The Stork Center at Vetschau

The white stork InfoCenter in the 'Niederlausitz' is situated in Eastern Germany approx. 100 kilometer in the south of Berlin in the Spreewald. You can directly reach it by highway A15, exit Vetschau.
The white stork is the center of the exhibitions in the InfoCenter. However, there are a lot of other things waiting for the visitor: valuable information about numerous species living the Spreewald and nature proctection that can be put into practice by everyone.

Inside the building:

• Exhibition about the white stork (way of life, saving methods, LiveCam)
• Information about national biosphere reserve "Spreewald"
• Common themes in nature conservancy (bird of the year, tree of the year etc.)
• Diorams of the native fish otter and other animals of the Spreewald
• Animals in and near water - Who knows them all?
• NABU, Regionalverband Calau

In the gallery:

• Hornets - a useful and harmless wasp species (with a huge hornet nest)
• Fungus - advising und determination
• Graffiti wall - scene with storks

On the open-air exhibition ground

• "Killing pylons" - How could that danger for great birds be warded off?
• A peasant's garden
• Biologic pest control with the "insect hotel"
• Garden pond - a damp biotope
• Gallery of nesting boxes
• Nature conservancy in the garden plot - a suggestion for visitors to imitate

Address:

NABU-Weißstorchzentrum
Drebkauer Straße 2a
03226 Vetschau/Spreewald

Tel/Fax: 03 54 33 / 41 00

Opening Hours from 1. April 2009 to 30. September 2009:

Tuesday to Sunday incl. holidays
10am to 5pm

Guidances after agreement.

Anfahrtskizze Vetschau