Heide Park
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| Address: | Heide-Park Soltau GmbH Heidenhof 29614 Soltau |
Heide-Park is a theme park in Soltau, Lower Saxony. With an overall area of over 850,000 m², it is one of the biggest German Amusement Parks and the biggest in Northern Germany. The theme park is part of the British Tussauds Group. The current manager of the park is Hannes W. Mairinger.
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[edit] History
The area on which Heide Park was built originally belonged to the game reserve Heidenhof. In 1978 Hans-Jürgen Tiemann bought the area under the condition that he would keep the Heidenhof-Kapelle (Year of Construction: 1349) and save the animals living in the park. At its opening on August 19, 1978 about 200,000 people visited and enjoyed the (then) six rides.
[edit] Attractions
Heide Park currently has about 40 rides which are mainly aimed at families but its thrill rides are also very popular. One of the main attractions is Colossos, a wooden roller coaster, which until the opening of Balder, on December 4, 2003 in the Swedish town of Liseberg, was the steepest wooden roller coaster in the world. The latest attraction is the Gyro-Drop-Tower "Scream". With its total height of 103 meters and a 71 meter drop it is the world's biggest of its kind. The ride speeds up to about 98 km/h.
[edit] Roller coasters
| Name | Type | Max. Height | Length | Max. Speed | Producer |
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| Big Loop | Steel roller coaster | 30 m | 706 m | 63 km/h | Vekoma |
| Colossos | Wooden roller coaster | 60 m | 1344 m | 120 km/h | Intamin |
| Grottenblitz | Powered roller coaster | 6 m | 370 m | 45 km/h | Mack |
| Limit | Vekoma SLC | 33,3 m | 689 m | 80 km/h | Vekoma |
| Schweizer Bobbahn | Bobsled roller coaster | 27 m | 990 m | 53 km/h | Mack |
[edit] Water rides
| Name | Type | Max. Height | Ride length | Producer |
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| Mountain Rafting | Rapid River | - | 600 m | Intamin |
| Wildwasserbahn I | Log flume | - | 600 m | Mack |
| Wildwasserbahn II | Log flume | 23 m | 575 m | Schwarzkopf |
[edit] Other attractions
| Name | Type | Max. Height | Producer |
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| Bounty | Pirate Ship | 15 m | |
| Break Dance | Break dance | - | HUSS Maschinenfabrik |
| Condor | Spinning tower ride | 36 m | Huss |
| Dampfkarussell | Carousel | - | |
| Enterprise | Enterprise | 20 m | Huss |
| Flipper | Tilted spinning ride | 13,5 m | Huss |
| Floßfahrt | Raft ride | - | Mack |
| Heide-Park Express | Miniature Train | - | Chance Rides Manufacturing |
| Hully Gully | Tilted spinning ride | 4 m | |
| Kaffeetassen | Carousel | - | Mack |
| Kanalfahrt | Slow boat ride | - | Mack |
| Kinderlok Old'99 | Children train ride | - | Mack |
| Magic | Octopus spinning ride | 9 m | Huss |
| Mississipidampfer | Ship | - | Eigenbau |
| Monorail | Monorail | 6 m | |
| Oldtimer | Steerable oldtimer track | - | Mack |
| Panorama | Panorama Tower | 75 m | |
| Panormabahn | Train | 4 m | Mack |
| Rainbow | Swinging platform | 26,5 m | Huss |
| Riesenkrake | Octopus spinning ride | 4 m | Schwarzkopf |
| Round Up | Standup spinning ride | 11 m | |
| Santa Maria | Pirate Ship | 13,5 m | |
| Scream | Gyro-Drop Tower | 103 m | Intamin |
| Top Spin | Spinning/looping bench ride | 19 m | Huss |
| Wichtelhausen | Children animal trains | - | Mack |
[edit] Shows
Seven shows are available each day at Heide Park, these are;
- Dolphin Show
- Parrot Show
- Seal Show
- Pirate Show
- Hello Spencer Show
- Bird Theatre
- Comic Theatre
[edit] External links
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