Südliche Weinstraße Wildlife Park

The Animal and Nature Park Southern Wine Route is located in Wasgau, which is formed from the southern part of the Palatinate Forest and the northern part of the Vosges, near the local church Silz in the south of Rhineland- Palatinate. The park is named not according to the German Wine Road, which is about 6 miles away, but according to the County Southern Wine Route. The leisure facility is taken annually by around 100,000 visitors to complete.

Location

The park, part of the German - French biosphere reserve Palatinate Forest - Vosges du Nord, located in the valley of the Kling Bach and is surrounded by surveys. It has an altitude between 200 and 350 meters and an area of ​​about 100 hectares. The French border in the south is 12 kilometers away.

History

The park is based on a planning study of the President of the Section Wildfreigehege of the International Hunting Association, Heinrich Prince Reuss. The planning placed special emphasis on family-friendly amenities, and used only terrain that would otherwise fallen into abandoned land. The then mayor of Silz, Franz Andelfinger, involved as Second Secretary at the district administration for Southern Wine Road to unite professional expertise and municipal needs and to settle the wild and walking park in the district Silz.

The intended transfer of wildlife and hiking Parkes took place on April 18, 1975 by the then Rhineland-Palatinate Economy and Transport Minister Heinrich Holkenbrink.

Properties

Species

15 different types of larger animals live here with about 400 individuals and can - in some cases in the wild - are observed. In mammals, there are, inter alia, bison, red and fallow deer, mouflon European, wild boars, wolves, red and arctic foxes, and ferrets. In the aviaries snowy owls and eagle owls are held, and there are two duck ponds.

Snowy Owl

Red fox

Bison

Facilities

In addition to a restaurant, kiosk and barbecue hut a lookout tower, a petting zoo, a children's and an adventure playground are available. The small circuit can be put back in 60 minutes, the great in twice the time. On either no significant differences in height are to be overcome. Side trails are sometimes steep and not suitable for driving with a wheelchair or stroller.

Deer Park School

For school groups, the " Wildlife Park school" teaching courses with different topics to even a tour of the entire park, in which all species are briefly discussed. We prepared the information appropriate for children and are supplemented by small tasks, games and puzzles. The teaching courses in the park last about two hours and are designed for 25 to 30 participants. In preparation for the classroom teachers with free educational materials at the park headquarters.