Hirschfeld Wildlife Park

The zoo is located in Hirschfeld Hirschfeld, the district Voigtsgrün in Zwickau.

Records of Mrs. Martha von Arnim ( née von Schlegell ) show that the area was protected with its trees for centuries.

Maps from 1870 show that at this point there was already an animal enclosure. It belonged to the Lord Alexander von Arnim, who held deer here. 1890 a hunting lodge was built in the enclosure, which still exists today and is called the " log cabin ". 1909 inherited the brother, Mr. Arno von Arnim, Voigtsgrün and thus the animal enclosure.

In 1956, the approximately 6 -acre enclosure was converted into a zoo. The first number of livestock included red deer, red fox and badger.

Today live on the expanded terrain about 600 animals 90 different species. Within these are raccoon dogs, wild boars, bears, wolves, pot-bellied pigs, wading birds, moorland sheep, raccoons, porcupines, European mouflon sheep, bison, snowy owls, monkeys and ferrets. Similarly, the site covers up to a 450 year old trees.

In addition to the animal enclosures, there are still petting zoo on the premises, restaurants, mini golf and children 's playground. Visitors are allowed to bring their dogs to the zoo.