# Hankensbüttel Otter Centre

- **Country:** Germany
- **Coordinates:** 52.731389, 10.620000
- **Opened:** 1988
- **Location:** Hankensbüttel, Gifhorn, Germany
- **Zoo Name:** Hankensbüttel Otter Centre
- **Date Opened:** 1988
- **Annual Visitors:** 100000

The Hankensbüttel Otter Centre is a nature experience centre in Hankensbüttel, in the German district of Gifhorn, that is laid out in of open land by a lake known as the Isenhagener See. The Otter Centre showcases the European otter which is a species threatened by extinction, as well as several related species of marten, in a natural environment. The centre is run by the Aktion Fischotterschutz ("Otter Conservation Project"), a state-recognised nature conservation organisation, and is a popular tourist and visitor destination on the southern edge of the Lüneburg Heath.

![Photo of Hankensbüttel Otter Centre](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7b/Otterzentrum_09.jpg)

**Source:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hankensbüttel_Otter_Centre (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)