Wildpark Rolandseck, Wildlife park on Rhine hillside in Remagen, Germany.
Wildpark Rolandseck is a private wildlife park on hilly, partly ravine-like ground southwest of Rolandseck, south of Haus Sölling and along the railway line about 100 metres from the Rhine bank. The Kasselbach stream, which flows into the Rhine here, cuts through the largely unspoiled site with its old woodland, grazing clearings and several ponds. Unpaved walking paths lead past large enclosures in the western part and a 16-hectare red deer wood in the eastern half, and a viewing tower built around 1860 looks over the park towards the Siebengebirge and Drachenfels.
The park was created at the initiative of the von Lüdinghausen family, who owned land in Rolandseck, together with forester Robert Küpper and forestry staff over about two years on roughly 350,000 square metres. It opened on 6 October 1971, and Federal Minister Josef Ertl praised it in his opening speech as a "great work for the entire population". By the end of that year it had 10,000 visitors, and 30,000 by mid-May 1972. In 1979 the German Wildgehege-Verband certified it as a "Fachlich geprüftes Deutsches Wildgehege".
The park is run by Wildpark Rolandseck GmbH and is a member of the Deutscher Wildgehege-Verband; in 1979 it was certified as a "Fachlich geprüftes Deutsches Wildgehege" for meeting the standards set out in expert reports of the federal ministry. The wooded grounds south of Haus Sölling are crossed by the Kasselbach, and the animals are kept in large open enclosures and aviaries.
The sloped terrain requires sturdy footwear and takes time to traverse completely during a visit. Animal feed dispensers are positioned at multiple locations, allowing visitors to feed the animals while walking the grounds.
The Kasselbach stream creates natural ponds throughout the park, providing water sources for red deer, fallow deer, mouflon sheep, and wild boars. These water features allow the animals to behave naturally in ways rarely seen in standard enclosures.
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