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Position of the Heide Park in Germany
Main details
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.

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.

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 amusement park 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.

Roller coasters

Name	Type	Max. Height	Length	Max. Speed	Producer
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

Water rides

Name	Type	Max. Height	Ride length	Producer
Mountain Rafting	Rapid River	-	600 m	Intamin
Wildwasserbahn I	Log flume	-	600 m	Mack
Wildwasserbahn II	Log flume	23 m	575 m	Schwarzkopf

Other attractions

Name	Type	Max. Height	Producer
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
Topspin	Top Spin	19 m	Huss
Wichtelhausen	Children animal trains	-	Mack

Shows

Seven shows are available each day at Heide Park, these are;

Dolphin Show
Parrot Show
Seal Show
Pirate Show
Hallo Spencer Show
Bird Theatre
Comic Theatre

External links

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 [[Image:Colossos Heide Park Soltau Germany.jpg|thumb|Roller coaster: Colossos]]
 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 (roller coaster)|Colossos]], a wooden roller coaster, which until the opening of [[Balder (Roller coaster)|Balder]], on December 4, 2003 in the [[Sweden|Swedish]] town of [[Liseberg]], was the steepest wooden roller coaster in the world.
+One of the main attractions is [[Colossos (roller coaster)|Colossos]], a wooden roller coaster, which until the opening of [[Balder (Roller coaster)|Balder]], on December 4, 2003 in the [[Sweden|Swedish]] amusement park [[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.