Tierpark Alsdorfer Weiher, Alsdorf

Alsdorfer Weiher Zoo is part of the Broichbachtal recreational area and is located in Alsdorf in North Rhine-Westphalia. The area covers 30 hectares and has an animal population of 300 animals in 30 different species.

At the instigation of Helmut Eckert, who was the city director of Alsdorf from 1951 to 1975, the zoo was built in the 1960s between the district of Ofden and the federal highway 57, opened in 1967 and has been increasingly enlarged since then. Furthermore, Helmut Eckert founded the Alsdorf Zoo Association in 1969, of which he was later an honorary member.

The zoo also includes a recreational area that has a climbing playground with a climbing pyramid built in 2012 and a climbing frame in the shape of a ship. The site of the current climbing ship was occupied by the steam locomotive Anna 9 of the Eschweiler Bergwerks-Verein from 1973 to February 2017. This steam locomotive of the type Krupp Hannibal, factory number 1845, built in 1939, was used at the Anna mine from 1959 to 1972. Until the end of 2015, there was also a steam roller of the Ruthemeyer-Werke company in the immediate vicinity. Furthermore, there are two kiosks, a skater track and a restaurant.

On the other side of Theodor-Seipp-Strasse, at the Kahnweiher, is the Boots-House. This includes a beach bar with rentable event location, a pedal boat and BBQ boat rental and the adventure mini golf course opened in summer 2017. There is also a barbecue area above the barge pond, which can be rented. The former mini-golf facility above the Boat House was demolished in late 2018.