Park in Mulhouse, which now includes a zoo and botanical garden was founded in 1868 and initially served only four hectares of land. To date, it has significantly expanded its area today is about 25 hectares.

The park was founded at the expense of the citizens, there lived a few species of birds and animals, including deer and kangaroos. Just two years after the opening of the park was forced to close, and all its inhabitants to sell - to make such a move forced the Franco-Prussian War. After the war, the park is privately owned and twice changed ownership. In 1893 it was purchased by the municipality of Mulhouse. After World War II the park was restored fairly quickly - within five years, he accepted the first visitors.

Today, the zoo of Mulhouse inhabit about 1,200 birds and animals almost two hundred species. There are pin mini-zoo with domestic animals, which can be stroked. In it live goats, rabbits and donkeys. From wild animals in the zoo, you can see monkeys, wolves, sea lions, penguins, pelicans.

Botanical garden of the originally representing a small landscaped park, today has several hundred varieties of iris and dahlias, and there are growing tulips, rhododendrons, lilies, hydrangeas, rare plants from the tropics. Plants are grouped into several thematic gardens, a botanical garden and a large collection of conifers and shrubs. Its territory is adorned with fountains, ponds and rockeries. In the park you can have a picnic in a specially equipped place for children organized playground.

In Mulhouse, which is recognized as the city of technical museums, the park is an area of ​​man-made, but no less beautiful, wildlife.