CH714425A2 - Modular housing system for animals. - Google Patents

Abstract

An animal housing system includes several modules. A module of a housing system for animals comprises a base body (1) with a first (1.1) and a second (1.2) side facing each other. The first side (1.1) has an edge region (1.12) along its entire circumference and a recess (1.13) which is at least partially bounded by the edge region (1.12). The base body (1) has a smaller depth (7.2) everywhere in the edge region (1.12) than in the recess (1.13). The module can be used to create a space-optimized habitat for mammals, amphibians, reptiles and / or insects, in particular for spiny hedgehogs, dormice, dormice, grass frogs, common toads, midwife toads, yellow-bellied toads, European tree frogs, gnats, fire salamanders, grass snakes, wall lizards, ladybugs, wild bees, Butterflies and bumblebees, can be used.

Description

Description TECHNICAL FIELD The invention relates to modules of a housing system for animals and to a set of such modules and a living space system which is constructed from modules according to the invention. Furthermore, the invention relates to the use of modules for the production of a space-optimized habitat for animals, in particular for smaller, domestic wild animals. Finally, the invention also relates to the production of a living space system of inventive modules.

PRIOR ART Already 10 years ago it was recognized that the ecology or the biodiversity increasingly and now dramatically dwindles. The stocks of fish, birds, insects, small mammals, amphibians and reptiles have been halved in recent years and many species are endangered and threatened with extinction. In the meantime, animals count as endangered species whose occurrence is taken for granted by us. Due to the increasing overbuilding and optimization of the consequently more limited agricultural areas, through pesticides and over-fertilization, the habitats for our vital biodiversity are shrinking to a critical extent. Unfortunately, these aspects are often ignored in the design of the environment, whether commercial, multi-family, residential and / or detached. Unfortunately, today's understanding of the natural environment is miles away from the actual needs of the small and very small creatures. There are no new modern solutions.

With the increasing population density and, consequently, the overbuilding of important habitats, it is almost impossible today to maintain sufficient suitable eco-areas for the habitats of distressed species. Years of own observations and experiments in our successful conservation project have shown that it is possible to optimize eco-surfaces and adapt to today's standards in terms of design and materials. With a very flexible modular system existing species can be favored and supported. This can be installed as an additional option in all areas, such as commercial site environments, settlement environments and also in existing nature reserves, for networking and agricultural areas. Whether as a walkway, retaining wall, staircase and / or place design, even a micro-element offers itself as a decoration in the environment, and / or garden design. In addition, there is also an urgent need for people to be sensitized to their habitat environment.

The KR 20 040 075 818 A discloses plates for a floor covering whose top is bulged in the nature of natural stones. Their bottoms have cavities which remain accessible to small animals via passages at the edges of the panels, even when such panels are laid edge to edge. Furthermore, the plates have through holes through which plants can grow.

Such plates can maintain an existing habitat, but do not create new, habitable for animals surfaces: The top offers little hiding places.

DE 20 2017102 361 U1 wants to make it possible to attach or build embankments and walls so that new habitat for animals arises: For this purpose, the bricks at least one up to the opposite side of the stone through opening and a fastener on one Side orthogonal to the sides with opening.

Such bricks limit the extent of the emerging habitats and can be used only in the specific situation that a slope or a wall is needed. In order to actually create a habitat and not just a mere passage, also suitable dwellings must be introduced, which complicates the installation and setup.

The well-known housing systems and their modules thus have the disadvantage that they rarely create more habitat than their construction and that they can hardly be adapted by simple means to the needs of different animals. Other systems and modules are only suitable for special locations.

DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The object of the invention is to provide a housing system for animals which belongs to the technical field mentioned at the outset and which provides living space with various needs for additional living space and is easy to set up in various areas. In particular, the housing system should be flexibly adaptable in order to specifically favor already existing species in an area in a targeted manner. Furthermore, it is the object of the invention to provide modules for such a housing system.

The solution of the problem is defined by the features of claim 1. According to the invention, a module of a housing system for animals comprises a base body. The base body has a first and a second side. The first and the second side are opposite each other. The first side has an edge area along its entire circumference. In addition, the first side has a recess. The recess is at least partially bounded by the edge region.

The base body has a cover plane. The lid plane cuts the first page. The first cut surface is the cut surface of the lid plane and base body. The first cut surface comprises at least one multi-connected area, in particular a double-connected area. The volume enclosed between the cover plane and the base body is greater than all other volumes enclosed between the base body and further planes. These further levels should also have cut surfaces with the base body, each comprising at least one multi-connected area. The distance to the lid plane is a depth. The depth of a point is thus its distance to the cover plane.

The base body has in the edge region everywhere a smaller depth than in the recess.

The edge of the first page bounds the first page. The edge can be sharp, rounded and / or irregular.

The extent of the first page is determined by the edge. The edge area lies everywhere between the recess and the edge. The edge area abuts the edge. The recess can be limited apart from the edge area by ramparts and / or other surveys. In addition, there may also be isolated areas with a smaller depth in the region of the recess, which are surrounded by the recess. Finally, it is also possible that there are areas with a depth similar to and / or greater than that of the recess, which are completely separated from the recess by elevations, which do not belong to the edge area. Furthermore, it is possible that there is more than one recess.

The first cut surface comprises a multi-connected area. As a multi-connected area is here understood an area that is bounded by several self-contained curves. A two-connected region is bounded by two closed curves: Examples of such a region are a ring bounded by an outer circle and an inner circle or a rectangular frame delimited by an inner and an outer rectangle. A three-connected area is similarly bounded by three curves: the colored area of an "8" represents an example of such an area, with a first curve following the outer contour of the "8" and two further curves, each circular. For the purposes of this application, a quadruple coherent area is thus understood to mean an area bounded by 4 closed curves. The other multiple understand themselves analogously. In addition to the multi-contiguous area, the first sectional area may also have other areas: for example, it may give another area within one of the curves that delimits the multi-connected area inwards. An example of such a surface is a rectangular frame with a filled circle in its center that does not touch the frame. The rectangular frame represents a doubly connected area, the filled circle is another area.

A simply connected area is not a multi-connected area.

The depth is a property of each point of the module. It is preferably always determined along the perpendicular to the cover plane and as a distance between the point to be measured and the lid level. The depth is positive in the direction towards the second side. There is no such thing as a negative depth: The distance to points that lie on the side of the cover plane facing away from the second side is called the height. A negative height should also not exist, but should be referred to as depth. If a depth and / or height difference is used and one of the points has a height and a depth, then the depth and / or height difference is the sum of the depth of the one point and the height of the other point. Depth and height difference have the same value.

By a maximum volume is meant here the largest of those volumes which are enclosed between a base body and a plane intersecting the first side and having a sectional area with multiply connected area. Typically, for example, the intersection remains a multi-connected area if you move a plane with this property just a little bit parallel. The trapped volume, however, changes by this shift. Likewise, in some cases, even slight tilting does not result in a substantial change in the shape of the cut surface, but possibly in a change in volume.

An illustrative representation of the cover plane is the following: If the base body is oriented such that the perpendicular is perpendicular to the cover plane, then the base body can be filled with water up to the cover plane (if it is watertight) without overflowing. In addition, there is no further orientation of the base body in which he could grasp an even larger volume.

The highest or least lowest points of the edge region may be different high or low. Thus it is possible that the plane on which a module lying on the edge region is not equal to the cover plane. Thus, even in this orientation, there can be passages between a floor and the edge area, through which small animals can reach the area between the floor and the recess.

In order to decide which positions of the first side belong to the edge region and which to the recess, a parting plane can be defined: The parting plane is parallel to the top plane and also through the lowest point of the edge. All points of the first side, which have a greater depth than the parting plane, may belong to the recess. All points of the first page that are smaller or the same depth as the parting plane may belong to the edge area. For a spot to definitely belong to the edge area, it should now also lie in the strip along the edge. In order for a location definitely belongs to the recess, it should also be at least partially limited by the edge area. The first page can therefore also have locations that belong neither to the edge area nor to the recess.

Preferably, the highest or least lowest points of the edge region are substantially the same height or deep. This simplifies the manufacture of the modules and reduces the risk of accidentally breaking off pieces of the base body and / or getting stuck during assembly.

The recess in the base body allows each to introduce animal-specific material in a particularly simple manner: material such as water, earth, clay, stones, wood, moss, leaves, grass, brushwood, branches, hay, straw, compost , Manure, bark, pine cones, snail shells, wood wool and / or hollow plant stems can easily be put into it. So also the respective desired climatic conditions can be created. The edge area prevents the material from falling out again. This retention device for water and / or nesting material, which is already integrated in the module, makes the construction of the living space system easy and the built-up modules resistant.

In one embodiment, the module has a basic shape. The module has a shaping plane. The shaping plane lies parallel to the cover plane. There is a second intersection between the shape plane and base body and this second intersection is a simply contiguous area. The surface area of the second cut surface is the largest of the surface areas of all cut surfaces of planes parallel to the shape plane with the base body, which are also simply connected areas. The basic form of the module is the shape of the boundary curve of the second cut surface.

In this embodiment, the basic shape is essentially a trapezoid, a triangle, a pentagon or a hexagon.

In a preferred embodiment, the basic shape is essentially a symmetrical trapezoid, a symmetrical pentagon, an equilateral triangle or an equilateral hexagon.

A simply connected area is an area bounded by exactly one curve. So it has no holes. Examples of simply connected areas are filled circles, rectangles, triangles, hexagons, trapezoids, pentagons.

These basic shapes can be combined with each other and with each other to a variety of forms. In particular, approximately circular surfaces can be created: thus, two equal trapezoids can be combined to form a hexagon, as can two symmetrical pentagons or six equilateral triangles. Such a hexagonal arrangement has a comparatively small circumference to total area ratio: For an area of 1 unit square, the circumference of the equilateral hexagon is only 3.72 unit length, which is much closer to the ideal of the circle of 3.54 unit length than, for example, a square with 4 unit perimeter. A small perimeter to area ratio makes it easier for the animals to retain the heat in their hiding place, as most of the heat from the modules is lost over the area between the first and second sides.

However, the preferred basic forms can also be combined and stacked easily and in many variants: Thus, a module with a trapezoidal basic shape can be placed on three modules with a triangular basic shape. Similarly, a module with symmetrical pentagonal shape can fit on one trapezoidal and two triangular modules.

The choice of shapes thus allows a great deal of flexibility in the arrangement of the modules without that many different basic shapes would be needed.

In one embodiment, the largest side length of the basic shape of a module is 20 to 200 cm, preferably 50 to 150 cm.

If the basic shape is a circle or another shape without recognizable sides, the largest diameter of the basic shape of the module is preferably in the range from 20 to 200 cm, preferably from 50 to 150 cm.

This size range has the advantage that the modules can be moved and mounted by hand and / or with only light tools such as handcart and / or wheelbarrows. A transport by car or small van is still possible, so that even a layman without special equipment can get the modules and place. At the same time, however, the modules are so large that a sufficiently large habitat is created for small animals and, if necessary, frost-proof areas can be created for wintering.

In one embodiment, the second side forms a single contiguous planar bearing surface.

The module has a support plane. When the module is placed on the second side, it is stable in the support plane. The bearing surface or the bearing surfaces are the areas of the second side with which the module touches the support plane, if it is stable on the support plane.

If in the following is spoken of a support surface, so unless otherwise stated, in the case of a module several support surfaces analogously means all bearing surfaces of the module concerned.

Such a module is easy to manufacture and very robust, since it is dispensed with larger boards and / or indentations on the second side. Such a module can be placed with the support surface on the floor and is there virtually tip over. The recess can appreciate animals of the cool, for example, rabbits, be used. If such a module with the first side towards the bottom, so forms between the module and the

Floor one cave for animals and a second module can be set without precise alignment on the first module, where it provides more hiding places, for example, can be used as watering and / or bird bath.

In other embodiments, the second side comprises a plurality of bearing surfaces, all of which lie in a support plane.

This makes it possible to provide the support surface with smaller holes and dents through which a water permeability can be achieved and / or enhanced and / or allows a vegetation with moss, lichens and / or other plants. Preferably, such holes are not continuous, but blind holes.

However, this embodiment also makes it possible to provide stilts on the second side, which protect the module from slipping off in sloping terrain in which they drill into the ground. Stilts and / or pillars may also allow a certain distance to the ground, which is beneficial for small animals that can crawl between the pillars and / or stilts and also facilitates the seepage of water.

In one embodiment, the support plane and the cover plane are substantially parallel to each other.

This means that a standing on flat surfaces of its support surfaces module is oriented such that the recess can hold the largest possible volume. This is to be welcomed in many cases, as the animals can certainly be provided with sufficient material without the module being unnecessarily bulky.

In another embodiment, the support plane and the cover plane are not parallel to each other.

Such an embodiment may be advantageous if, due to the nature of the terrain on which the modules are to be placed, it is necessary and / or desirable to have individual bearing surfaces that are deeper than others. These may be, for example, stilts and / or spikes, which represent a kind of anchoring in the ground and / or compensate for a slope.

Also, alignment of the modules during stacking can be forced by a non-parallel support plane.

In one embodiment, the module has a module thickness. The module thickness is the sum of the depth of the lowest point of the module and the height of the highest point of the module. The squared module thickness in this embodiment is smaller than the area of the basic shape. In a preferred embodiment, the ratio of the squared module thickness to the area of the basic shape is less than or equal to 0.2, more preferably less than or equal to 0.1, in particular less than or equal to 0.05.

The highest point of a module may lie on a pillar. The lowest point of a module may be on the second side on a support surface.

From this ratio of area and module thickness results in particularly flat modules. Such modules are particularly tip over and give just smaller animals enough space. Also, even smaller animals can overcome a height difference in module thickness and thus regardless of whether a module with the first or the second side is on the floor, reach the top side and use as a living space.

In a preferred embodiment, the ratio of the squared module thickness to the area of the basic shape of a residential module is less than 0.05.

In one embodiment, a module is characterized in that the ratio of the sum of the height of the highest point of the module and the depth of the lowest point of the recess to the module thickness is greater than 0.6, in particular greater than 0.7.

In particular, the ratio of the sum of the height of the highest point of the housing module and the depth of the lowest point of the recess to the module thickness is between 0.6 and 0.85, preferably between 0.7 and 0.75.

In particular, the ratio of the sum of the height of the highest point of the module without pillar and the depth of the lowest point of the recess to the module thickness is greater than 0.8.

A comparatively large ratio makes the modules easier, since they have less material. Residential modules are preferably well stackable and constructed preferably more stable. Modules without pillars are preferably simply placed with their recess up on a floor or other modules. Therefore, it is possible to construct them even easier than the residential modules.

In one embodiment, a module is characterized in that the ratio of the height of the module's module's highest point to module thickness is less than 0.8, and in particular that the ratio of the height of the highest point of a module to module thickness is between 0.4 and 0.8 between 0.5 and 0.65.

In an illustrative example of the preferred variant of this embodiment of a residential module, the base body is therefore "responsible" for about half the module thickness and the remaining thickness comes from the pillars. The pillars are so comparatively short which in turn increases the tipping stability.

In one embodiment of a module, the module thickness is between 4 and 30 cm. Preferably, the module thickness for a residential module between 5 and 9 cm. Preferably, the module thickness for a module without pillar is between 7 and 30 cm.

The module thickness is preferably selected on the one hand adapted to the size of the animals, which should find a habitat in the module and on the other hand so that at least residential modules can be stacked well and stable. For example, modules without pillars can be filled with water and used as potions and / or ponds and preferably have a somewhat larger module thickness, so that a sufficiently large volume of water can be kept, which does not evaporate or freeze too quickly.

In one embodiment of a module, a first wall extends from a first location of the edge area to a second location of the edge area and / or to a first location of a second wall. The first wall cuts and / or touches the lid plane along its entire length. Preferably, the first wall is straight.

A wall thus results in that there is more than one recess in a module. This makes it possible to provide differently filled recesses in a module: For example, a recess may be filled with a moist material such as water, loam and / or moist soil and a second recess with dry material such as wood, straw, hay and / or stones. Thus, a module can be used by several species of animals and / or by an animal with different needs.

Preferably, a pillar is located at the first point in the edge region. Preferably, a pillar is located at the second location in the edge region and / or at the first location of the second wall. Preferably, the wall extends from pillar to pillar.

In one embodiment of a module, the recess has a strip along the entire edge region bordering it. The strip has a substantially uniform strip width. At any point in this stripe, a local pitch angle is greater than the local pitch angle for each point of the recess outside that stripe. Preferably, the local pitch angle is substantially the same for substantially all points within the stripe and preferably has a value between 45 ° and 80 °, more preferably between 60 ° and 70 °. The local slope angle of each point is determined by determining the ratio of the depth difference between position and center point and radius for all positions on a circle on the first side centered on the point, and an arc sine function on the largest of these Conditions is applied.

If the module has ramparts and these delimit the considered recess, the strip preferably also extends along the sections of the ramparts delimiting the recess.

Points whose local pitch angle is 90 ° should preferably not belong to the strip. The radius of the circle should preferably be small compared to the typical structure size in the recess, for example 1/100 or 1/1000 of a maximum diameter of the recess. Most preferably, the circle has an infinitesimal radius.

The stripe width is preferably the shortest distance between a point on the transition between the stripe and the rest of the recess and a point on the transition between the stripe and the edge region.

The strip may provide a transition between a deeper part of the recess and the edge area. Similar to a ramp, animals can push simple material out of the recess. Small animals will also facilitate leaving the recess or even made possible. In addition, the module can be cleaned more easily.

In one embodiment of a module, the recess, at least outside the strip, if any, is flat. Preferably, the recess, at least outside the strip if there is one, everywhere the same depth.

A flat recess is easier to clean than an uneven recess.

A recess of the same depth throughout prevents the filling from slipping by the action of gravity when the module is oriented so that it can accommodate a maximum volume. If the material of the filling permits, a uniformly thick layer of the filling material forms in the recess in this embodiment.

In one embodiment of a module, the depth of the recess also varies outside the strip and is therefore not the same everywhere. The recess is therefore not even outside of the strip.

This has the advantage that the material slides less well in the recess and thus flat and / or elongate material can be easier to set up, e.g. Sticks and / or stalks to a kind of tipi or tent.

In addition, this results in a larger surface in the recess, which is advantageous if a plentiful growth, for example, with moss and / or algae is desired, and / or smaller animals even more hiding is to be offered.

If the recess of the module filled with water, there are also shoals and / or islands that can use animals as resting places.

A housing module of an animal housing system comprises one of the modules described above and three or more pillars. The module has a support plane. If the module is placed with the second side down on a plane, it is stable in the support plane. The pillars are all from the first page. The pillars all end in a first level. The first level is parallel to the support plane. In each case, a second level is spanned by two pillars each. Each of the second levels has one of two options: a. The module has a first opening within the respective second level. This first opening is bounded by the pillar spanning the respective second plane and the first side. or b. In the relevant second level is a wall. The wall is connected by at least one predetermined breaking point with at least one of the two pillars spanning the respective second plane and / or the first side.

The pillars preferably end higher than the highest point of the edge region.

The bearing surfaces and the pillars are preferably arranged so that when stacking equally aligned living modules meet the bearing surfaces, which lie in the support plane, and the tops of the pillars, which lie in the first plane.

The pillars allow residential modules to be stacked in such a way that all support levels of the stacked living modules are parallel to one another. This contributes to stability and allows higher stacking.

The first opening is preferably bounded by the pillars spanning the second plane, the first side and the first plane.

For every two pillars there is a second level. For four pillars A, B, C and D, there is a first second plane between A and B; a second plane between A and C, a third second plane between A and D, a fourth second plane between B and C, a fifth second plane between B and D, and a sixth second plane between C and D. Stand for each of these second planes now both options open, regardless of the state of the other second levels: Thus, for example, between A and B a wall with predetermined breaking point to pillar B out there; between B and C be a first opening; between C and D a wall with predetermined breaking point connected to the first side; between A and D a wall with predetermined breaking points connected to pillars A and D be; between A and B and B and C again be a first opening.

The wall is connected by a predetermined breaking point with at least one of the pillars and / or the first side or separated from the pillars and / or the first side. There is no connection of a wall with a pillar or the first side, which has no predetermined breaking point.

By this design of a residential module, it can be better adapted to the needs of an animal: The height of the pillars determines how large the passage between the floor and a laid down with the arrows to the module module or between two stacked modules. By targeted detachment of the walls and / or covering the first openings, the module can be designed to be more open or closed. When covering the openings, material may be leaned against the pillars and / or clamped between and / or otherwise secured to them.

In one embodiment, the base body of a module is substantially prismatic. The support plane should run parallel to the cover plane, so that the distance between the support plane and the first plane is equal to the module thickness. The second side is also preferably substantially flat.

In one embodiment, the basic shape is equal to the outline of the edge of the first page. A side length of the basic shape is preferably equal to the length dimension and / or equal to the pond module length extent.

In one embodiment, the pillars have a constant cross-section.

In one embodiment, the pillars are completely off the edge region and the edge region has a substantially the same width substantially everywhere, which is substantially equal to the width of the pillars.

Preferably, the edge region lies with the major part of its entire surface in the cover plane, ie the edge region comprises a flat part.

Preferably, the tops of the pillars lie completely in the first plane.

In one embodiment of a residential module at least three pillars are from the edge region.

Thus, first openings and / or walls, the outer sides of the module are bordered by the edge region and two pillars. So it forms a kind of three-sided frame. This facilitates on the one hand again the attachment of material with which the first opening is adapted to the needs of animals and the removal of the wall. On the other hand, the recess is kept free, so that the animals have more space. Finally, this arrangement causes the pillars are placed quite close to the outer edge of the housing module, which improves the tilt stability of the modules, especially if they are on the pillars and therefore overhead bearing surfaces are un-uniformly loaded.

In one embodiment of a residential module, the pillars are substantially perpendicular to the lid plane.

If the residential element is aligned such that the largest possible volume can be accommodated by the recess, then the cover plane is perpendicular to the perpendicular direction. The pillars arranged perpendicularly to the cover plane in this embodiment thus stand in the vertical direction, so that they are essentially only subjected to compression in a stack of modules, in particular living modules, and do not act on them in additional buckling forces. This arrangement is therefore particularly stable and makes less stringent demands on the material of the pillars and their attachment to the base body.

In one embodiment, the pillars are parallel to each other.

Parallel pillars, which are not perpendicular to the cover plane, may be of particular interest when an alignment of the residential element is sought in which not the largest possible volume of the recess should be used and / or a targeted overflow of the recess in one direction is sought. Then, the pillars can be arranged in the vertical direction, without being perpendicular to the lid plane.

Finally, parallel pillars can also be used as a design means and / or to allow a portion of the recess is not covered in a stacked modules of an overlying module: Thus, an uncovered part of a recess a bird as a sand bath and Landing place serve and a subsequent, hidden part as a retreat. Similarly, the uncovered part of lizards and / or snakes could serve for sunbathing and the hidden part as a hiding place.

In one embodiment, at least two pillars form a cross shape.

By mutual support of the pillars with each other a great stability is achieved. In addition, instead of a large one, there are several smaller first openings and / or walls. This makes it easier to provide small passages.

In one embodiment, the wall covers only a portion of an opening area. The opening area is in the second level and is bounded by the spanning two pillars, the first side and the first level.

In particular, the ratio of the area covered by the wall in the second plane to the area of the opening area is between 20 and 80%, preferably between 40 and 60%.

Such partially open and partially covered by a wall surfaces between two pillars allow factory adjustment of the modules to special animals and at the same time leave the user the freedom to cut the wall, the module in the form of a module with first openings bring. The resulting larger openings can in turn be at least partially re-adjusted by the user by selectively introducing material. In addition, smaller walls reduce the weight of the modules, which simplifies their handling.

In one embodiment, the wall may be removed along the predetermined breaking point of the pillars and the first side, so that a second opening is formed, which has a predetermined shape. The removal is preferably a break-out.

In particular, the second opening may have the same properties as a first opening.

The predetermined shape is predetermined by the predetermined breaking point, the pillars and the second side.

The removal of the wall can be done by breaking out, sawing out, cutting out and / or similar methods. The predetermined breaking point is a local weakening of the material of the wall, so that, depending on the method, a tool moves there particularly easily along and / or through or breaks the material along this line in a particularly simple manner and / or breaks by a force.

Preferably, the method for removing the wall is a break-out: By train, pressure and / or a blow to the wall this breaks and that along the predetermined breaking point. Preferably, a blow with a common household hammer and / or a footstep suffice to remove the wall and produce the desired second opening. Thus even a layman can bring the modules into the desired shapes without special tools and special knowledge.

In one embodiment, the bearing surfaces of their extension and their arrangement in the support plane essentially correspond to the extension and the arrangement of the pillars in the first plane.

Thus, the modules can be stacked so that touch each pillar and support surface. The free volume between such stacked modules is not limited by excessively extended pillars and / or bearing surfaces.

In one embodiment of a living module, at least one of the support surfaces on dents and / or holes whose respective surface in the support plane is preferably smaller than the smallest surface of a pillar in the first plane, in particular their respective surface in the support plane is smaller than one-fifth of the smallest area of a pillar in the first level.

Since not necessarily each support surface is in contact with a pillar, it may be advantageous to structure the support surfaces something to promote, for example, the vegetation by plants and / or to influence a water permeability and / or storage. In order to ensure a secure contact between the pillar and the bearing surface, however, the structures should preferably be smaller than the pillar concerned. In order to give a user as much freedom as possible in the positioning of the modules, the structures should preferably be smaller than the smallest pillar. Decisive in this case is the surface of the pillar in the first plane, since this surface should at least partially come into contact with the bearing surface in some arrangements of the modules.

In one embodiment, the predetermined breaking point consists of the same material as the wall, but the material thickness is less than 90%, preferably less than or equal to 75%, more preferably less than half the maximum material thickness of the remaining wall.

This makes it possible to make the wall with the predetermined breaking point of a material, which is particularly simple. A predetermined breaking point with lower material thickness than the rest of the wall has the advantage that the user can easily recognize their course and existence.

But it is also possible to manufacture the predetermined breaking point of a weaker material and / or to weaken the material of the wall, for example with additives and / or by a suitable treatment. A predetermined breaking point by such a treatment can be generated, for example, by a stress in the material caused by special heat and / or cooling applications during manufacture. The material may be locally more porous in the region of the predetermined breaking point and / or perforated.

In one embodiment, the predetermined breaking point consists of wood while the pillars and / or the base body at least partially made of concrete. Such a predetermined breaking point can be clearly recognized and due to the different stability and machinability of the materials, the wall can be easily removed, for example by breaking out or sawing out.

In one embodiment, the housing module has at least one wall with a predetermined breaking point, which is connected to both pillars and to the first side.

Such a wall sits despite the breaking point comparatively firmly in the second opening. This has the advantage that accidental breaking out of the wall on the transport is difficult and that there are also no or only shorter columns through which wind can penetrate through the closed with this wall second opening.

In one embodiment of a residential module, the predetermined breaking point connects the wall only to the first side and columns separate the wall from the pillars.

Such a wall is easier to remove and when removing there is no risk that the pillars are weakened.

In one embodiment, the predetermined breaking point connects the wall to only one of the pillars and columns separate the wall from the other pillar and the first side.

Also, this wall is easier to remove. If the first side is unevenly shaped in the region of the wall, such a fastening can avoid a complicated shaped predetermined breaking point. The manufacture and removal of such a wall are therefore simplified.

In one embodiment of a residential module, each of the pillars stands either from the edge area and / or from a wall.

On the pillars and on the ramparts as well as on the edge area, material can be fastened and / or leaned in order to close off the first and / or second openings if required.

A housing module with several recesses can thus be subdivided into several separate or largely separate "rooms". It allows different species to share a module, despite different needs.

In one embodiment of a residential module pillars and base body are integrally formed. In particular, the pillar and base body are a cast part.

The one-piece construction results in a particularly stable module. As a casting, it is particularly easy to hurry.

In another embodiment of a residential module, pillars and base bodies are separate parts fastened together by fasteners such as screws, glue, nails, rivets and / or clamps.

E in such a module can be stored and transported without assembled pillars, which simplifies this.

In another embodiment of a residential module, individual components are cast. For example, pillars and / or walls can be prefabricated and poured into the casting of a base body in this. Also, a part of the base body and / or the pillars and / or the walls may be prefabricated and then re-poured or poured and thus obtain its final shape.

Residential modules of this embodiment allow various materials to be easily combined. For example, wooden walls can be cast at least partially into a base and / or pillars of concrete. But even if only one material is used, the manufacture can be simplified: Thus, a mold can be made simpler if the pillars and / or possibly walls can already be put into this mold ready.

In one embodiment, in a housing module base body and pillars made of concrete, in particular from Sickerbeton, made of wood, burnt clay and / or plastic. The plastic may in particular be a plastic made of recycled material.

Concrete and plastic can be easily poured into a desired shape. Sickling concrete is permeable to water, preventing puddles and accumulation of water where it is not desired. Wood and fired clay are suitable natural materials. Plastic made of recycled material is cheap and stable. Surfaces made from all these materials can be made sufficiently rough to give animals a secure grip while running and climbing without the hassle of machining them.

In one embodiment, base bodies and / or pillars and / or walls are made of different materials. Preferably, the base and pillars are made of concrete or plastic and the walls are of wood.

By the different materials of this embodiment, the module can be well adapted to its tasks: For example, a base body made of Sickerbeton prevent waterlogging, while another concrete gives the piers special carrying capacity and wooden walls allow at least rodents also a certain adjustment of their living space ,

In one embodiment, a housing module comprises nesting material in the recess, preferably soil, loam, stones, wood, moss, leaves, grasses, twigs, branches, hay, straw, compost, manure, bark, pine cones, snail shells, wood wool and / or hollow plant stems.

The selection of the nesting material and in general the presence of nesting material make the housing module appealing to animals and virtually "ready to move in". The settlement of animals is thus often much faster than without already lying in the recess nesting material. In addition, by choosing the material, the reference can be promoted by one particular species over another.

Without nesting material inserted by humans, it may take a long time for the animals to have the modules set up to their liking. In order to promote this process, suitable materials in close proximity to the modules can be made available to the animals.

In one embodiment of the housing module, the edge region varies along the circumference of its depth and / or height. Between each two pillars results in a curved profile line. Preferably, the derivation of this profile line, in a representation as a mathematical function with a position along the circumference as a function argument and the local height and / or depth as a function value, changes sign several times.

In the representation required here as a mathematical function, the value of the depth is preferably multiplied by minus 1, so that the depths and height values result in a continuous line without jumps.

Such a curved profile line leads to a first or second opening, which can be particularly well partially closed: The insertion of a board with straight edges leads, for example, depending on the shape of the profile line to one or more larger or smaller openings. For example, it allows you to quickly set up the modules, which hardly requires any specialist knowledge of the needs of different animal species.

If the derivative changes its sign several times, it is possible in a simple manner to produce a plurality of small openings in the first or second opening.

Another aspect of the invention relates to a pond module of a housing system for animals.

A pond module of a housing system for animals comprises a module of a housing system for animals, wherein a water-permeable layer, preferably made of water-permeable material, particularly preferably of silt concrete, is applied to the edge region.

Preferably, the base body of a pond module is impermeable to water.

A pond, which results from filling a pond module with water, has the advantage that it can hardly overflow. If the level rises to the level of the water-permeable layer, the water seeps through this layer. The level drops back to the depth of the upper edge of the impermeable material.

An overflow of a body of water is particularly dangerous for larvae and tadpoles, as these often stay on the surface and are thus flushed out when overflowing. Once on the ground, these animals do not come back into the water and die.

The water-permeable material may have this property out of itself and / or by e.g. Perforation designed so that it is permeable to water. The openings and / or pores, through which water penetrates through the material, should preferably be smaller than a typical tadpole and / or larva that one wishes in this body of water. Larger openings can be closed with grids, fabrics and / or filter materials sufficiently far that there is no danger of flooding.

In another embodiment, there is no water-permeable layer but at a large depth in the recess, a valve which opens at a certain water pressure. This water pressure is reached when the level has a desired height. If it is ensured that the animals of interest are primarily at the surface of the water, a drain in the lower area is no danger to them.

In one embodiment, the base body of a module is substantially prismatic. The support plane should run parallel to the cover plane, so that the distance between the support plane and the first plane is equal to the module thickness. The second side is also preferably substantially flat.

In one embodiment, the basic shape is equal to the outline of the edge of the first page. A side length of the basic shape is preferably equal to the pond module length extent.

Preferably, the edge region lies with the major part of its entire surface in the cover plane, that is, the edge region comprises a flat part.

In one embodiment, the base body of a pond module is made in one piece of a water-impermeable material, preferably of suitable concrete and / or plastic.

Concrete and plastic can be easily poured into the desired shape and are water-impermeable in many forms. Plastic is lighter than concrete, which simplifies transport and installation. Concrete, on the other hand, is safer due to its higher density and is also not suspected of giving off microplastics. The one-piece design makes it easy to produce a waterproof base body.

In one embodiment of a pond module, the water-permeable layer is 1 to 3 cm high.

A significantly higher layer makes it difficult for animals such as frogs and amphibians to leave the pond quickly. According to experience, a less high layer does not allow water to pass through it sufficiently quickly to effectively prevent overflowing in case of heavy rainfall in middle latitudes.

A water-permeable layer of more than 3 cm, for example up to 10 cm in height, can be made animal-friendly, that it increases from the recess slowly and / or stepped up to their full height. An embodiment with such a high water-permeable layer can be used, for example, in areas with frequent heavy rainfall, since overflow is thus prevented even with a rapid increase in level.

In one embodiment, a pond module has the basic shape of an equilateral hexagon with a side length between 50-150 cm, preferably between 90-110 cm.

This form combines a comparatively large capacity with a variety of possible combinations with other modules. In the sizes specified here, the modules can still be transported and installed by hand or with light aids. At the same time the water surface is big enough for frogs, amphibians and other amphibians to feel well.

In one embodiment, the module thickness of the pond module is between 5 and 30 cm.

The amount of water that can be detected by such a module is large enough not to completely dry out in the shade in the middle latitudes under normal conditions. At the same time, the water depths that can be achieved in such modules are sufficient for many amphibians. In addition, the modules filled with water are not excessively heavy, so that an excessive sinking and sinking of the modules hardly occurs on average solid ground.

In one embodiment of a pond module, the depth of the recess varies significantly. In particular, there are locations in the recess with depths less than 50% of the deepest depth, which are completely surrounded by locations with depths greater than 50% of the deepest depth.

If the pond module is filled with water, the less deep places, depending on the water level, represent islands and / or shoals that serve animals as resting places. The varying depth also increases the surface of the recess: algae and other vegetation find more space and so there is enough food for animals such as tadpoles. In addition, a recess with varying depth offers more hiding places and better camouflage through light and shadow play. The at least partial shading can prevent heating of the water and / or at least delay.

[0158] A set for a housing system for animals comprises two or more modules.

By combining two or more modules, living spaces suitable for different animals can be produced.

In one embodiment, a set comprises modules each having at least one planar surface connecting the first and second sides. This flat surface has a length extension parallel to the forming plane. For each of the modules, there is at least one other module having the same length extension. Preferably, at least two, in particular all modules are the living modules, the same distance between the first level and support level.

At least two modules from such a set can be placed with their flat surfaces together. For example, hexagons can be formed from equilateral triangles, symmetrical pentagons and symmetrical trapezoids, which in turn can be combined into honeycomb patterns. Other forms can also be combined to form larger living spaces for animals.

If the modules have the same distance between the first plane and the support plane and these modules are arranged on a flat surface, a second layer of such modules can be stacked on the layer arranged on the planar surface. All bearing planes and all first planes remain parallel to each other during stacking and parallel to the flat surface on which the bottom layer of modules rests.

[0164] In one embodiment, a kit for a housing home animal comprises at least one pond module and at least one housing module. The at least one pond module has at least one flat surface which connects the first and the second side and has a pond module length extent parallel to the shaping plane. At least one of the living modules has a length extension equal to the pond module length extension.

The equality of the length expansion of the residential module and the pond module length expansion allows housing module and pond module to be placed directly abutting each other on the flat surface.

Preferably, the greatest distance between a point on the first side and the support plane of the pond module is greater than the distance between the support plane and the first plane of at least one housing module. The length expansion of this residential module is equal to the pond module length expansion.

In a situation where the housing module and the pond module are on the same flat surface, namely the pond module on its support plane and the housing module either on its first level or on its support plane, the pond module protrudes higher (ie away from the plane Area on which it stands) as the housing module. Thus, an animal can not accidentally fall out of or from the housing module into the recess of the pond module.

Moreover, if the living module and the pond module adjoin one another directly, the housing module of animals that want to be in the water, which may be located in the pond module, can also use the housing module as a kind of staircase. This set thus allows animals on the one hand to allow access to the water of a water-filled pond module and on the other hand to prevent accidental falling in.

Preferably, the greatest distance between a point on the first side and the support plane of the pond module is smaller than the distance between the support plane and the cover plane in the edge region, which faces the pond module of at least one residential module. The length expansion of this residential module is equal to the pond module length expansion.

In a situation in which the housing module and the pond module are on the same flat surface, namely the pond module and the housing module on its support plane, the edge region extends at least as far as the edge of the main body of the pond module. Thus, an animal can get directly from the water in the housing module and vice versa and find protection as soon as necessary.

In one embodiment, a set for a housing system for animals comprises at least two modules from the following list: a) A housing module with a basic shape that has a symmetrical pentagon with side lengths G, 0.5 * x, x, x, and 0.5 * x where G is the product of x and the square root of 3. b) A residential module with a basic shape, which is a symmetrical trapezoid with side lengths 2 * x, x, x and x. c) A housing module with a basic shape, which is an equilateral triangle with the side length x. d) A pond module with a basic shape, which is an equilateral hexagon with the side x.

Preferably, a set for a housing system for animals comprises the first three modules, ie the modules of points a), b) and c) of the above list. Particularly preferably, a set for a housing system for animals comprises all modules from the above-mentioned list, ie modules of points a), b), c) and d).

A preferred set for a housing system for animals comprises a housing module with a basic shape, which is a symmetrical pentagon with side lengths G, 0.5 * x, x, x, and 0.5 * x, where G is the product of x, and the square root 3, and a residential module having a basic shape that is a symmetrical trapezoid with side lengths 2 * x, x, x, and x, and a living module having a basic shape that is an equilateral triangle with side x length.

A particularly preferred set for a housing system for animals comprises a housing module with a basic shape which is a symmetrical pentagon with side lengths G, 0.5 * x, x, x, and 0.5 * x, where G is the product of x, and the Square root of 3, and a residential module with a basic shape that is a symmetrical trapezoid with side lengths 2 * x, x, x, and x, and a residential module with a basic shape that is an equilateral triangle with side x and a pond module with a basic shape , which is an equilateral hexagon with side x.

Modules having these basic shapes and aspect ratios are particularly well and easily arranged in a variety of shapes, particularly in hexagon patterns. Thus, compact and adapted to the existing space conditions compact habitats for animals can be created.

In one embodiment, G is between 0.5 and 1 m, preferably between 0.9 and 1.1m, more preferably 1 m long.

An animal housing system includes a kit for such a housing system. At least two, preferably three, four, five, six or more residential modules of the same basic shape are stacked in such a way that either a) the pillars of the first residential module are on the floor and the pillars of the second residential module are on the support surface of the first residential module or b ) is the support surface of the first living module on the floor and the support surface of the second living module on the pillar of the first living module or c) the support surface of the first housing module is on the ground and the pillars of the second housing module are on the pillars of the first residential module.

In any case, at least one cavity is created. Preferably, at least in a part of the recesses nesting material, so that the housing system is adapted to the needs of at least one species. Preferred nesting material is soil, clay, stones, wood, moss, leaves, grasses, twigs, branches, hay, straw, compost, manure, bark, pine cones, snail shells, wood wool and / or hollow plant stems.

Preferably, the first and / or second openings between the pillars are altered by keeping open or covering them with wood, leaves, stones, loam and / or other materials so that the housing system is adapted to the needs of at least one animal species.

The arrangement of the living modules allows a first adaptation to a species: A module, which is placed with the pillars towards the ground is attractive to ground-loving and, for example, burrowing animals. Another module, which rests with its pillars on the upwardly directed storage surface of the lower module is spaced from the ground and, since there is no upwardly open recess, dry. Among other things Colony-living animals such as lizards find a shelter here.

If, however, the upper module placed with its shelf on the shelf of the lower module, the recess forms an upwardly open Kuhle. If this is not covered, it can be used as a watering place, as a nesting place for nesting birds, as a pit for rabbits, as a sand bath for birds, as a sun place for lizards and the like. If a cover plate and / or a third module is placed on the upper module, the result is a hiding place, which can be achieved by a suitable filling and appropriately opened or closed first and / or second openings on animals such as mice, grass snakes, frogs, toads and / or or insects can be adjusted. An analogous situation or possible applications arise for the lower module when it is placed with its support level on the floor.

If the lower module is placed with the support plane towards the floor, then the size of the volume arising between the lower and the upper module can be varied by the orientation of the upper module: If the modules have pillars on pillars, a larger one results Volume between the modules as if the support level of the upper module is in the first level of the lower module. The larger volume can be used, for example, by hedgehogs, while smaller animals often appreciate the arrangement with the smaller volume.

In one embodiment of a living space system for animals, at least one pond module is arranged between and / or on several living modules. The pond module is filled with water. The residential modules are arranged such that at least one residential module is on a second. Preferably, the pond module is at least partially planted.

The combination of the living modules offers animals a retreat and protection as described above. The pond in the immediate vicinity can be used as a potion and habitat. The planting of the pond module protects the water from overheating caused by sunlight and provides the animals with cover while drinking and swimming. Good conditions for animals, especially amphibians, are thus created in the smallest of spaces.

In one embodiment of a housing system for animals, the overhead living modules are covered with panels in a shape corresponding to the basic shape of the overhead living module. Preferably, these plates are made of the same material as the modules, in particular as the living modules.

Cover plates are easier to store and transport than modules and can therefore be advantageous when it comes to cover the volume between the first page, pillar and first level in the uppermost modules and thus to create covered living areas for animals. In addition, the top of cover plates can be designed so that animals and / or plants find good support and they can be used as a kind of stairs to other modules.

The choice of the same material as the modules results in a similar durability and similar response to environmental conditions. The comparatively good visibility of the cover plates makes it easy to recognize the weathering condition.

By contrast, the choice of a weather-resistant material for the cover plates in comparison to the modules can protect the modules and thus last longer.

By choosing the material and processing the cover plates, the living space system can also be adapted to the design and architecture of the environment. If the living space system is to be used, for example, as a staircase for people, then particularly non-slip cover plates can be used, while with wooden cover plates the living space system can be pleasant and attractive as a seat for people.

All or part of modules can be used instead of cover plates. This has the advantage that the number of parts required for a housing system is lower.

In one embodiment, an animal housing system is adapted to spiny hedgehog needs. For this purpose, the living space system includes a pond module as a potion and at least two living modules, which are arranged such that the pillars of each two living modules lie on each other. In the recess of the living module below, dead wood, loose earth, twigs, branches and / or leaves are arranged. If necessary, the first and / or second openings between the pillars are covered in such a way that the remaining passages for domestic cats are just too small, that is to say have a diameter of less than 15 cm, preferably less than 10 cm.

[0192] In one embodiment, an animal housing system is adapted to the needs of dormant and / or dormouse. For this purpose, the living space system comprises at least two living modules, which are arranged such that the pillars of a lower residential module touch the bearing surfaces of an upper residential module. In the recess of the underlying residential module wood, hay, leaves, straw, moss and / or brushwood are arranged. The first and / or second openings between the pillars are covered so that a plurality of passages remain whose diameter is preferably between 2 and 10 cm. The different passages may have different or substantially equal diameters.

In one embodiment, a housing system for animals is adapted to the needs of grass frogs, yellow-bellied toads, tree frogs, gobies, fire salamanders, grass snakes and / or common toads. For this purpose, the housing system comprises at least two housing modules and at least one pond module, which are arranged such that the pillars of a lower residential module touch the bearing surfaces of an upper residential module and the pond module is arranged such that at least a portion of the first and / or second openings between the pillars the living modules above and then to the pond module is located. In the recess of the subsequent to the pond module residential module stones, dead wood, wood, loose soil, clay, brushwood, branches, compost, manure and / or leaves are arranged. Deadwood is wood whose rotting process has already begun. The first and / or second openings between the pillars are covered in such a way that several passages remain whose diameter is preferably between 2 and 10 cm. The different passages may have different or substantially equal diameters.

In one embodiment, an animal housing system is adapted to needs of midwife toads. For this purpose, the living space system comprises at least two living modules and at least one pond module with a maximum depth of the recess of at least 20 cm, preferably at least 25 cm. The living modules are arranged such that the pillars of a lower residential module touch the bearing surfaces of an upper residential module. The pond module is arranged such that at least a part of the first and / or second openings between the pillars of the living modules above and then to the pond module is located. In the recess of the adjoining the pond module residential module stones, loose soil and / or clay are arranged. The first and / or second openings between the pillars are covered in such a way that several passages remain whose diameter is preferably between 2 and 10 cm. The different passages may have different or substantially equal diameters.

In one embodiment, an animal housing system is adapted to the needs of wall lizards. For this purpose, the housing system includes a pond module as a potion and at least two living modules. The living modules are arranged such that the pillars of a lower residential module touch the support surface of an upper residential module. In the recess of at least one residential module stones, wood and / or branches are arranged. The first and / or second openings between the pillars are covered in such a way that several passages remain whose diameter is preferably between 5 cm and 15 cm. The different passages may have different or substantially equal diameters.

In one embodiment, an animal housing system is adapted to the needs of ladybirds, butterflies, bumblebees and / or wild bees. For this purpose, the living space system includes a pond module as a potion and at least two living modules and at least one insect hotel. The insect hotel is a separate unit of wood with a variety of blind holes and / or through holes. Preferably, this special housing system further comprises a cover plate with which at least one of the living modules is covered. The insect hotel is preferably placed on the cover plate or on an upwardly oriented support surface of a residential module. The modules are arranged such that the pillars of a lower residential module touch the bearing surfaces of an upper module. In the recess of at least one residential module foliage, branches, bark, stones, deadwood, loose soil, hollow plant stems, pine cones, snail shells, brushwood, wood wool and / or moss are arranged. The first and / or second openings between the pillars are covered in such a way that several passages remain whose diameter is preferably between 1 cm and 15 cm, in particular smaller than 2 cm. The different passages may have different or substantially equal diameters.

One use of the housing system for animals is to provide area-optimized habitat for mammals, amphibians, reptiles and / or insects, particularly for spiny hedgehogs, dormice, dormice, grass frogs, common toads, midwife toads, yellow-bellied toads, European tree frogs, gobies, fire salamanders, grass snakes , Wall lizards, ladybugs, wild bees, butterflies and bumblebees.

One use of the module is to provide area-optimized habitat for mammals, amphibians, reptiles and / or insects, especially for spiny hedgehogs, dormice, dormice, grass frogs, common toads, midwife toads, yellow-bellied toads, European tree frogs, gobies, fire salamanders, grass snakes, wall lizards , Ladybugs, wild bees, butterflies and bumblebees.

A use of the housing module is the production of a space-optimized habitat for mammals, amphibians, reptiles and / or insects, especially for spiny hedgehogs, dormice, dormice, grass frogs, common toads, midwife toads, yellow-bellied toads, European tree frogs, gnawing, fire salamanders, grass snakes, wall lizards , Ladybugs, wild bees, butterflies and bumblebees.

One use of the pond module is to create an area-optimized habitat for amphibians and / or insects, especially grass frogs, common toads, midwife toads, yellow-bellied toads, European tree frogs, gnats, fire salamanders, grass snakes and / or to provide a mammal drinker, amphibians, Reptiles and / or insects, in particular for spiny hedgehogs, dormice, dormouse, fire salamander, grass snakes, wall lizards, ladybugs, wild bees, butterflies and bumblebees.

One use of the kit is to provide area-optimized habitat for mammals, amphibians, reptiles and / or insects, especially for spiny hedgehogs, dormice, dormice, grass frogs, common toads, midwife toads, yellow-bellied toads, European tree frogs, gobies, fire salamanders, grass snakes, wall lizards , Ladybugs, wild bees, butterflies and bumblebees.

In the production process of a living space system for animals, some residential modules are stacked on top of each other with the same basic shape and other living modules with flat surfaces of equal length extension with just these surfaces together, so that there is a housing system with a desired shape. Here are the upwardly opening recesses each with nesting material, preferably earth, clay, stones, wood, moss, leaves, grasses, twigs, branches, hay, straw, compost, manure, bark, pine cones, snail shells, wood wool and / or hollow Filled with plant stems. Preferably, the recesses are filled before another module and / or a cover plate is placed on the housing module with the recess to be filled.

In a further embodiment of the manufacturing method, a pond module with a pond length extension equal to a length extension of a housing module is also provided next to this housing module and filled with water and preferably planted.

In one embodiment, a plurality of housing modules are placed close to each other with the support plane down on the floor and covered with cover plates after their recess has been filled with nesting material. The thus placed and covered living modules are used as a walkway.

For this purpose, modules having a basic shape in the form of symmetrical trapezoids, pentagons and / or triangles are preferably combined to form a strip.

In one embodiment, several living modules are placed close to each other with the support plane down on the floor, on a part of the living modules further housing modules are stacked, so that there is a staircase shape. Residential modules with recesses open at the top are covered with cover plates. All recesses are filled with nesting material. The thus placed and at least partially covered living modules are used as stairs.

In one embodiment, several residential modules are placed in close proximity to one another and stacked thereon further modules after their recess has been filled with nesting material. The thus placed and covered living modules are used as a retaining wall.

For this purpose, modules having a basic shape in the form of symmetrical trapezoids and / or triangles are preferably combined into a row and a second row is stacked in the longitudinal direction slightly offset from the first row on it.

From the following detailed description and the totality of the claims, further advantageous embodiments and feature combinations of the invention result.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The drawings used to explain the embodiment show:

Fig. 1a is a schematic housing module, where the various dimensions are explained.

FIG. 1b shows a plan view of a schematic pond module, on which further terms are explained.

Fig. 1c A section of the schematic housing module of Fig. 1a, on which the recess is shown.

Fig. 1d A section of the schematic housing module of Fig. 1a, at which the determination of whether and where there is a strip will be explained.

Fig. 2a A trapezoidal housing module with walls, ramparts and stripes in the plan.

2b shows a section through the living module of Fig. 2a.

Fig. 2c An enlarged section of the section of Fig. 2b.

Fig. 3a A trapezoidal housing module with first openings, ramparts and stripes in the plan.

3b shows a section through the residential module of Fig. 3a.

Fig. 3c An enlarged section of the section of Fig. 3b.

Fig.4a A pentagonal living module with first openings, walls, ramparts, recesses with and without

Strip in the supervision.

Fig. 4b is a section through the living module of Fig. 4a.

Fig. 4c An enlarged section of the section of Fig. 4b.

Fig. 5 A triangular housing module with first openings and strips in the plan.

Fig. 6a A hexagonal pond module in the plan.

Fig. 6b A section through the pond module of Fig. 6a.

Fig. 6c An enlarged section of the section of Fig. 6b.

Fig. 7 A housing system inhabited by animals.

Fig. 8 An arrangement of modules.

Fig. 9 A housing module with partially covered first opening, a wall and a free first opening.

Fig. 10a-10l Different variants such as three modules can be stacked.

Basically, functionally identical parts are provided with the same reference numerals in the figures.

MODES FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION FIG. 1a shows a schematic housing module, in which the various dimensions are explained. Here is a section through the residential module shown.

The module comprises a base body 1 with a first side 1.1 and a second side 1.2. The first page 1.1 and the second page 1.2 are opposite each other. The first page 1.1 is bounded by an edge 1.11. In the area of this edge 1.11 pillars 2 are on the first page 1.1.

If you place the module with the second side 1.2 on a plane, then this level in which the module is stable, the support level 5. If you put the module with the first page 1.1 on a plane, so it lies in this Case on the pillars 2. The plane in which it lies is the first level 6.

In addition, a further plane can be found which intersects the first side 1.1 in such a way that the common sectional area comprises a multi-connected area and that as large a volume as possible is enclosed between base body 1 and this level. This level is the top level 4.

A parallel plane to the cover plane 4 is the shaping plane 4.2, the sectional surface of which with the base body 1 comprises as large a region as possible which is simply coherent.

A parallel plane to the support plane 5 is the plane 5.1 with the greatest distance to the support plane 5, which contacts the first side 1.1 at least one point.

The depth 7.2 of a point of the module is the distance of this point from the top plane 4 to the second side 1.2.

The height 7.1 of a point of the module is the distance of this point from the cover plane 4, starting from the second side 1.2.

The module thickness 7 is the sum of the depth 7.2 of the lowest point of the module and the height 7.1 of the highest point of the module.

The distance 8.1 between support plane 5 and first plane 6 and the greatest distance 8.2 between the support plane 5 and a point on the first side 1.1 are also shown. If there is no first level 6 because a module has no pillars 2, the level 5.1 will come into place.

Fig. 1b shows a plan view of a schematic pond module. So you see above all the first page 1.1, which is bounded by the edge 1.11. In addition to the first page 1.1, FIG. 1b also shows the second cut surface 4.21, the edge of which defines the basic shape 4.211 of the module.

The first side 1.1 has the edge region 1.12 along its edge 1.11. Within the edge region 1.12, by definition, the first cut surface 4.3 lies: the first cut surface 4.3 is the cut surface between edge region 1.12 and cover plane 4. The first cut surface 4.3 comprises a multi-connected region. In Fig. 1b, the first cut surface 4.3 is a two-connected region.

At the edge region 1.12, the edge 1.11 closes on one side and a strip 1.14 on the other side. The strip 1.14 has a certain width, the strip width 1.141. This varies from place to place. The recess 1.13 includes both the strip 1.14 and the area enclosed by the strip 1.14 or the edge area 1.12, but not the edge area 1.12 itself.

FIG. 1 c illustrates how the recess 1.13 of a module can be found: First of all, the cover plane 4 is searched for and fixed. Then the lowest point of edge 1.11 is searched. A parting plane 4.1, which runs parallel to the cover plane 4 and runs through this lowest point of the edge 1.11, is determined. All points of the first page 1.1, which lie below the parting plane 4.1, may belong to the recess 1.13. All points of the first page 1.1 that run in or above this parting plane 4.1 can belong to the edge section 1.12. In order to determine whether these potential regions now belong to the edge region 1.12, it is checked whether they run along the edge 1.11: If this is the case, they belong to the edge region 1.12. In order to determine whether potential areas belong to the recess 1.13, it is checked whether they are at least partially delimited by the edge area 1.12: If this is the case they belong to the recess 1.13.

Fig. 1d illustrates how it is determined whether a recess 1.13 is a recess without stripes 1.131 or with stripes 1.132: For each point 1.133 of the recess 1.13, a circle 1.15 on the first side 1.1 is drawn for this purpose. For each of these circles 1.15, the point on the circle 1.15 is determined which has the largest height difference or depth difference 1.151 from the point 1.133 of the recess 1.13. A local slope angle with respect to the cover plane 4 as a reference surface then results as the arc sine of the ratio of this greatest height difference or depth difference 1.151 to the radius of the circle 1.15. After a local slope angle has been determined for each point 1.133 of the recess 1.13, a threshold value can be sought: separating the points 1.133 of the recess 1.13 into a first group with local slope values greater than and equal to the threshold and a second group with local If slope values are smaller than the threshold value, then there is a band 1.14 if and only if the points of the first group represent a multi-connected area which adjoins the edge area.

In the case shown in FIG. 1d, there are only points 1.133 with a first and a second pitch angle value in the area of the recess 1.13. All points 1.133 with the first slope angle value are on one side of a lowest point 1.1331 and all points 1.133 with the second slope angle value are on the other side of the lowest point 1.331. If one sets the threshold value between the two occurring pitch angle values or equal to the larger of the two pitch angle values, the resulting area obviously is not multiply connected. If one sets the threshold lower than both occurring pitch angle values or equal to the lower of the two values, the area is likewise not connected several times. If one sets the threshold higher than the higher of the two pitch angle values, then there is no area at all. Consequently, there is no threshold at which a multi-contiguous area results, and hence no stripe 1.14.

FIG. 2a shows a plan view of a trapezoidal module 13.1, that is to say a module with a trapezoidal basic shape 4.211. The shape plane 4.2, the lid level 4 and the support level 5 are parallel to each other. Along edges 1.11, which here describe a symmetrical trapezoid, the edge region 1.12 runs. In each corner of the trapezium and in the middle of each edge 1.11 are pillars 2. Another pillar 2 is at the intersection of the connecting lines of the centers of the opposite edges 1.11. Walls 11 extend along the connecting line of the centers of the opposite edges 1.11. Walls 11 and edge region 1.12 define a total of four recesses with strips 1.132, which all have strips 1.14. The pillars 2 which are in the edge area 1.12 are connected by walls 9 with each other. Between the pillar 2 in the middle of the module and those in the edge region 1.12 are first openings 10th

2b shows a section through the trapezoidal module 13.1 from FIG. 2a: The section runs parallel to the long edge of the trapezoid through the two recesses with strips 1.132 close to the long edge. Edge area 1.12 and Wall 11 have trapezoidal shape in cross-section: their area of least depth 7.2 is flat and has the same depth 7.2 in the edge area 1.12 and wall 7.1 or height 7.1 of zero. The flat side of the edge portion 1.12 and the wall 11 are thus in the top plane 4. Also the edge 1.11 lies on its entire length in the top plane 4. The whole area of the first side below the top level 4 therefore belongs in this case to the recess 1.13 and partly to strip 1.14. 2b, seen from left to right, there is first a first ramp with a first pitch angle value, then an area with a pitch angle value of 0 ° and then a second ramp with a second pitch angle value equal to and / or at least very similar to the first pitch angle value. A threshold somewhere between 0 ° and the smaller of the two slope angle values of the ramps satisfies the condition of a band 1.14: all points above the threshold are on one of the ramps, thus representing a multi-connected area in the form of a trapezoidal frame In the area the points lie with smaller local slope angles.

2c shows a pillar 2 in the edge region 1.12 and the walls 9 adjoining it. One of the walls 9 is shown in cross-section, from the other wall 9 one can see the broad side. The walls 9 are fastened with predetermined breaking points 9.1 on the pillar 2 and on the edge region 1.12. The predetermined breaking point 9.1 is here formed by a taper of the material thickness of the wall 9. In addition, the wall 9 is also outside the predetermined breaking point 9.1 thinner than the pillar. 2

In Fig. 2c, the edge 1.11 is slightly lower than the flat plateau of the edge region 1.12. As a result, the parting plane 4.1 and the recess 1.13 separates from the edge region 1.12 somewhat lower than the cover plane 4.

Figures 3a to 3c show a module which is substantially similar to the module of Figures 2a to 2c. In contrast to the module of FIGS. 2 a to 2 c, however, there are no walls 9, but only first openings 10.

In addition, the cover plane 4, defined by the upper side of the edge region 1.12, is shown in FIG. 3c. In addition, the dividing plane 4.1 between the edge region 1.12 and recess with strip 1.132 is located.

FIG. 4a shows a pentagonal module 13.2, that is to say a module with a pentagonal basic shape 4.211. The shape plane 4.2, the lid level 4 and the support level 5 are parallel to each other. Along the edges 1.11, which here describe a symmetrical pentagon, runs the edge area 1.12. In each corner of the pentagon and in the middle of the longest edge are pillars 2. The pentagon has the shape of a rectangle with a, attached to the longer side of the rectangle triangle. Two corners of the triangle are thus in the same place as two corners of the rectangle. The triangle is isosceles, so that its third corner with the midpoints of the two long sides of the rectangle lies on a straight line. Another pillar 2 stands on the center of the pentagon, long side of the rectangle. Along the straight line through the midpoints of the long sides of the rectangle and the one corner of the triangle runs a wall 11. Another wall 11 extends from one of the pillars 2 at the common corner of rectangle and triangle to the pillar 2 and not standing in the edge area 1.12 Walls 11 and edge area 1.12 define a total of three recesses 1.13, two recesses with strips 1.132 and one recess without strips 1.131. The pillars 2 which are in the edge region 1.12 of the rectangle are connected by walls 9. The pillars 2 standing in the edge area 1.12 of the triangle have first openings 10O between them. Between the pillar 2 in the middle of the module and those in the edge region 1.12 are also first openings 10th

FIG. 4b shows a section through the pentagonal module 13.2 from FIG. 4a: the section runs parallel to the long edges of the pentagon, through the recesses close to the long edge without strips 1.131 and with strips 1.132. Edge area 1.12 and Wall 11 have a trapezoidal or rectangular shape in cross section: their area of least depth 7.2 is flat and has the same depth 7.2 or height in the edge area 1.12 and in the wall 11 7.1 from zero. The flat side of the edge portion 1.12 and the wall 11 are thus in the top plane 4. Also, the edge 1.11 lies on its entire length in the top plane 4. The whole area of the first page below the top level 4 therefore belongs in this case to the recess with stripes 1,132 or without stripes 1,131. The recess with stripes 1.132 has a band 1.14: its cross-section is comparable to that discussed in Fig. 2b. The recess without stripes 1.131 has no stripes: its cross-section resembles a rectangle, which lacks a long side. The short sides are at a 90 ° angle on the remaining long side. The points 1.133 of the recess without stripes 1.131 thus have local pitch angles of either 0 ° or 90 °. There may be a few dots 1,133 along the bottom corner with pitch angles between these two values, but because points 1,133 with a 90 ° slope along the entire separation line between edge region 1.12 and wall 11 and recess without stripes are 1.131 and points 1.133 with 90 ° slope in FIG of this embodiment should not contribute to the strip 1.14, there is certainly no area which on the one hand has the desired pitch angle values and on the other hand adjoins the edge area 1.12. The recess 1.13 thus has no strip 1.14 in this embodiment.

4c shows a pillar 2 in the edge region 1.12, to which a wall 9 adjoins on one side and a first opening 10 on the other side. The wall 9 can be seen in cross-section. Through the first opening 10 you look through in this presentation. At the edge area 1.12, a recess with strips 1.132 adjoins.

The wall 9 is fastened by a predetermined breaking point 9.1, not shown, on the pillar 2; towards the edge region 1.12, the wall 9 is separated by a gap 9.3.

FIG. 5 shows a triangular module 13.3, that is to say a module with a triangular basic shape 4.211. The shape plane 4.2, the lid level 4 and the support level 5 are parallel to each other. Along the edges 1.11, which here describe an equilateral triangle, the edge area 1.12 runs. In each corner of the triangle are pillars 2. The recess with stripes 1.132 has a strip 1.14. The strip 1.14 has a constant stripe width of 1.141.

FIG. 6a shows a hexagonal module 13.4, that is to say a module with a hexagonal basic shape 4.211. The shape plane 4.2, the lid level 4 and the support level 5 are parallel to each other. Along the edges 1.11, which here describe an equilateral hexagon, the edge area 1.12 runs. The shape of the boundary of the edge region 1.12 to the recess 1.13 clearly deviates from the hexagonal shape of the edge 1.11. The module 13.4 does not include pillars 2. For this purpose, the upper side of the edge region 1.12 is provided with a water-permeable layer 3.

FIG. 6b shows the shape of the recess 1.13 and the water-permeable layer 3. FIG. 6c is an enlarged detail of FIG. 6b. The depth 7.2 of the points 1.133 in the recess 1.13 varies greatly. However, the edge region 1.12 is essentially planar and lies in the cover plane 4, as does the edge 1.11. Dividing plane 4.1 and cover level 4 are therefore identical. On the edge region 1.12 is the water-permeable layer 3 covering the entire edge region 1.12. The fleas 7.1 of the water-permeable layer 3 varies a little, as can be seen in particular in the enlarged detail in FIG. 6c.

Fig. 7 shows a housing system for animals. It is an ensemble of pentagonal modules 13.2, trench-shaped modules 13.1 and hexagonal modules 13.4.

The pentagonal and trapezoidal modules 13.2 and 13.1 have pillars 2. Some of the pentagonal and trapezoidal modules 13.2 and 13.1 are stacked. The overhead pentagonal and trapezoidal modules 13.2 and 13.1 are covered with cover plates 12. The pentagonal and trapezoidal modules 13.2 and 13.1 have recesses 1.13, which are partially filled with nesting material 15.2. In the flea spaces that form between the modules 13.2 and 13.1, live animals 14.

In this example, all of the pentagonal and trapezoidal modules 13.2 and 13.1 have first openings 10 on their outwardly directed sides between the pillars 2.

[0245] The hexagonal modules 13.4 are filled with water 15.1 and planted.

Some of the trapezoidal and pentagonal modules 13.1 and 13.2 are arranged in relation to the cover plane 4 of the hexagonal module 13.4 such that their hexagonal module 13.4 facing first opening 10 is bounded by an edge portion 1.12, which also just in the cover plane 4 of Hexagonal module 13.4 is located or only slightly above: Animals 14 can thus overcome without fleas differences in the water 15.1 in the hexagonal module 13.4 and again in their hiding place between the pentagonal and / or trapezoidal modules 13.2, 13.1.

Fig. 8 shows various types of modules to be arranged and that modules with a basic shape 4.211 in the form of equilateral triangles 13.3, modules with a basic shape 4.211 in the form of symmetrical trapezoids 13.1, which have three equal short sides, the side length equal to the side of the Triangles is; Modules having a basic shape 4.211 in the form of symmetrical pentagons 13.2 having two sides with a side length equal to the side length of the triangles and two sides having a side length equal to the half of the side length of the triangles and modules having a basic shape 4.211 in the shape of equilateral ones Hexagons 13.4, with a side length equal to that of the triangles.

All of these forms can be merged with their equals to form equilateral hexagons. Equilateral hexagons can in turn be arranged in a honeycomb pattern to cover larger areas. The triangles, pentagons and trapezoids also make it possible in other ways to adapt the covered area more precisely to a desired target shape.

FIG. 9 shows a triangular module 13.3, each with a pillar 2 in the corner in the edge region 1.12. The edge region 1.12 extends along the edge 1.11. On the two sides is between the pillars 2, a first opening 10. On the third side is between the pillars 2, a wall 9. This wall 9 is only attached to a pillar 2 with a predetermined breaking point 9.1 and the edge portion 1.12 separated by a gap 9.3. From the other pillar 2, the wall 9 is quite far away: The wall 9 covers only about half of the opening area bounded by the first level 6, the edge area 1.12 and the pillars 2.

[0250] One of the first openings 10 is partially covered with nesting material 15.2 in the form of wood and stalks. Only smaller passages from this side remain in the recess 1.13.

In addition, in FIG. 9, the first plane 6 and one of the second planes 16 are shown with dashed lines: In the first plane 6, all pillars 2 end. The second plane 16 is spanned by two pillars 2 each. Here only one, of three in this case a total of three occurring, second levels 16 is shown.

Figs. 10a-I show different ways in which the modules can be stacked on the floor.

In FIGS. 10a to d, the lowest module with its pillars 2 is on the ground.

In FIGS. 10 e to h, the lowermost module with its contact surface 1.21 lies on the floor.

In Figs. 10a, b, e and f, the middle module with its pillars 2 is on the lower module. In FIGS. 10a and b, the pillars 2 of the middle module stand on the support surface 1.21 of the lower module. In Fig. 10 e and f are the pillars 2 of the middle module on the pillars 2 of the lower module.

In FIGS. 10c, d, g and h, the middle module with its contact surface 1.21 lies on the lower module. In FIGS. 10c and d, the bearing surface 1.21 of the middle module lies on the bearing surface 1.21 of the lower module. In FIGS. 10 g and h, the support surface 1.21 of the middle module is located on the pillars 2 of the lower module.

In Figs. 10a, c, e and g, the upper module with its pillars 2 is on the middle module. In FIGS. 10a and e, the pillars 2 of the upper module rest on the support surface 1.21 of the middle module. In Fig. 10c and g are the pillars 2 of the upper module on the pillars 2 of the central module.

In FIGS. 10b, d, f and h, the upper module with its contact surface 1.21 is located on the middle module. In FIGS. 10b and f, the bearing surface 1.21 of the upper module rests on the bearing surface 1.21 of the middle module. In FIGS. 10 d and h, the bearing surface 1.21 of the upper module rests on the pillars 2 of the middle module.

FIG. 10i corresponds to FIG. 10b, wherein a cover plate 12 lies on the pillars 2 of the uppermost module.

FIG. 10j corresponds to FIG. 10f, wherein a cover plate 12 lies on the pillars 2 of the uppermost module.

FIG. 10k corresponds to FIG. 10d, wherein a cover plate 12 lies on the pillars 2 of the uppermost module.

FIG. 101 corresponds to FIG. 10h, wherein a cover plate 12 lies on the pillars 2 of the uppermost module.

In summary, it should be noted that in the examples shown above, triangular, pentagonal and trapezoidal modules 13.3, 13.2, 13.1 were shown as living modules, ie with pillars 2, while hexagonal modules 13.4 were used as pond modules, ie without pillars 2 but with water-permeable layer 3 were shown. This assignment is not compulsory: modules of any basic form 4.211 can be used as living modules and as pond modules and, depending on this, be provided with water-permeable layer 3 or pillars 2.

Where in the embodiments in each case a first opening 10 has been shown, can always be a second opening 9.2.

Any number of modules can be stacked and also modules of a basic form 4.211 can be stacked on modules of other basic forms 4.211. Also, a module can be stacked on several adjacent modules. The modules do not necessarily have to be directly next to each other: you can leave columns and free spaces between modules. For example, modules may be arranged around a tree and / or loosely distributed over a larger area.

Claims (16)

claims 1. Module of a housing system for animals comprising a) a base body (1) having a first (1.1) and a second (1.2) side facing each other, b) wherein the first side (1.1) has an edge region (1.12) along its entire length And a recess (1.13) which is delimited at least partially by the edge region (1.12), and c) the base body (1) has a cover plane (4), d) the cover plane (4) has the following properties: a , the lid plane (4) intersects the first side (1.1) b. a first cut surface (4.3) of the cover plane (4) with the base body (1) comprises at least one multi-connected region and c. a volume enclosed between cover plane (4) and base body (1) is greater than all other volumes enclosed between base bodies (1) and further planes whose sectional surfaces with the base body (1) comprise at least one multi-connected area e) and the distance to the cover plane (4) is a depth (7.2), and f) the base body (1) has a smaller depth (7.2) everywhere in the edge region (1.12) than in the recess (1.13). 2. The module of a housing system for animals according to claim 1, wherein the module has a basic shape (4.211), and a) the module has a forming plane (4.2) which a. parallel to the lid plane (4) and b. there is a second cut surface (4.21) between the mold plane (4.2) and base body (1), and c. the second intersection (4.21) is a single coherent domain and d. the second cut surface (4.21) has the largest surface area of all cut surfaces of planes parallel to the cover plane (4) with the base body (1) being simply connected regions, and b) the shape of a boundary curve of the second cut surface (4.21) is the basic shape (4.211 ) and c) and wherein this basic shape (4.211) is substantially trapezoidal, triangular, pentagonal or hexagonal, and wherein the basic shape (4.211) is preferably substantially a symmetrical trapezoid or a symmetrical pentagon or an equilateral triangle or an equilateral hexagon. 3. Module of an animal housing system according to one of claims 1 to 2, wherein a) the module has a module thickness (7) which is a sum of the depth (7.2) of the lowest point of the module and the height (7.1) of the highest point of Module is and b) the squared module thickness (7) is smaller than an area of the basic shape (4.211), preferred that the ratio of the squared module thickness (7) to the area of the basic shape (4.211) is less than or equal to 0.2, preferably less than or equal to 0.1 , more preferably less than or equal to 0.05. 4. Module of a housing system for animals according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that a ratio of the sum of the height (7.1) of the highest point of the module and the depth (7.2) of the lowest point of the recess (1.13) to module thickness (7) greater than 0.6, in particular greater than 0.7; wherein in particular the ratio of the sum of the height (7.1) of the highest point of a residential module and the depth (7.2) of the lowest point of the recess (1.13) to the module thickness (7) is between 0.6 and 0.85, preferably between 0.7 and 0.75 and in particular the ratio the sum of the height (7.1) of the highest point is a module without a pillar and the depth (7.2) of the lowest point of the recess (1.13) to the module thickness (7) is above 0.8. 5. Housing module of a housing system for animals comprising a) a module according to one of claims 1 to 4 b) wherein the module when it is placed with the second side (1.2) down to a plane in a support plane (5) is stable and c) three or more pillars (2), a. all protruding from the first page (1.1), and b. all of which end in a first plane (6), wherein the first plane (6) is parallel to the support plane (5), characterized in that d) in each case a second plane (16) is spanned by two pillars (2), and for each of the second levels (16) either a. the module within the respective second plane (16) has a first opening (10) bounded by the pillar (2) spanning the respective second plane (16) and the first side (1.1) or b. a wall (9) lies in the relevant second plane (16), the wall (9) being connected to at least one predetermined breaking point (9.1) with at least one of the two pillars (2) spanning the respective second plane (16) and / or the first Page (1.1) is connected. 6. Housing module of a housing system for animals according to claim 5, wherein the predetermined breaking point (9.1) consists of the same material as the wall (9), but a material thickness less than or equal to 90%, preferably less than or equal to 75%, more preferably less than or equal to Has half of the largest wall thickness (9). 7. housing module of a housing system for animals according to one of claims 5 to 6, characterized in that pillars (2) and base body (1) are integrally formed and which is in particular a cast part. 8. Housing module of a housing system for animals according to any one of claims 5 to 7, wherein the base body (1) and pillars (2) made of concrete, in particular from Sickerbeton, made of wood, of baked clay or plastic, in particular of recycled plastic material , 9. housing module of a housing system for animals according to one of claims 5 to 8, further comprising in the recess (1.13) lying nesting material (15.2), preferably earth, clay, stones, wood, moss, leaves, grasses, twigs, branches, hay, Straw, compost, manure, bark, pine cones, snail shells, wood wool and / or hollow plant stems. 10. pond module of a housing system for animals, comprising a) A module of a housing system for animals according to one of claims 1 to 4, wherein b) the base body (1) is in particular water-impermeable and c) on the edge region (1.12) a water-permeable layer (3 ), preferably from water-permeable material, particularly preferably from Sickerbeton, is. 11. pond module of a housing system for animals according to claim 10, wherein the water-permeable layer (3) is preferably 1 to 3 cm high. 12. Set for a housing system for animals comprising two or more modules according to one of claims 1 to 11. 13. Set for a housing system for animals, comprising at least two modules, preferably the first three modules, particularly preferably all modules from the following list: a) A housing module according to one of claims 5 to 9 having a basic shape (4.211) which is a symmetrical pentagon with side lengths G, 0.5 * x, x, x, and 0.5 * x, where G is the product of x and the square root of 3. b) A housing module according to one of claims 5 to 9 having a basic shape (4.211), which is a symmetrical trapezoid with side lengths 2 * x, x, x and x. c) A housing module according to any one of claims 5 to 9 having a basic shape (4,211), which is an equilateral triangle with the side length x. d) A pond module according to any one of claims 10 to 11 having a basic shape (4,211) which is an equilateral hexagon of side length x. 14. Housing system for animals, comprising a set according to one of claims 12 to 13, wherein a) at least two, preferably three, four, five, six or more living modules according to one of claims 5 to 9 with the same basic shape (4.211) and bearing surfaces (1.21) are stacked in their supporting planes (5) such that either b) the pillars (2) of the first residential module are on a floor and the pillars (2) of the second residential module are on the support surface (1.21) of the first residential module or c ) the support surface (1.21) of the first housing module is located on the floor and the bearing surface (1.21) of the second housing module is on the pillar (2) of the first housing module or d) the bearing surface (1.21) of the first housing module is on the floor and the pillars (2) of the second housing module are on the pillars (2) of the first residential module, e) so that in each case at least one cavity is formed, f) preferably at least in a part of the recesses (1.13) nesting material (15.2), preferably Earth, loam, stones, wood, moss, leaves, grasses, twigs, branches, hay, straw, compost, manure, bark, pine cones, snail shells, wood wool and / or hollow plant stems, located so that the housing system meets the needs of at least one And (g) preferably the first (10) and / or second (9.2) openings between the pillars (2) are kept open by keeping open or covering them with wood, leaves, stones, loam and / or other materials Housing system is adapted to the needs of at least one species. 15. Use of the module according to one of claims 1 to 11 for the production of a space-optimized habitat for mammals, amphibians, reptiles and / or insects, in particular for spiny hedgehogs, dormice, dormice, grass frogs, common toads, midwife toads, yellow-bellied toads, European tree frogs, thread newts, fire salamanders , Grass snakes, wall lizards, ladybugs, wild bees, butterflies and bumblebees. 16. A manufacturing method of a housing system for animals according to claim 14, wherein some housing modules according to one of claims 5 to 9, in particular with the same basic shape (4.211), are stacked on top of each other and other living modules with flat surfaces of equal length extension with just these surfaces are placed together so that a housing system with a desired shape results, with the upwardly opening recesses (1.13) each with nesting material (15.2), preferably earth, clay, stones, wood, moss, leaves, grasses, twigs, branches, hay, Straw, compost, manure, bark, pine cones, snail shells, wood wool and / or hollow plant stems is filled and preferably before another module or a cover plate (12) is placed on the housing module with the recess to be filled (1.13).