Heimattierpark Greifswald

Last visitet 2012

Heimattierpark Greifswald

Anlagen 3
D 17489 Greifswald

Germany


www.zootierliste.de/zoosmap.php?showzoo=10000041
 

Phone: 03834-502279

Open minimum 9am-4pm

Entrance 

• Adult 7,- Euro
• Child 3,50 Euro
• Family* 16,- Euro

• Adult 40,- Euro
• Child 20,- Euro

• 1956:  the idea to build a  zoo for animals from  GDR was created. That same year errection started on a 3.6 hectare site including the  1 hectar swan pond 
• 1957:  A 950 meter long path around the lake is build
• 1958: arise inter alia the first buildings and enclosures like the pheasant aviary, the Swan House and the enclosure for roe.
• 1959:  Various water birds, the fox, monkeys and owls are finding their way to the zoo.
• 1961-62: on the north side of the zoo several enclosures are erected for animals such as deer, pony and donkey.
• 1963-64: Establishment of  a monkey house. In subsequent years, wolves and foxes are kept, built are houses for water and ornamental fowl, a barn for sheep and goats and a pony barn. 
• 1980-89: Reconstruction of the bird house on the island. Construction of cages for lynx, wildcat, Wolf and for dingoes. Construction of the parakeet house.
• 1996: Reclamation and transformation of the enclosure for red deer. Commissioning of the Raccoon enclosure
• 1997: Visitor-friendly redesign of the entrance area with cash house, visitors seating area and a small snack, beverage and souvenirs store.
• 1998: nauguration of petting enclosure and the goat house with grass covering. Rearing of young storks. Inauguration of a building as a natural history info center and a zoo school for natural biology class. Establishment of the "ducks channel" with new water poultry and hatcheries.
• 1999: Construction of a playground, as well as construction of new enclosures for wolves and dingoes, and thus the end of the unsightly cages.
• 2000: Transformation of the lynx enclosure, construction of a mice house, use of the former Dingo cage into a enclosure for porcupines. New to the collection: iguanas, geckos and various amphibians.
• 2001: Inauguration of the prairie dog enclosure, initial  rheas / guanacos share the same enclosure.
• 2002: construction of a natural enclosure for cranes and kangaroos.
• 2004: Opening of the enclosure for Sikas
• 2007: Commissioning of the chicken house and apiary.
• 2008/09:  transformation of the old alpaca house and reopening in a new "design".   Beginning construction of the otter enclosure, transformation of the rabbit enclosure and new  larger Nutria enclosure 
• 2010/11: beginning construction of the budgerigar aviary, new playground at the Chicken house, Construction of the new coati enclosure and aviaries for snowy owls and ferrets
• 2012: Walk in enclosure for wallaby's
• 2013: The old cashiers house is made in to a parot house. A new monkey house is build. The budgerigars get a new home
• 2015: The meerkats and storks get a new home
• 2016:The porcupines and tortoises get a new home
• 2017: Capybaras get a new home
• 2019: Cotton-top tamarins get a new home