Bad Berleburg: Wisent Project and Spa in the Wittgensteiner Land
Bad Berleburg lies in the Kreis Siegen-Wittgenstein of Nordrhein-Westfalen, with about 20,760 inhabitants spread across a vast municipal area of forest and dispersed villages. The town gained international attention in 2013 when European bison were released into the surrounding Rothaargebirge as part of a rewilding project, the first free-roaming wisent herd in western Europe. The Schloss Berleburg, residence of the Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg family, stands in the town centre and is partly open for guided tours.
Siegen is roughly 40 kilometres west. Winterberg lies to the north. The Rothaargebirge, a forested mountain range reaching over 800 metres, defines the landscape. Bad Berleburg holds spa status, with a Kneipp-based health infrastructure.
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Bad Berleburg lies in the Kreis Siegen-Wittgenstein of Nordrhein-Westfalen, with about 20,760 inhabitants spread across a vast municipal area of forest and dispersed villages. The town gained international attention in 2013 when European bison were released into the surrounding Rothaargebirge as part of a rewilding project, the first free-roaming wisent herd in western Europe. The Schloss Berleburg, residence of the Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg family, stands in the town centre and is partly open for guided tours.
Siegen is roughly 40 kilometres west. Winterberg lies to the north. The Rothaargebirge, a forested mountain range reaching over 800 metres, defines the landscape. Bad Berleburg holds spa status, with a Kneipp-based health infrastructure.
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