Neuhaus wildlife park
| Neuhaus wildlife park | |
|---|---|
| place | Postal address: Wildpark 1, 37603 Holzminden-Neuhaus |
| surface | 50 ha |
| opening | 1962 |
| Animal species | 29 (April 2013) |
| Individuals | about 300 |
| Species focus | Local game |
| Visitor numbers | approx. 50,000 per annum |
| organization | |
| management | Robert Willeke |
| Sponsorship | Lower Saxony state forests |
 The wildlife park house - the Solling visitor center |
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| Neuhaus wildlife park | |
The wildlife park Neuhaus is a middle of the Solling-Vogler Nature Park in Neuhaus im Solling in southern Lower Saxony situated wildlife park .
The 50 hectare wildlife park is part of the low mountain range in the Solling, which is characterized by mixed forest, meadows and streams and shows animals typical of the region in their natural habitat. The complex, which was built on a wooded hillside of the Solling, is framed by a listed wall. The wildlife park borders an oak avenue and a horse pasture, the history of which goes back to the 16th century. Today, the wildlife park is particularly used for environmental education through various facilities such as an outdoor enclosure and forest museum. The Lower Saxony State Forests , an institution under public law, are responsible for the wildlife park .
location
The wildlife park is located on the southern outskirts of Neuhaus on the federal road 497 towards Uslar in the Holzminden district . The federal road is called In der Fahrt here . The location is at the western foot of the Moosberg opposite the Dölme stream near the Ahlewiesen and around 2 km west of the Hochsollingturm .
history
16th to 19th century
Creation of horse pastures and dry stone walls
Erich I and his son Erich II had already run a stallion stud in Neuhaus in the 16th century . Since 1712 there was again a stud in Neuhaus: from 1712 the Alte Studterey , from 1774–1776 the new stud . In the 18th and 19th centuries, the stud in Neuhaus had the task of only breeding horses for the princely or royal stables at the Welfenschloss . At that time, Isabellen stood in the pastures of the Royal Hanoverian Stud in light to dark yellow with an eel line . Each of the Isabelle stallions brought over from England had cost one thousand six hundred thalers . After the annexation of the Kingdom of Hanover by the Kingdom of Prussia in 1866, Prussia maintained a remonted depot in Neuhaus until 1900 for the breeding of young horses for the Prussian Army .
In the 18th century and at the beginning of the 19th century, cleared areas were made usable for keeping horses by removing reading stones . The stones were used to build the surrounding walls for the stud farm's pastures . But the demand was so great that one was probably dependent on the surrounding quarries, which already existed in the 18th century. This resulted in dry stone walls with a total length of around 10 km, one of the longest architectural monuments in Lower Saxony.
One of the pastures was called Nachtweide and was bordered by the stone wall as a boundary. Since then, horses from the Hunnesrück stud have been kept on the night pasture , and cows from the Relliehausen research estate have been kept on adjacent areas since 1966 . A photograph has been preserved of the night willow in its original state.
“The kilometer-long and up to two meters high quarry stone walls that enclose the meadows and give the landscape around Neuhaus an English character are unique. Perhaps the 123 years of the English-Hanoverian personal union (1714–1837) exerted its influence here. Unfortunately, these enclosing walls, which were mainly built from the stones of the reclaimed pastures, but also taken from the surrounding quarries, were partly used in the twenties for building forest roads. Today the importance of the walls for the townscape and landscape is recognized again; various sections were repaired by ABM forces , and recently the fencing walls of the pastures were placed under monument protection. "
Eichenallee emerged
An old military road runs straight from Holzminden over the Solling to Neuhaus and beyond towards Uslar to the south. The chief hunter Johann Georg von Langen , who was in the service of Brunswick , had oaks planted on Eichenallee , Lüchtringer Allee and Fürstenberger Allee in the middle of the 18th century . On August 15, 1979, a memorial was erected for him on Eichenallee .
20th century
Establishment of the wildlife park
The wildlife park was created in the early 1960s. It was originally only located in the forest area with the field names Sägewurtz Grund and Sägewurtz Berg . At that time there were sika deer and the native species of red deer, fallow deer, roe deer, mouflon, wild boar, raccoons and capercaillie. The forest area is immediately south of the night pasture . The Neuhaus wildlife park was completed on November 10, 1962 and inaugurated on December 3, 1962 with the title of professionally examined game reserve . The entrance was placed on the west side of the area on the B 497. The wildlife park was equipped with a night exit each on the east and north sides. Since the establishment of the wildlife park, the Eichenallee has been a footpath connecting the eastern night exit with the town of Neuhaus.
Expansion of the enclosure and foundation of the forest museum
Since 1979 two stone marten have been included in the animal population, which were then kept in an aviary. The game reserve was later expanded so that part of the adjacent night pasture was used. This expansion area accommodated the enclosures for red deer, lynx, mouflon, white fallow deer and falconry.
In 1974 the Neuhaus Forest Museum was established , which initially provided information about the forest community and has been showing the complex ecological relationships in the forest environment since 1991 . In 1980 Erich and Hannelore Stapel opened the restaurant Wirtshaus am Wildpark , which is now continued by the Carsten Macke family. After 1998, the facility was expanded to include the lynx enclosure and the wolf enclosure .
21st century
Establishment of the falconry, connection of the wildlife park and construction of the wildlife park house
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With the establishment of the Solling-Vogler mountain bike region in 2005, the oak avenue , which is also used as a forest path, became part of this route network. Your section between the Neuhaus exit and the night exit of the wildlife park is also a section of the Weserberglandweg between Silberborn and Schönhagen . In addition, is Eichenallee a path of pilgrimage Loccum-Volkenroda .
In 2010, a high ropes course for young people was opened near the wildlife park . In the winter of 2011/2012, the falconry Wildpark Neuhaus was built with the free flight area and the aviaries for the birds of prey. The first birds of prey show by falconer Ludger Kluthausen began on April 1, 2012.
In addition to the car park, the new wildlife park house was built in 2012-2013 as a new reception building and tourism center in a modern wooden design. The location is an additional expansion area in the night pasture . In 2013, a bicycle traffic facility was built between the wildlife park and the town of Neuhaus along the B 497.
Facilities
Wildlife Park House
function
The wildlife park house serves as the entrance to the Neuhaus wildlife park. In the entrance area, an exhibition provides information about the habitats in the nature park and about tourist offers in the Solling-Vogler region. In addition to the wildlife park management, the Tourist Information Hochsolling and the Solling-Vogler Nature Park with exhibition and administration can be found on around 660 square meters. A cooperation agreement regulates the cooperation between the Lower Saxony State Forests , Tourist Information Hochsolling and the Solling-Vogler Nature Park Association. The catering business and a seminar room for events on nature and environmental education are also located here.
architecture
In total, over 130 cubic meters of local wood were used in the new building. The wooden building is visible from afar on the slope of the wildlife park. It is an energy-saving and environmentally friendly structure. It thus thematically picks up on the concept of sustainability introduced in forestry by Hans Carl von Carlowitz in 1713 . For the sake of sustainability, in the face of an impending raw material crisis, only as much wood should be felled as could grow back through afforestation, sowing and planting.
According to the design of the Culturebridge Architects from Grünstadt selected from more than 20 applications , the wildlife park house, landscaped and clearly visible, received a mighty oak trunk with the beginning branches of the treetop, which is half a meter wide and six meters high, and the entire roof structure wearing. A team of experts led by the renowned Rosenheim timber construction expert Professor Dr. Ulrich Grimminger has proven the stability of this native oak trunk from the Solling in load tests. The curves of the walls are used in the building as projection surfaces that bring the visitor closer to the Solling and the Weser Uplands through multimedia. A wide panorama window leads the view into the vastness of the landscape and leads him to the wildlife park. A haptic wall brings different surfaces of the processed wood from parquet and veneer to paper. In parallel to the measurements on the area of the Nachtweide near Neuhaus, the timber-frame building was prefabricated in the timber construction company's factory. It is heated with a heat pump and a ventilation system with heat recovery.
“The main aim of the design is to create timelessly elegant and easily usable rooms in which the themes of the wildlife park, nature park and cultural landscape of the Weser Uplands come into their own. Modern elegance is combined with a view of beautiful nature. The modern high-performance material wood can also be experienced in its sensual dimension through the collage of surfaces in differently processed wood and plain white. "
As the owner and operator of the Neuhaus Wildlife Park , the Lower Saxony State Forests have invested around two million euros, largely from funding from the European Union and the State of Lower Saxony .
A second parking lot, a petting meadow with goats and the new entrance to the wildlife park with better access will also be created at the wildlife park house.
Enclosure
The focus of the wildlife park is on the shy red deer; his enclosure extends over half of the wildlife park. Five viewing platforms provide an overview of the enclosures for fallow deer, white fallow deer, lynx, mouflon, red deer and wolves.
The small animal show dates back to the founding sixty years ago, when the keeping of wild birds, small wild animals and wild cats behind a close-meshed grating was the usual standard, which made it impossible to photograph these rare animals. This is also the case with the natural stone housing for the wild cats, which is impaired by the grating.
On the circular path that leads around the site, the aviaries and the spacious enclosures for the wild animals are located in the middle of an impressive forest landscape. The falconry facilities are located in the deer enclosure at the level of the circular route . At the bird of prey show you have a view over the slope of the mountain meadow down to the wooded Solling .
Paths and facilities
From the spacious parking lot on the B 497, a paved pedestrian path has so far led to the entrance of the wildlife park. This path is steeply uphill, as it overcomes a height difference of thirty-five meters over a length of three hundred meters. The path leads along the historic quarry stone wall.
At the current park entrance there is currently the restaurant Wirtshaus am Wildpark with good home-style cuisine and (outside the park) the only toilet facility in the wildlife park. Seen from the park, the northern night exit to the parking lot is about ten meters to the right of the restaurant on a sloping path. The wildlife park and paths are not lit to preserve the natural environment for the animals. There is also a playground near the entrance.
The wildlife park is open all year round. It is not permitted to bring dogs into the wildlife park. Daily tours are not offered, they are only possible by appointment.
The wildlife park is surrounded by a two-and-a-half-kilometer paved circular path that rises sharply to the left of the entrance and slowly to the right of the entrance, overcoming an altitude difference of eighty-five meters to the top of the wildlife park. In the event of thunderstorms and heavy rain, there are three shelters on the circular route and several wooden locks between game enclosures. An additional path from the wolf enclosure to the wild boar enclosure is marked on the map; There is no path there, but a light forest bordered by high wire fences at the side, which can be crossed. The circular route is limited here by the old quarry stone wall; The eastern night exit is also nearby. (As of October 2012)
Falconry Wildpark Neuhaus
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The falconry Wildpark Neuhaus was opened on April 1st, 2012. The falconer obtained his falconer's license in 1972 and is employed as a falconer in the Neuhaus Wildlife Park by the Lower Saxony State Forests. The falconry buildings and raptors are his property. In addition, the falconer operates the Greifenwarte Wildpark Edersee in the Kellerwald-Edersee Nature Park and the Eagle and Wolf Park Kasselburg in the Geopark Vulkanland Eifel .
The falconry is on the circular path above the deer enclosure . The birds of prey show takes place twice a day in the summer months. At the bird of prey show, the audience has a view over the downward sloping slope of the mountain meadow down to the wooded Solling . This view is particularly attractive in golden October when the autumn colors of the Solling forests.
- Falconry birds
Animals and plants (selection)
In addition, you can watch European quails and the breed, now called the “German Bush Chicken ”, bred from German land dwarf chickens as well as the Bankiva and Sonnerathuhn in large aviaries .
Conservation breeding
Another important task of the Neuhaus Wildlife Park is to ensure the survival of endangered animal populations through conservation breeding and by giving suitable animals to reintroduction projects. The Neuhaus Wildlife Park is a cooperation partner of the Harz lynx project. The Lower Saxony Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Consumer Protection and Regional Development , the Lower Saxony Ministry for Environment, Energy and Climate Protection and the Lower Saxony State Hunters' Association decided to reintroduce the lynx in the Harz National Park in autumn 1999 . Step-by-step, lynxes are being prepared for a natural life in a hidden reintroduction enclosure in the Harz National Park and then finally released into the wild. They should spread from the Harz Mountains and thus advertise a new understanding of nature as a popular figure. The Neuhaus Wildlife Park therefore supports the project by providing suitable lynxes free of charge.
Research projects
Since 1966, the eastern environment of the wildlife park has been part of the research of the Solling project , which is also known as the umbrella project . To the north of the wildlife park, the University of Göttingen is running a long-term meteorological experiment.
In the wildlife park, the Faculty of Forest Sciences and Forest Ecology at the University of Göttingen researches the habits and diseases of the red deer. The Lower Saxony Forest Research Institute is carrying out a large-scale genetic test with 25 species of Japanese larch . The seeds from which the trees planted here in 1960 were grown come from Japan. The trial area with the larch trees has an information board at the top of the circular path. Marked white rings on the trunks of the larch trees at a height of 1.3 meters are measuring points for the diameter of the trunks. To assess the growth behavior, measurement data are collected for each tree at regular intervals and recorded in logs for the analysis of the findings until it is felled.
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Animal population
- ↑ Website of the Lower Saxony State Forests ( Memento of the original from October 14, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. .
- ↑ Herds of horses behind dry stone walls
- ↑ Otfried Ruhlender: The eventful history of Neuhaus im Solling. History and stories. Ed .: Sollingzweigverein Neuhaus . Neuhaus 1998. p. 310.
- ↑ Otfried Ruhlender: The eventful history of Neuhaus im Solling. History and stories. Ed .: Sollingzweigverein Neuhaus . Neuhaus 1998. pp. 33-38, 87, 110 and 309-311.
- ↑ Otfried Ruhlender: The eventful history of Neuhaus im Solling. History and stories. Ed .: Sollingzweigverein Neuhaus . Neuhaus 1998. pp. 306-307.
- ^ Kurhannoversche Landesaufnahme 141 from 1783.
- ↑ Otfried Ruhlender: The eventful history of Neuhaus im Solling. History and stories. Ed .: Sollingzweigverein Neuhaus . Neuhaus 1998. pp. 265-267.
- ↑ New in the wildlife park: Bussard, Milan, Falke & Co.
- ↑ Exterior view of the wildlife park house ( 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. and interior view of the planned wildlife park house ( 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. .
- ↑ Homepage of the restaurant in the Wildparkhaus
- ↑ Kehrwieder on Sunday, December 22, 2013, p. 46.
- ↑ Culturbridge Architects: Wildparkhaus ( Memento from July 31, 2019 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Source: Information board at the lynx enclosure.
- ↑ Ann-Carolin Meyer: Physiological investigations on the trunk and in the crown area of an old spruce stand after experimental manipulation of the water and ion balance (Solling umbrella project), 2001
- ↑ Weather station GRASSMAN experiment near Neuhaus im Solling ( Memento of the original from March 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Coordinates: 51 ° 44 ′ 50.6 " N , 9 ° 31 ′ 19.2" E