Klaushof wildlife park
| Klaushof wildlife park | ||
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| Full name | Klaushof Wildlife Park | |
| motto | Experience and understand diversity | |
| place | Klaushofstrasse 101 97688 Bad Kissingen |
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| surface | 30 ha | |
| opening | May 19, 1971 | |
| Animal species | 30th | |
| Individuals | 350 | |
| Species focus | Wild and domestic species native to Lower Franconia and the Rhön | |
| Visitor numbers | about 60,000 annually | |
| organization | ||
| management | Municipal forest administration | |
| Sponsorship | City of Bad Kissingen | |
| Funding organizations | Friends of the Wildlife Park Klaushof eV association | |
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| www.wildpark-klaushof.de | ||
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Coordinates: 50 ° 13 '33.3 " N , 10 ° 2' 9.6" E
The Wild Park Klaushof is a wildlife park in the UNESCO - Biosphere Reserve Rhön in Bavaria .
location
The Klaushof Wildlife Park is located about four kilometers northwest of Bad Kissingen on the old Bad Kissingen – Poppenrother Höhe road, about 330 meters above sea level .
In the vicinity of the wildlife park there is a parking lot, a kiosk in the old forester's house and a circular path past particularly thick and old trees, called the path of the tree giants . A hiking trail leads from the Klaushof through the Kaskadental valley down to the Franconian Saale .
The wildlife park can be reached from Bad Kissingen with the Kurbähnle .
History and description
The Klaushof Wildlife Park was opened on May 19, 1971. The facility is located in a species-rich mixed forest and is visited by around 60,000 people annually.
The wildlife park, which is open all year round, has an area of 30 hectares, on which around 250 animals from 46 species are kept in extensive facilities. Mostly it is native game species. These include brown and white fallow deer, red deer , wild boar , beavers , otters , lynxes and a wild cat . Even goats and Heck cattle and pheasants , snowy owls and peacocks can be seen.
Since 1999 an aviary occupied by forest birds has been accessible. In 2011, an 800 square meter natural enclosure for wild cats was built. In 2018, an insect nature trail with interactive boards and beehives was opened.
At the entrance to the wildlife park, Vogelfreunde Bad Kissingen looks after a row of aviaries with exotic birds.
There are two children's playgrounds in the park. There is also a petting zoo for children. A circular path with a length of approx. 2.6 kilometers leads through the wildlife park.
Web links
- Official website of the Klaushof Wildlife Park
- Website of the Friends of the Wild Park Klaushof Association
- Klaushof wildlife park . In: Zoo-Infos.de
- Information flyer on the Klaushof Wildlife Park (PDF)