Alte Fasanerie wildlife park
| Alte Fasanerie wildlife park | ||
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| Full name | Wildlife Park Alte Fasanerie Hanau | |
| place | Fasaneriestr. 108 63456 Hanau, Germany |
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| surface | 107 hectares | |
| opening | 1967 | |
| Animal species | about 35 species | |
| Individuals | 350 | |
| Species focus | Europe | |
| organization | ||
| Sponsorship | Hanau-Wolfgang Forestry Office | |
| Funding organizations | Friends of the "Alte Fasanerie" e. V. | |
.jpg) Autumn day at the wild boar enclosure |
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| http://www.erlebnis-wildpark.de/ | ||
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Coordinates: 50 ° 5 ′ 7.1 ″ N , 8 ° 54 ′ 41.7 ″ E
The Alte Fasanerie wildlife park is a game reserve near Klein-Auheim , a district of Hanau . The facility is 107 hectares and is home to around 40 Central and Northern European animal species with a good 350 specimens. The enclosure goes back to a pheasantry created in 1705 by Archbishop Lothar Franz von Schönborn . Today the park is a popular recreational destination for people from all over the Rhine-Main area .
The animals
The main contingent is made up of wild animals from German forests, such as deer , roe deer , wild boar , plus tail cattle , bison , wolves , elk and lynx . In addition to wild animals, domestic animal breeds such as Rhön sheep , Thuringian forest goats , Bentheim country pigs and Skudden are also shown. Wildcats , raccoons , foxes , badgers , ferrets and stone marten are kept in smaller enclosures . Bird aviaries accommodate gold , silver and pheasant , eagle owls , snowy owls , crows , ravens , and various species of pigeons .
Since 2004 there has been a falconry on the site , which regularly organizes flight demonstrations in front of an audience.
In 2006 a new enclosure for polar wolves was created.
Wildlife has also settled on the site, for example a colony of gray herons .
The most famous resident of the wildlife park is the golden eagle Attila, who has been the mascot of the Eintracht Frankfurt men's soccer team since 2006 .
The site
The 107 hectares of the site consist of 93 hectares of forest as well as 14 hectares of meadows, paths, water and open spaces. Of the 93 ha forest area, 62 ha are pine forest, 16 ha ash forest and 15 ha deciduous forest. 15 kilometers of hiking trails run through the park. The enclosures are generously laid out and offer the animals retreat areas. The red deer enclosure alone is 12 hectares in size (as large as the total area of the Frankfurt Zoo ) and is landscaped with forests, meadows and ponds. The terrain is pretty flat. It is between 112 and 115 m above sea level. NN
Right next to the entrance is a forest museum, where information on forest history, modern forest management and previous forest professions is provided.
An information center is available for guided tours and for school classes. The archbishops' old hunting lodge is now a restaurant.
An oak tree with a chest height of 7.10 m (2014) stands directly on the outside of the site in the forest.
history
The forerunner of the wildlife park was a pheasantry that was laid out by the Archbishop of Mainz, Lothar Franz von Schönborn . This "lower pheasantry" consisted of 40 hectares of meadow and constantly had problems with floods. Archbishop Johann Friedrich Karl von Ostein then opened up the "Obere Fasanerie" in 1746 and surrounded it with a 3800 meter long basalt stone wall . After the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss the land fell to the Grand Dukes of Hesse-Darmstadt in 1803 , who used it as a hunting ground until the end of the First World War. In 1945 the Hessian Forest Administration took over the management. The transformation into a wildlife park took place in 1967.
operator
Today the owner of the wildlife park is the state of Hesse and the forestry department Hanau-Wolfgang has taken over the operation . The "Förderverein Wildpark Alte Fasanerie eV" is also involved in the design, implementation and financing. V. Klein-Auheim ”.
