′ 24.1 ″ E
The bird park Heiligenkirchen in Detmold district Heiligenkirchen is a zoological institution specializing in exotic birds and small mammals. The focus is on direct contact with the animals. The bird park was opened by Kurt Eckstein in 1969 and has been family-owned since then.
history
In the 1960s Kurt Eckstein was looking for an area for the exotic and native birds he kept privately and found it in Heiligenkirchen. Due to the increasing interest of the surrounding population and the support of the local mayor, he finally opened the then bird and flower park Heiligenkirchen in 1969, making it accessible to the public.
In 1986 his son Friedrich-Wilhelm Eckstein took over the management. Through him the conception of the park was further developed in the following years. From a pure representation of the animals, the bird park changed to a modern zoological facility with the aim of addressing the visitors directly and enabling direct contact with the animals. In order to expand the offer for the whole family, a large adventure playground was built and a gastronomic offer was added.
For a future expansion of the park, a 1.4 hectare neighboring property was acquired in 2016.
Livestock
The stock includes around 1000 animals, mostly birds, from 300 species, including various pelicans , storks , cranes , peacocks , toucans and hornbills . Also represented is the world's smallest chicken , the Chinese pygmy quail with its chicks the size of a bumblebee, as well as the largest species, a cassowary and emus . The animals are kept in large, partly accessible aviaries and outdoor enclosures, which are surrounded by flower beds. It is important that the animals live together in natural societies .
The mammal population includes a. Bennett kangaroos , golden agoutis , prairie dogs , squirrel monkeys and common marmosets, and tinsel monkeys .
Species protection
The bird park participates in the European conservation breeding program u. a. with the breeding of the double hornbill and the Bolivian squirrel monkey . Furthermore, the park is involved in the maintenance breeding of the keas , the blanket toko and the glutton as part of the European Studbook Foundation .
Concrete projects
The bird park Heiligenkirchen supports the monitoring of Quetzalpopulationen and protection of cloud forests in Guatemala the Species Conservation Foundation .
In cooperation with other zoological gardens, the park also participates in the Zoo Animal of the Year project to raise awareness of endangered species and to provide financial support for the Katala Foundation's projects.
particularities
Visitors have the opportunity to let tame parrots sit on their arms and pet them. The park also houses a walk-in aviary with over 200 parakeets that can be fed. Every day there is the opportunity to take part in a free feed tour with a zoo keeper, during which interesting facts about various animals are explained and can be fed. The park offers a zoo school on various topics for school classes and children's birthdays.
The Vogelpark Heiligenkirchen maintains a cooperation with the potts park in Minden and the Osnabrück Zoo .
Transport links
The bird park can be reached via the L 828 (Denkmalstraße) in Detmold and offers space for approx. 200 vehicles and four bus parking spaces. The park can be reached by public transport via line 782 and also on weekends and public holidays via tourist line 792 via the "Vogelpark" stop.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Torben Gocke: Tourist-Info starts the season , lz.de, April 6, 2016, accessed on May 4, 2017
- ↑ Smallest chickens in the world in the Vogelpark Heiligenkirchen. Lippische Landes-Zeitung, news from July 24, 2014.
- ↑ Detmold bird park to grow by 1.4 hectares Lippische Landes-Zeitung, news from March 4, 2016.
- ↑ Markus Fritsche: Vogelpark Heiligenkirchen. In: Tiergarten Rundbrief 3/2010, pp. 21-25 ( Memento from February 18, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Species protection. Homepage of the Vogelpark Heiligenkirchen, accessed on February 18, 2015.
- ↑ Kea "Bilbo" leaves the Tierpark + Fossilium Bochum Homepage of the Tierpark + Fossilium Bochum, article from March 27, 2017.
- ↑ Der Vogel der Götter Homepage of the Foundation for Species Protection, homepage accessed on May 6, 2017.
- ↑ The cockatoo is zoo animal of the year Homepage of the Vogelpark Heiligenkirchen, homepage accessed on May 6, 2017.
- ↑ Feeding with the zoo keeper Homepage of the Vogelpark Heiligenkirchen, homepage accessed on May 6, 2017.