Game Park Betzenberg

In order to enable citizens and guests of the city of Kaiserslautern to observe game species that can be found in our hunting-grounds or that were to be found there in former times, the Forestry Office established a game open-air enclosure in the forest department "Alter Schlag" - today known as "Wildpark" - in 1970.

In the course of five years, six large individual enclosures were built, a water line with a length of 1.5 kilometers [0.9 miles] was laid and fodder houses as well as open stables were constructed - all with the own two hands. Browsing areas, water places and wallows were created in the enclosures. The animals should live in nature-like surroundings.

The marvelous 120-years-old tree population - mainly oaks and beeches with added conifers - goes perfectly with the wild animals that show themselves naturally to the visitors under the leaf canopy.

With installation and maintenance of the 62-acre game park at the Betzenberg, the city does not only come up to the wishes of the nature-loving population for observation of wild animals, it also makes a valuable contribution to conservation of the wisent, an endangered species.

A humid biotope was laid out in the wisent enclosures - a perfect place for indigenous frogs and batrachians. At the same time, also a possibility for spawning is given to the European toad, which is living in the surroundings.

A Sunday walk is always worth a while. However, on weekdays the wisents, auerochses, wild horses and further animals can be observed, too. Don't forget your binoculars or camera - it's double fun!

Sturdy shoes are advantageous for exploring the game park. Those who choose to access the park from the parking lot on Entersweiler Straße (opposite the Gasthaus & Biergarten Quack - there is also a bus stop with the same name here) must first master a rather steep climb. From the Betzenberg residential area (bus stop Voltairestraße or Spinozastraße), access is possible without much effort.

The game park is free of charge and always accessible.

Anfahrtsskizze Wildpark © Stadt Kaiserslautern

How to get to the 'Wildpark' © Stadt Kaiserslautern