Tierpark Freiberg, Municipal zoo in Freiberg, Germany
Tierpark Freiberg is a small zoological garden about 500 metres southwest of Freiberg's old town, set between Goethestraße, Chemnitzer Straße, Johann-Sebastian-Bach-Straße and Lessingstraße. It keeps roughly 160 animals in twelve genera, among them fallow deer, mouflons, several pig breeds, raccoons, Shetland ponies, donkeys, red foxes and exotic birds. A flock of Skudden sheep supports the conservation of an endangered livestock breed.
From 1958 the Nationales Aufbauwerk der DDR reshaped much of the Johannispark into a Kultur- und Pionierpark, with 435 Mark budgeted for red deer quarters, a bird aviary and a waterfowl house. The foundation stone was laid in 1959, the Pionierorganisation Ernst Thälmann took over the works, and the park was inaugurated in 1961. In the 1980s it held nearly 200 animals of 40 species, and the adjoining Rosengarten hosted the Tierparkkonzerte.
The park serves as a learning space where school groups and kindergartens come to observe animals up close and understand local wildlife. This function has made it an important stop for children discovering the natural world.
The park lies about 500 metres southwest of Freiberg's old town, between Goethestraße, Chemnitzer Straße, Johann-Sebastian-Bach-Straße and Lessingstraße. Admission is traditionally free, so no visitor count is kept. From 2019 the Rosengarten was being fenced in as part of the park, which removed the eastern entrance on Chemnitzer Straße.
The park takes in abandoned exotic pets from across Mittelsachsen under care agreements, and in summer some goats and kids are used in animal-assisted therapy with dementia patients in nursing homes. The 90-square-metre exotic bird aviary opened in July 2018.
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