Wildpark Knüll, Wildlife park and zoo in Homberg, Germany.
Wildpark Knüll is a wildlife park and zoo spread across more than 50 hectares of natural terrain, where around 450 animals from about 40 species live in spacious enclosures. The site uses the rolling landscape of the region, providing the animals with room among trees, meadows, and natural features.
Plans for the park began in 1964, and in August 1965 the Fritzlar-Homberg district decided to build a wildlife enclosure on 37 hectares of state forest at the Streuflingskopf. It opened on 1 June 1968 with 28 native animals, including fallow deer, red deer, roe deer, mouflon and dwarf goats. In 1979 the district took over 36 hectares of state land, and the site later grew to about 50 hectares.
The park's name comes from the Knüll mountain range in the region, and it uses the natural landscape to house animals in spacious habitats. Visitors experience the connection between people and nature by observing wildlife in a setting that mimics their natural surroundings.
The park lies above the Rodemann district of Homberg (Efze), near the A7 motorway, and its four kilometres of paths lead past the enclosures and up the wooded Streuflingskopf, which has a wooden viewing tower. The Jagdbaude restaurant and the information centre stand by the entrance. The Wildparkweg runs around the outside of the grounds.
The park's four kilometres of paths pass a wooden observation tower on the wooded Streuflingskopf hill, about 413 metres high, at the northern centre of the grounds. The Wildparkweg runs around the outside of the enclosure, and the park lies near the A7 motorway.
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