Südliche Weinstraße Wildlife Park

Südliche Weinstraße Wildlife Park (Wild- und Wanderpark Südliche Weinstraße)
49°8′24″N 7°55′56″E / 49.14000°N 7.93222°E / 49.14000; 7.93222
Date opened	18 April 1975
Land area	100 hectares
No. of animals	about 400
No. of species	about 15
Annual visitors	100,000
Owner	Marianne Geppert and Michael Müller[1]
Website	http://www.wildpark-silz.de/

The Südliche Weinstraße Wildlife Park (

The park was based on a planning study by the president of the wildlife enclosure section of the International Hunting Association, Heinrich Prinz Reuß. The planning laid particular value on family-oriented amenities and only used land that would otherwise have been abandoned. The then Mayor of Silz, Franz Andelfinger, became involved as the Oberamtsrat at the Südliche Weinstraße county council aiming to unite professional expertise and municipal requirements and to locate the wildlife and walking park in the parish of Silz.

The park was officially handed on 18 April 1975 by the then Minister for Transport and the Economy for Rhineland-Palatinate, Heinrich Holkenbrink.

Features

Species

15 different

• 
  Red deer
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  Snowy owl
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  Red fox
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  European bison

Facilities

As well as a restaurant, kiosk und barbecue hut there is an

External links

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