Tierpark Zittau, Animal park in Zittau, Germany.
Tierpark Zittau covers seven hectares inside the Weinau Park, a landscaped park laid out in the English style from 1876. Its 380 animals of 70 species, including penguins, kangaroos, llamas, raccoons, lynxes and eagle owls, live in themed areas such as a South America section and walk-through Australia and fallow deer enclosures.
Tierpark Zittau was founded in 1965 and opened to the public in 1968, when it became an enclosed animal park. Its origins reach back to a deer enclosure and a forest bird aviary from the early 19th century. Since 2004 the park has been run by an association.
The zoo calls itself "Zoo im Dreiländereck", referring to the German-Polish-Czech border triangle where Zittau lies. It has been run by a registered association since 2004 and is a partner zoo of the Stiftung Artenschutz. Exhibitions on old farm equipment, bats and fungi, plus a clay-building centre, add to the animal enclosures.
The zoo lies inside the Weinau Park, laid out in the English style from 1876, so paths wind through old parkland rather than a grid. The Australia enclosure and the deer enclosure are walk-through, letting visitors pass among the animals. The grounds cover seven hectares, and since 2004 a registered association runs the site.
The zoo has been run by a registered association since 2004 and is a partner zoo of the Stiftung Artenschutz species conservation foundation. It also displays an exhibition of old agricultural equipment, a bat exhibition, a mushroom exhibition and a clay building centre.
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