Eekholt Wildlife Park
| Eekholt Wildlife Park | ||
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| motto | Nature experiences | |
| place | Stellbrooker Weg 24598 Heidmühlen |
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| surface | 67 hectares | |
| opening | 1970 | |
| Animal species | about 100 species | |
| Individuals | approx. 700 animals | |
| organization | ||
| management | Wolf v. Schenck (managing director) | |
| Sponsorship | Wildpark Eekholt GmbH & Co.KG | |
| Member of | DTG | |
 Entrance area 2013 |
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| www.wildpark-eekholt.de | ||
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Coordinates: 53 ° 56 ′ 57.2 " N , 10 ° 1 ′ 43.5" E
The Eekholt Wildlife Park is a wildlife park that extends over parts of the communities of Großenaspe , Bimöhlen and Heidmühlen in the Segeberg district ( Schleswig-Holstein ). It is home to around 100 Central European species with over 700 animals on an area of 67 hectares, which has been designed to be close to nature. It is home to the Schleswig-Holstein Wolf Information Center .
In the middle of the park, which is characterized by the natural areas of forest and moor , flows the Osterau , with adjacent meadows. The wildlife park was originally founded in 1970 by Hans-Heinrich Hatlapa as a deer research enclosure. Special emphasis is placed on the experience of nature. The park also serves as an educational facility for environmental education .
The animal filmmaker Heinz Sielmann made several animal and television films about the local animal world in the Eekholt Wildlife Park. Blesswild , a rare color variant of the red deer , is also found in the park .
The northern part of the wildlife park called Moor und Heide is a recognized nature experience area in Schleswig-Holstein .
In 1975 a sea eagle breeding program was launched under the birds of prey specialist Heinz Brüll in order to increase the domestic sea eagle population. The project experienced a setback in 1980, when a gang of thieves stole, poisoned and groomed the last pair of sea eagles breeding at the time.
In 1999 the wildlife park was recognized as a "regional educational environmental center" and in 2007 as an "educational partner for sustainability" by the state government of Schleswig-Holstein. The Eekholt Wildlife Park has been certified in accordance with the European guidelines for zoological facilities. He is involved in the European Endangered Species Program (EEP) for black storks and white-tailed eagles.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Wolf Information Center Schleswig-Holstein. Wolf Information Center Schleswig-Holstein. Retrieved April 29, 2016.
- ↑ Hans-Heinrich Hatlapa: Eekholter stories. 1986, pp. 90 and 96.