Germendorf is a part of Oranienburg, a town in the district of Oberhavel in northern Brandenburg, Germany.

The first documentary mention of Germendorf is in 1395, under the name Gerwendorff, in the Landbuch der Mark-Brandenburg of Charles IV.

This meant that Germendorf effectively moved closer to Berlin and this facilitated the first wave of population growth.

Under the Nazis, between 6,200 and 8,000 prisoners of the Sachsenhausen concentration camp had to perform forced labour in the aircraft works.

On 25 April, the German Oranienburg Bridgehead advanced in order to disrupt the pincer movement of the Russian army.

In the last 10 years, numerous business enterprises have moved to Germendorf and generated hundreds of new jobs.

The founder and owner of the park is the former village elder, Horst Eichholz (born 4 November 1932).

Initially used mainly as a lakeside recreation area, the animal park was established in 2000 after the original site was extended and restructured.

The wildlife park, with an area of 42 hectares, is located in the western part of Germendorf in a former gravel pit.

The gravel pit was formed in the middle of the forest when sand was quarried for the construction of the A19 Berlin–Rostock motorway.

The animal park is financed solely by admission charges, donations, and the owners capital, with no municipal money.

Over 2 days, the bands Mütiilation, Judas Iscariot, Deströyer 666, Horna, Murder Rape, Ork and Trimonium played on a purpose-built stage in the western part of the wildlife park.

[6] There are three hotels or guesthouses in Germendorf: the "Strandhotel" directly adjacent to the park; the hotel "Zum frohlichen Landmann" opposite the village church, and the guesthouse "Pension Markische Heide" on the eastern edge of the village in the direction of Oranienburg.

Germendorf is situated on the Bundesstraße 273, a federal highway which connects the village with the centre of Oranienburg and with Schwante and Kremmen.