Leisure park Plohn
| Leisure park Plohn | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 entrance |
||||
| place | Lengenfeld , Germany | |||
| opening | 1996 | |||
| Visitors | 350,000 (2019) | |||
| surface | 25 hectares | |||
| Website | www.freizeitpark-plohn.de | |||
|
||||
Coordinates: 50 ° 33 ′ 57 ″ N , 12 ° 23 ′ 59 ″ E
The Plohn amusement park (formerly the Forellenhof Plohn fairy tale and adventure park) is located in Saxony in the Vogtland town of Lengenfeld between Reichenbach in Vogtland and Auerbach / Vogtl. The amusement park opened in 1996 was the first in the new federal states . It has a good 350,000 visitors and is equipped with over 80 attractions.
history
Arnfried Völkel, who became unemployed after reunification , built a trout farm in Plohn ( Lengenfeld municipality ) in 1991 . On the basis of this restaurant , he opened a small fairy tale forest with twelve fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm in 1996 . In the course of the following years the park continued to develop. The park’s largest investments so far in 2009 were the El Toro wooden roller coaster , a large white water rink that has been in the park since 1999 and the Mack Rides Big Dipper Coaster “Dynamite” in 2019. The park had its first roller coaster as early as 2000 , the “ Silver Mine ”from the manufacturer Zierer . However, this was not a brand new ride at the time of purchase ; it was a model from 1975 that had previously been in various other parks.
In 2005 the park celebrated its tenth season and opened two attractions, Germany's largest tree house and a looping ride. In 2006, the “ Raupe ” roller coaster, a children's roller coaster for younger visitors, was added. A completely new themed area was opened at the beginning of 2007 in the Fred Feuerstein style with a mini freefall tower . This was expanded for the 2008 season to include "Feuerstein's cannon boats". These are themed pedal boats. Also new in 2008 were the ghost train, which is now supposed to frighten visitors in the beginning of the wild water ride, and the “scary scooter” with which the “ghost mill” was completed. In 2009 the wooden roller coaster "El Toro" was opened.
A new themed area, the “Plohnidorf”, was opened at the start of the season on April 21, 2011. The new attractions there are the family roller coaster “Plohseidon” from Zierer, a nostalgic carousel that was previously in Heide-Park and has been “Plohni's diving trip” since Whitsun 2012. Since 2013 there has been a completely new themed area: the “Gaul village”. The main attraction is a "River Splash" facility by ABC Rides called "Fluch des Teutates". The tavern house has been back on the complex since 2014, and work is being carried out on sanitary and catering facilities in the style of a Gallic village. In 2015 a new roller coaster with a multimedia show opened in the former arena. The manufacturer is Mack Rides, and the roller coaster is called "Miniwah and the Secret of Gold Creek City". In 2016 the park opened a new main entrance in the style of the Gallierdorf. The construction of a cottage settlement with up to 600 beds is planned for the future. The vaulted cellar in the old brewery is also to be expanded.
Furnishing
The attractions of the Plohn amusement park are divided into the Japanese garden , western town , dinosaur country, fairytale forest , Plohnidorf, oldtimerland, the village of the Gauls, nature park and a large gastronomy area.
roller coaster
| Surname | Type | constructor | opening | photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caterpillar | Family Coaster (MX48) | SBF Visa Group | 2006 |
|
| El Toro | Wooden roller coaster | Great Coasters International | Apr 10, 2009 |
|
| Plohseidon | Force - 190 | Zierer rides | 2011 |
|
| Miniwah and the Secret of Gold Creek City | Powered coaster | Mack Rides | 2015 | |
| Kite vortex | Spinning Coaster | SBF Visa Group | 2017 | |
| Dynamite | Big Dipper Coaster | Mack Rides | 2019 |
|
Water attractions
| Surname | Type | constructor | opening | photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Funny Boats | Bumper boats | SBF Visa Group | ||
| Primeval raft trip | Raft trip | Mack Rides | 1997 |
|
| Flume | Flume | Mack Rides | 1999 |
|
| Feuerstein's gunboats | Pedal boats | 2008 | ||
| Curse of the Teutate | Rapid River | ABC rides | 2013 |
Other attractions
|
|
|
Former attractions
- Sling-Shot (2003)
- Dragon looping (until 2010)
- Kite swing (until 2016)
- Silver Mine (until 2017)
Shows
In the early years various circuses made guest appearances in the park. Furthermore, there was a large western arena in the Plohn amusement park until 2013 , which could accommodate up to 700 visitors. At the end of the 2012 season, the shows listed there were canceled. The reasons for this include the immense increase in GEMA fees from 2013. From the end of 2013 to the beginning of 2015, the hall for the indoor roller coaster Miniwah and the secret of Gold Greek City was largely gutted and redesigned. Currently there is also a mapping show every hour around the history of Gold Greek City . This indoor area with a powered coaster from Mack Rides received the FKF award from the Freundeskreis Kirmes und Freizeitparks in 2016 .
Since the closure of the Western Arena as the central location for shows, various artists and cabaret artists have appeared in the park at changing intervals, including the Prague Marionette Theater with the tent show Plohnis Marionettencircus next to the Plohseidon children's roller coaster in 2014 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ The amusement park in Plohn starts the new season. In: Free Press. April 3, 2012, archived from the original on December 28, 2012 ; Retrieved April 15, 2012 (original website no longer available).
- ↑ Silver Mine. In: Rollercoaster Database. Retrieved January 25, 2013 .
- ^ Plohseidon - Leisure Park Plohn. (No longer available online.) In: Plohni TV Blog. Archived from the original on July 15, 2011 ; Retrieved July 10, 2011 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Plohni's diving trip. In: Freizeitpark Plohn. Retrieved May 26, 2012 .
- ↑ HURRAY! Our new Plohnidorf is ready on time! (No longer available online.) In: Freizeitpark Plohn. Archived from the original on April 25, 2011 ; Retrieved April 21, 2011 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ The name is fixed. In: Plohnis-Welt. Retrieved February 4, 2013 .
- ^ Plohn amusement park parted ways with Sparkasse Vogtland. In: Vogtland-Anzeiger. Retrieved September 1, 2010 .
- ↑ Freizeitpark Plohn ( Memento of the original dated August 7, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 882 kB) Flyer 2013
- ↑ http://gold-creek-city.de
- ^ Announcement about the new roller coaster "Dynamite" on the side of the amusement park. (No longer available online.) August 1, 2017, archived from the original on March 13, 2018 ; accessed on March 13, 2018 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Amusement parks - Parks from A - G. Retrieved January 24, 2017 .
- ^ Freizeitpark Plohn GmbH: "Miniwah & The Secret of Gold Creek City" - Freizeitpark Plohn. Retrieved February 7, 2017 .
- ↑ Airtimers on site: Season opening 2014 in the leisure park Plohn . In: Airtimers.com . ( airtimers.com [accessed February 7, 2017]).
