Tierpark Finsterwalde celebrates 55 years with a colorful festival weekend!

Tierpark Finsterwalde celebrates 55 years with a colorful festival weekend!

The big festival weekend is just around the corner: The Finsterwalde zoo celebrates its 55th anniversary on the first weekend in August. All zoo fans and families are cordially invited to commit this special event. The celebrations start on Saturday, August 2, with the Nacht Nacht from 6 p.m., where the night comes alive and numerous exciting activities are on the program. So you can take part in thematic tours and get exciting insights into the animal world of the region in cooperation with NABU at night. The swing band "Porta Fastis" brings musical entertainment into play, which will create a good atmosphere. Niederlausitz current offers some things.

On Sunday, August 3., the traditional zoo festival will take place from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Here, visitors can look forward to an extensive offer: from animal feeding to handicrafts to hands -on offers for children. The Kremser trips and the demonstrations of the youth fire brigade are a highlight of the day. A very special program item will be the inauguration of a new beetle educational trail. The complete festival is rounded off with musical performances by the "Singkreis Lausitz" and the Finsterwald women's choir. Mayor Jörg Gampe takes over the official opening together with animal park manager Torsten Heitmann.

family -friendly activities

A lot is offered for the little visitors! Among other things, there are steam locomotives, face painting, XXL games, archery and a bouncy castle. In addition, the kids themselves can become creative, for example when tinkering and making plush animals or filling teddy bears. Gastronomic is also taken care of: the café at the Schwanenteich has cake, snacks and drinks and the energy offers refreshing drinks and coffee.

The admission prices remain regular on both days, so that families can do a really good business here. In addition, the event also took care of the entertainment of the adults-Clown Dodo will ensure joy through his funny deposits and a raffle raffle.

anniversaries in the zoo

The Finsterwalde zoo is not the only zoo that has been celebrating an anniversary lately. The Chemnitz zoo recently celebrated its 60th anniversary. Here the visitors looked behind the scenes and were able to find out about the important work of species protection. Over the years, the Chemnitz zoo has developed from a small home animal park with a modest animal population to a place that houses over 1,500 animals in 226 species, including many rare species. Such anniversaries show the relevance of the zoo in the field of education and nature conservation.