Detmold District
HöxterWarburgLowland European Bison Enclosure Hardehausen
Detmold District
HöxterWarburgLowland European Bison Enclosure Hardehausen
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Lowland European Bison Enclosure Hardehausen
Mountain biking
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4.6
(102)
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4.3
(13)
Hiking
4.3
(6)
Gravel riding
5.0
(1)
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Naturpark Teutoburger Wald / Eggegebirge
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August 4, 2020
Road cycling
•May 10, 2020
Mountain biking
•September 16, 2018
Mountain biking
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the bison enclosure is 170 hectares. The last wild bison in Germany was shot in 1755. In order not to let the largest land mammal in Europe become extinct, the Hardehausen bison enclosure was set up by the state forest management as early as 1958. Since 2004, both bison subspecies, the mountain bison and the lowland bison, have existed in separate enclosures - this is unique in Europe.
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Source: bad-driburg.teutoburgerwald.de/sehen-erleben/sehenswerte/sehenswuerdheiten/waldinformationszentrum-hammerhof-mit-wisentgehege.html
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Elevation 230 m
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