Hertenkamp
Animal paddock on the Bosrand in Rolde with deer, swans, rabbits and all kinds of poultry. A visit combines well with a walk in the woods next to it.
The Hertenkamp (deer park) is home to deer, swans and rabbits, and to poultry such as chickens, geese, ducks, peacocks and turkeys. In spring ducklings and goslings arrive, in summer the fawns are born, and there are chicks running around all year.
The animals are looked after by volunteers: on weekdays by the volunteers of the care organisation De Trans, at weekends by people from the area. They feed the animals and also look after the Hertenkamp itself.
Dogs must be kept on a lead. You may feed the animals bread, but in moderation: they already get enough to eat.
The Hertenkamp is still here thanks to the village. In 2000 the municipality of Aa en Hunze wanted to cut costs and proposed closing the Hertenkamp and selling the land. This met strong opposition: opposition parties, the village association and business associations took action, and more than 1,500 signatures were collected. The plan was rejected, and the council decided that the people of Rolde would themselves become responsible for the Hertenkamp. On 1 September 2003 its management officially passed to the Stichting Hertenkamp Rolde foundation.
