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IU113. BEAR PARK MÜRITZ

LOCATION

Bear Park Müritz is a bear preservation centre near Stuer at the southern tip of Lake Plauer in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. GPS 53°39′N 12°33′E.

1. By 1966kessy – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=49161711

ATRACTION DESCRIPTION

The park is also known as bear sanctuary. It was opened In 2006. There are over a dozen of brown bears offered a safe, friendly, natural home often for those that are neglected or mistreated. They are kept at the area of 16 hectares. Bears can live there as nature intended, in  a varied landscape with mixed woodland, grasslands, forest glades, hillsides and a natural water course.Tourists can get to know the bears by attending  hiking trails with several stations in the forest. There is also a recreation area with 10 meters high wooden tipi. Forests of Müritz belong to the Ancient Beech Forests of Germany.

 

INFORMATION SOURCES (links)

Heritage Class: [ C ]Cultural Heritage  

Subclass [NP] :Waterfronts and traditional harbor areas

WEB PAGES

http://www.baerenwald-mueritz.de/baerenwald-mueritz-2/bear-sanctuary/the-sanctuary/

http://www.vier-pfoten.bg/uk/en/projects/bears/mueritz-sanctuary/bear-park-mueritz-now-the-largest-bear-sanctuary-in-western-europe/

https://www.four-paws.org.uk/projects/bears/mueritz-sanctuary/

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A4renwald_M%C3%BCritz

https://spornitz.vandervalk.de/en/about-us/surroundings/bear-park-muritz