Eifelpark

Eifelpark
Eifelpark
	49°57′46″N 06°37′03″E / 49.96278°N 6.61750°E
Date opened	1964, re-opened 5 April 2014
Land area	750.000 m2
Annual visitors	162,000 (2014)
Owner	Nadine Löwenthal, Alexander Goetzke
Website	Eifelpark Gondorf

The Eifelpark is a wildlife and leisure park in Gondorf near Bitburg in the Eifel mountains of Germany.

History

In 1964 the Eifelpark was first opened under the name, Hochwildpark Eifel ("Eifel Mountain Wildlife Park"), as the first open-air wildlife enclosure in Germany. With the introduction of brown bears in 1969, Berlin took on the sponsorship of the bear gorge. In 1975 the then Minister-President of Rhineland-Palatinate, Helmut Kohl, opened the new mountain wildlife park in the Eifelpark. In the following years other attractions were added (such as the Slide Paradise, roller coaster, Eifel Express, Hüpfkissen, all weather rodelbahn, etc.). Since 2004 the Eifelpark, which had hitherto been run together with the Kurpfalz Park and the Panorama Park, has been managed from Haan (near Düsseldorf).

In early 2009, six Canadian timber wolves were introduced to the enclosure next to the renaturalised bear gorge.^[2]

In December 2012 the operator filed for bankruptcy.^[3]

Since 16 October 2013 the park has had a new owner^[4] and was reopened on 5 April 2014.

In the 2014 season, the family ride, Eifel Blitz, a Big Apple roller coaster, was opened along with various bumper car rides, a merry-go-round and other attractions. In addition everything was thoroughly renovated and the zoo was invested in. In 2015 more rides were added: the Gondorf Pirate Fight (a splash battle) and the Eifel Water Hunt (a jet ski with a crocodile theme by Heege).^[5]

Attractions

The Eifelpetz

80m Spining Drop Tower
14m family free fall tower
Mountain Wildlife Park (Bergwildpark), (over 200 animals) with bear gorge and lynx station, Canadian timber wolves, wild boar, red deer and fallow deer
Eifel Express (road train)
Petting zoo with mountain goats
Woodland educational path
Eifel Coaster (all weather rodelbahn), 1,050 m long
Family roller coaster, 126 m long, 30 km/h top speed
Adventure playground
2 bumper car rides
Water scooters
Pony Express
Horse merry-go-round
Children's merry-go-round
Bungee trampoline
trampoline
Freefall slide with 60% gradient, 40 m long
Curved pipe slide and wave slide
Bouncy pillows
Fliegenpilz (Wellenflug-Kettenkarussell)
Numerous play parks
Pedal boats
Electric cars

Shows

Different shows are put on in the woodland theatre and the event grounds:

Birds of prey free flight show with eagles, falcons and owls
Puppet theatre
Daily animal feeding
dog show

References

^ Neue Wasserattraktionen im Eifelpark – Aufwind setzt sich fort Airtimers.com, 10. Februar 2015, retrieved 16 February 2015
^ "Eifelpark Gondorf" (in German). onride.de. Retrieved 2014-05-01.
^ "Eifelpark ist pleite". Tageblatt.lu (in German). 2012-12-21. Retrieved 2014-05-01.
^ "Eifelpark hat neuen Besitzer". Freizeitpark-Welt (in German). 2013-10-13. Retrieved 2014-05-01.
^ Neue Wasserattraktionen im Eifelpark – Aufwind setzt sich fort Airtimers.com, 10. Februar 2015, retrieved 16 February 2015

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[1] Neue Wasserattraktionen im Eifelpark – Aufwind setzt sich fort Airtimers.com, 10. Februar 2015, retrieved 16 February 2015

[2] "Eifelpark Gondorf" (in German). onride.de. Retrieved 2014-05-01.

[3] "Eifelpark ist pleite". Tageblatt.lu (in German). 2012-12-21. Retrieved 2014-05-01.

[4] "Eifelpark hat neuen Besitzer". Freizeitpark-Welt (in German). 2013-10-13. Retrieved 2014-05-01.

[5] Neue Wasserattraktionen im Eifelpark – Aufwind setzt sich fort Airtimers.com, 10. Februar 2015, retrieved 16 February 2015

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