Wildpark Pforzheim, Wildlife park in Pforzheim, Germany
Wildpark Pforzheim is a 16.5-hectare wildlife park founded in 1968 that keeps more than 400 mammals, fish and birds in 70 species. Its grounds include a children's farm, a petting zoo, two playgrounds and the Ewald-Steinle-Haus nature education centre. A separate Wildgehege Büchenbronn enclosure above the Hermannsee, laid out in 1972, holds black and fallow deer and mouflon.
Wildpark Pforzheim was founded in 1968. The Büchenbronn game enclosure, above the Hermannsee, was added in 1972. The Ewald-Steinle-Haus nature education centre was donated in 1997 by the support association under its then chairman Ewald Steinle. The Förderverein Wildpark Pforzheim e. V. was founded in 2006 and has co-financed large projects such as the otter enclosure and the Waldrapp and eagle-owl aviary.
The Ewald-Steinle-Haus, the park's environmental education centre, was donated in 1997 by the support association under its then chairman Ewald Steinle. It hosts regular exhibitions and workshops. The park also runs a tree-identification trail, quizzes for children, and week-long Junior Ranger training at the start and end of the summer holidays; the thousandth Junior Ranger was trained in summer 2019.
The park is open all year from 7 am to 8 pm, and admission is free; only parking is charged. The children's farm, petting zoo and Waldrapp aviary close at 5 pm in summer (4 pm in rainy weather) and 4 pm in winter. Bus line 5 stops at Hochschule/Wildpark, and dogs on a leash are allowed; barbecuing is not.
The Büchenbronn enclosure, part of the park since 1972, lies above the Hermannsee and keeps black deer, fallow deer and mouflon. The park's junior rangers, trained since 2004, help visitors with feeding rules and lost paths; the thousandth junior ranger completed training in summer 2019.
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