Pforzheim Wildlife Park
| Pforzheim Wildlife Park | ||
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| motto | animal natural ... | |
| place | Tiefenbronner Strasse 100 75175 Pforzheim |
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| surface | 16.5 hectares | |
| opening | Park opened on July 6, 1968 | |
| Animal species | 70 species | |
| Individuals | 400 animals | |
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| management | Management: Carsten Schwarz | |
| Sponsorship | Urban | |
| Funding organizations | Förderverein Wildpark Pforzheim eV | |
 The otter enclosure |
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Coordinates: 48 ° 52 ′ 28.5 " N , 8 ° 42 ′ 55.1" E
The Pforzheim Wildlife Park was founded in 1968. In the Pforzheim Wildlife Park, more than 400 mammals , fish and birds of 70 species live on an area of 16.5 hectares . There are numerous offers for children (forest climbing garden, petting zoo, children's farm, two playgrounds). In the nature education center, the Ewald-Steinle-Haus, which is located on the grounds of the wildlife park, exhibitions and workshops take place regularly. The nature education center was founded in 1997 by the Wildpark Pforzheim e. V. or donated by the previous support group under its then chairman Ewald-Steinle.
Other offers in the Pforzheim Wildlife Park are a tree nature trail, show feeding of lynxes and otters , various quizzes for children and junior ranger training during the summer holidays. Guided tours are offered for school classes as well as for children's birthdays. Forester Carsten Schwarz has been the head of the wildlife park since 2003. Visiting the park is free of charge and paying for parking.
The Büchenbronn game reserve, which was created in 1972, also belongs to the wildlife park. It is located above the Hermannsee. Black and fallow deer as well as mouflons (wild sheep) live in the enclosures.
In 2015, the online portal TripAdvisor identified the Pforzheim Wildlife Park as the five most popular zoos or zoological facility in Germany and, with the so-called Certificate of Excellence, was once again number 1 among the attractions in Pforzheim.
Information for visitors
The wildlife park is open all year round from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. The children's farm, the petting zoo and the bald ibis aviary, which opened in July 2019, are accessible until 5 p.m. in summer (until 4 p.m. in rainy weather) and until 4 p.m. in winter.
Admission to the Pforzheim Wildlife Park is free. There is only a parking fee to be paid. Arrival by bus is possible with bus line 5 Seehaus stop Hochschule / Wildpark. Dogs are allowed into the wildlife park if they are kept on a leash. Barbecuing is not allowed in the wildlife park.
There are two feedings in the Pforzheim Wildlife Park: The otters are fed on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays at 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. The lynx feeding takes place on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays at 2 p.m.
Junior ranger
Junior rangers have been trained in the wildlife park since 2004. They inform visitors about the feeding rules and help if someone gets lost. They also ensure cleanliness, lead or accompany children's birthday parties and are out and about with animal keepers to feed or muck in the enclosures. The one-week training takes place at the beginning and at the end of the summer vacation. In summer 2019, the thousandth junior ranger was trained in the wildlife park.
Support association
The work in the wildlife park is supported by the Förderverein Wildpark Pforzheim e. V. supports. The friends' association was founded in 2006. The aim of the friends' association is to help ensure that nature and culture in the region are preserved for future generations. The friends' association makes a decisive contribution to financing large-scale projects such as the otter enclosure and the new aviary for the bald ibis and eagle owl. The initiator was Ewald-Steinle, who for decades was the chairman of the Pforzheim Wildlife Park sponsorship group. Christine Stavenhagen, who died in 2015, was the chairperson of the resulting development association. Jan Lauer has been chairman since 2016.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ewald Steinle - City wiki Pforzheim-Enz. Retrieved July 26, 2019 .
- ↑ a b story. Retrieved July 25, 2019 .
- ↑ Worth seeing. Retrieved July 25, 2019 .
- ↑ Tripadvisor: Wildlife Park among the five most popular zoos in Germany. Retrieved July 29, 2019 .
- ↑ Bald ibises and eagle owls have a new home: large aviary attracts with artificial rocks. Retrieved July 25, 2019 .
- ↑ a b c d Pforzheim Wildlife Park - animal natural. Retrieved July 25, 2019 .
- ↑ Opening times / admission / visitor service. Retrieved July 25, 2019 .
- ^ Rules in the Pforzheim Wildlife Park. Retrieved July 25, 2019 .
- ↑ Activities for children. In: pforzheim.de. Retrieved August 11, 2019 .
- ↑ Pforzheim Wildlife Park trains the thousandth junior ranger. In: pz-news.de. August 4, 2019, accessed August 11, 2019 .
- ↑ Help to preserve the Pforzheim Wildlife Park in the long term with your donation! Retrieved July 25, 2019 .
- ^ The board of directors and members of the development association as well as the entire wildlife park team mourn Christine Stavenhagen. November 14, 2015, accessed July 25, 2019 .
- ↑ Wildlife park sponsors rely on teamwork - Jan Lauer new chairman. April 18, 2016, accessed July 25, 2019 .