Moritzburg game reserve
| Moritzburg game reserve | ||
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| place | Radeburger Strasse 2
01468 Moritzburg |
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| surface | 40 hectares | |
| opening | 1693/1958 | |
| Animal species | > 30 | |
| Individuals | > 200 | |
| Species focus | native species | |
| Visitor numbers | 143,587 (2018) | |
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| management | Rüdiger Juffa | |
| Sponsorship | State enterprise Sachsenforst | |
| www.wildgehege-moritzburg.sachsen.de | ||
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Coordinates: 51 ° 10 '23.8 " N , 13 ° 41' 53.4" E
The Wildgehege Moritzburg is about 40 ha large wildlife park in the Saxon community Moritzburg , about ten kilometers from the state capital Dresden away. The facility belongs to the Saxon state enterprise Sachsenforst .
history
As early as the 16th century in Albertine Saxony , the Saxon Duke Moritz built a stately hunting lodge in Moritzburg, which was later named after him. He declared the Friedewald , a forest enclosed by George the Bearded around 1500 , as the exclusive hunting area for the rulers of Saxony. From then on, hunting in the Friedewald was reserved for the nobles. Moritz's successor, Elector Augustus of Saxony , was the end of the 16th century first Shelter invest to the wildlife for numerous fuels and hunts to secure. The hunting lodge was expanded into the Moritzburg hunting lodge from 1656 to 1672 . In 1693, the Saxon Elector Johann Georg IV. Had the original game gates expanded into an animal garden in order to continue to guarantee the game population for the increasing stately hunts . Parts of the original quarry stone walls have been preserved and still serve as the enclosure. From the time of August the Strong , Elector of Saxony from 1694, the name menagerie for all rare species of large game has been handed down for the game reserve. This name suggests that rarer animals such as wolves and bears were also kept captive here. On the one hand, they were used to demonstrate and demonstrate the elector's wealth, and on the other hand, they were used in the context of festivities at the Saxon court in animal fights or rushes .
In the 19th century, guest hunts for diplomats and state guests were carried out in the zoo. In 1893, interested visitors were allowed to visit the zoo for a fee and inspect the feedings. After the end of the Second World War , all game was shot by the Soviet occupation forces and the facility was largely dismantled. The Moritzburg game reserve was rebuilt in the following years and reopened in 1958 on a section of the old zoo. In the years after the political change in 1989 , the game reserve was expanded and expanded, especially with regard to ecological and species protection aspects. In 2009 a new large enclosure for wolves opened .
In 2018, 143,587 guests visited the game reserve. With 181,000 guests, a record number of visitors was achieved in 2011.
The Moritzburg game reserve is a partner in various European reintroduction projects , for example for lynxes , wild cats and otters .
Animal species
More than 30 predominantly native species are kept in the Moritzburg game reserve. The focus of the keeping is the accommodation in natural, species-appropriate quarters. Among other things, red and fallow deer , wolves, lynxes, elks , mouflons , wild boars , roe deer and various fox species are shown ; also raccoons , raccoon dogs , nutrias , otters, brown hares and wild rabbits .
In addition to guided tours, "Wolf's Nights", excursions to the rutting season and other special tours are offered depending on the season .
Special facilities
High ropes course and adventure park
There is an adventure park and forest high ropes course on the grounds of the game reserve . The so-called climbing forest has eight different courses in different levels of difficulty between one and thirteen meters high. The high-altitude routes run through the treetops in the immediate vicinity of the animal enclosures.
Ant nature trail
In 2009, an ant educational trail was opened in the Moritzburg game reserve. Four large nests of mound-building wood ants can be observed. The ant states were relocated from the Johannesfriedhof Meißen for this purpose . In addition to the anthills, facts about the life of the animals are conveyed on various information boards. Some of these boards are specially designed for children, and a contact educational game has also been set up. In order to visualize the life inside an anthill for interested visitors, a larger-than-life, accessible model was built.
falconry
In April 2011 a falconry was opened in the Moritzburg game reserve. Giant and bald eagles , golden eagles , falcons and various owls , such as eagle owls and bearded owls , are bred and kept . Lectures, workshops and demonstrations of birds of prey are offered to those interested.
Others
From 2005 to 2014, the Moritzburg game reserve was awarded the Service Quality Germany seal of quality in Saxony by the State Tourism Association of Saxony . The seal was last confirmed in 2011 and was valid until December 31, 2014. The seal of quality is awarded to institutions that place particular value on high quality in terms of visitor service, environmental education and forest education .
Web links
- Official website
- Leaflet of the game reserve with map (pdf, 0.51 MB), accessed on March 5, 2013
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Plus visitor numbers in the Moritzburg game reserve . In: Saxon newspaper . March 7, 2019.
- ↑ Guide to Moritzburg and the surrounding area. Retrieved March 11, 2013 .
- ↑ Portrait of the game reserve at www.zoo-infos.de. Retrieved February 26, 2013 .
- ↑ Sven Görner: Game reserve wants to breed moose again. sz-online.de, January 11, 2013, accessed on March 5, 2013 (chargeable).
- ↑ Ant nature trail in the Moritzburg game reserve. Report on Dresden Fernsehen from September 23, 2009. Accessed on February 26, 2013 .
- ↑ The falcons fly in Moritzburg. (Article in the Freie Presse from April 21, 2011). (PDF; 184 kB) (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; Retrieved February 26, 2013 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Database of companies awarded the ServiceQualität Deutschland seal of quality in Saxony by the State Tourism Association of Saxony. (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; Retrieved February 26, 2013 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Moritzburg game reserve receives seal of quality - report from Coswig TV, available on YouTube. Retrieved February 26, 2013 .
