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Eiszeitliches Wildgehege

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Eiszeitliches Wildgehege

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Eiszeitliches Wildgehege

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Location: Erkrath, Mettmann, Düsseldorf District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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ZEIT WISSEN Podcast

April 7, 2017

In the Ice Age game enclosure, the most important prey animals of the Neanderthals now live well protected in enclosures: aurochs, tarpans (primeval horses) and bison. The cattle and horses, however, are bred, the original species have become extinct.

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Merlinje

June 15, 2020

On an approximately 4-kilometer circular route, there are aurochs, bison and tarpan in a varied landscape of high and valley meadows, forested slopes and the small river Düssel. For small walking gnomes, it is advisable to carry a stretcher as there are steps to climb in several places that are not very friendly to prams. But small summiteers enjoy these natural stairs all the more.

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Tobias

April 26, 2021

The Ice Age Game Reserve Neandertal is a 23-hectare game reserve founded in 1935 in the Neandertal near Düsseldorf.

The animals in the game reserve, heck cattle, heck horses and bison live under largely natural conditions. At the time of the Neanderthals there were also bison here, as well as the aurochs and tarpan horses, which were exterminated in historical times and served as hunting prey for prehistoric man. Heck cattle and horses are breeds intended to resemble aurochs and wild horses in appearance and behavior. These are misleadingly equated with the wild form on the information boards.

Since the game reserve is located in the Neandertal nature reserve, other free-living animals such as gray herons, tree falcons, dormice and others can also be observed.

The walking paths around the game reserve are available free of charge all year round. A circular walk of a good hour leads along the enclosure to the Stone Age workshop near the Neanderthal Museum. The Düssel and the Hofheider Bach flow through the game reserve.
Source: Wikipedia

More information at:
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eiszeitliches_Wildgehege_Neandertal
wildgehege-neandertal.de
neanderthal.de/de/wildgehege.html

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Location: Erkrath, Mettmann, Düsseldorf District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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