🦌 One of five animal enclosures in Kiel, offering close contact with native and naturalized wild animals.
🌳 Open year-round with free admission, it's a popular spot for local recreation.
🌿 Explore 12.7 hectares of grassland lowland with diverse wildlife
🐃 See Aurochs, Bison, Sika deer, and White Heidschnucke sheep
🚶♀️ Enjoy a circular hiking trail connecting to forests and allotment gardens
👨👩👧👦 Great for families, with guided tours available for groups
🏛️ Managed by the Green Spaces Office (Grünflächenamt) of Kiel
🐃 Aurochs
🦬 Bison
🦌 Sika deer
🐑 White Heidschnucke sheep
🏞️ Grassland lowland with a dense hedgerow network
💧 Small ponds and wetlands including reed beds and swamp areas
🌳 Borders the "Hofholz" forest to the east
❄️ January & February: Experience a romantic winter landscape, animals are fed daily
🦌 March: Red deer shed antlers and begin growing new ones rapidly
🌸 April: Fallow deer also shed antlers, new growth starts
🌱 May: Enjoy the dramatic landscape changes with budding trees and returning life
🐣 June: Nursery season with many mother animals giving birth and caring for young
💪 July: Red deer antler growth completes, stags prepare for rut
🍂 August: Fallow deer rub off velvet from antlers