Hansa Park

Hansa Park
View from the Holstein Tower
place	Sierksdorf / Schleswig-Holstein
opening	May 15, 1977 as Hansaland, from April 1987 as Hansa-Park
Visitors	1.4 Million
surface	46  hectares
staff	around 800 employees (during the season from April to November)
Website	www.hansapark.de
Hansa Park Location of the park

Coordinates: 54 ° 4 ′ 37 ″  N , 10 ° 46 ′ 48 ″  E

The Hansa-Park (own spelling: "HANSA-PARK") is a seasonal leisure park in Sierksdorf ( Schleswig-Holstein ) on the Baltic Sea . The park is run by Christoph Andreas Leicht (* 1962). Today the park covers 460,000 m² with - according to its own statement - more than 125 attractions and in 2016 welcomed 1.4 million guests. This makes it one of the five largest German amusement parks.

history

Legoland

The first German Legoland was built on the site in 1973 , which was built by the building contractor Hans Peter Rüster. From 28 million plastic building blocks from the Danish toy manufacturer Lego , entire cities were recreated in miniature format, from Rüdesheim am Rhein to the skyline of New York. The managing director was Carl M. Wenzel (founder of today's Wenzel Consulting AG) and marketing manager Paul Bornscheuer (former owner of the Verden amusement park and spokesman for Rüster-Holding Trustbau AG). This amusement park only existed until the end of 1976, due to the high license fees to the Lego group and the moderate number of visitors. In 1976 Legoland was closed and Rusters Deutsche Familienpark GmbH was liquidated. The Landesbank Schleswig-Holstein (LB Kiel) had co-financed the Legoland project with around 30 million DM (15.3 million euros) and now had the task of managing the park in trust.

Hansaland

• Rudolf Erich Leicht became the new owner. He acquired the park with the help of two investors, Dagmar Countess Vitzthum (born Flick and daughter of Otto-Ernst Flick and then married to Wolfgang Graf Vitzthum ) and her maternal uncle Karl Raabem, in the fall of 1976. The stake should be around 10 million DM have been.

• Together with the first managing director Horst Hamelberg, a new concept with the theme “maritime Hanseatic League” was designed. This also included a change in the payment system. In Legoland you had to pay individually for each ride, in Hansaland the inclusive system was gradually introduced. Once entry is paid, all shows and trips can be used as often as you like. Many of the old attractions from Legoland could be taken over. They just got a new look. Everything that reminded of Lego was removed. On May 15, 1977, the Hansaland opened its doors to visitors for the first time. As a novelty, the first original American white water course was opened in Germany on July 21, 1977.

• In 1978 what was then the largest and most modern domed dolphinarium in Europe opened with 1,400 seats. Dolphins were already presented by the park in the opening year, namely in a small show hall that was located behind the western town.

Front of several shops in the “Bonanza City” theme world in Hansa-Park

• 1979 saw the expansion of the western town "Bonanza City" and the inauguration of a round cinema with a giant screen and 70 mm projection. In 1987, Ronny's Pop Show was shown in this cinema , a stage adaptation of the television program of the same name that ran on ZDF . Music videos and skits played by a monkey (dubbed by Otto Waalkes ) were shown. However, the show only ran for one year, and the following year round cinema films were shown again. The circular cinema was demolished in 1989 for the construction of the Metroliner.

• In 1980 the super roller coaster Nessie opened with a vertical loop . At the time, Nessie was the largest looping track in Europe and was built by the now legendary roller coaster builder Anton Schwarzkopf . The facility is now one of the classics in the park and was extensively themed for the 2019 season.

• In 1981 the giant ship swing was opened, today the facility is called "Flying Dutchman".

• In 1982 the show program was expanded. In the dolphinarium there was a sea lion demonstration in the preliminary program and a dog revue in the show hall.

• In 1983 the construction of a show theater with 2800 seats began. With the opening of the 3D cinema in 1992 and the installation of folding seats in the lower rows, the number of seats was reduced to 1,800. In the opening season of the show theater in 1984, Frank Elstner , the inventor and presenter of the television program Wetten, dass ..? , presented a show called “Wetten Fun”. The show featured candidates from the TV show who lost their bets there. They got a second chance at the Hansapark. However, this show only ran during the main summer season. Animal shows were shown in the off-season. This concept was held for two more years. In the next two years, Wim Thoelke and Michael Schanze (children's nonsense with Michael) performed their own shows in the summer months. A seat reservation had to be bought for these summer shows.

• The shows have only been running for the entire season since 1987 and seat reservations are no longer made. 1987 and 1988 this was an illusion show with the illusion artist “Mr. Cox ". A show followed in 1989 and 1990, which consisted of a mixture of theater and circus. In 1997 an illusion show ran again and a variety show was shown in the remaining years.

• In 1986 the “Super Splash” water ride was opened. A year later this was extended with a ski jump.

Hansa Park

Replica of the Lübeck Holsten Gate as the entrance to the Hansa Park

• For the 10th anniversary in 1987, the "Hansaland" was renamed "Hansa-Park" and the 100 meter high rotating cabin steel tower, known as the Holstein Tower , was opened, including the flagpole .

• In 1989, the Hansa-Park opened the Metroliner, a train powered by electric motors, the track of which is a series of eight. At the opening, an absolute world first, the system, which is one of the roller coasters, drove at a speed of up to 80 km / h under the title “The fastest train in the tightest radius”. The system was discussed later and from then on operated in the Mexican themed area under the name "El Paso Express". The Metroliner was closed at the end of the 2015 season. The Metroliner was built on the foundations of the old round cinema. The control room was the former projector room of the cinema.

• Since 1994 the Hansa-Park has done without dolphin shows. Since then, only sea lions have been shown in the dolphinarium, which has been renamed the “water circus”.

• In 1997 the park area was expanded for around 15 million DM and a new themed area was built with “Pirate Land”. The new subject area included taking over the faithful replica of the Columbus ship Nina, once the highlight of an exhibition in Berlin's Martin-Gropius-Bau . The wild mouse roller coaster “Crazy Mine” in “Adventure Land” was also built in 1997, the system is themed in the style of an old mine and is also located in the new part of the park.

• In 2006 a high ropes course was opened, which was further developed in 2008 as the "Navajo Trail" to become Europe's highest and largest high ropes course of its kind (Skytrail) in an amusement park.

• In 2007, Hansa-Park was the first German amusement park to receive the “OK for Kids” seal of approval from the German Child Protection Association and TÜV Nord for the entire park.

• A theme world on the Hanseatic League is currently being built in the park . This area called "HANSE in EUROPE" replaces the previous landing stages. As the first construction phase, a replica of the Holsten Gate was completed as an entrance in 2008 and was unveiled on April 26, 2008 in a grand ceremony by the then Prime Minister of Schleswig-Holstein, Peter Harry Carstensen . The sixth construction phase was opened for the 2013 season. In the long term, the faithful representation of an old Hanseatic and trading town with building elements from z. B. Lübeck, Copenhagen, Bremen and Goslar planned.

• With the Gerstlauer Eurofighter " Fluch von Novgorod ", another roller coaster opened in the Hansa-Park in 2009. "Curse of Novgorod" has some special features, such as the combination of LSM launch and a vertical chain lift in a roller coaster, as well as the world's steepest descent in the dark, with a fall of 97 °.

• In 2014, the show program for the sea lion performance was expanded to include two parrots and the background music for the show was changed.

• In 2015 the roller coaster " Der Schwur des Kärnan " was opened, which together with the " Silver Star " is the highest roller coaster in Germany.

• In 2016 the "HANSE-Flieger" carousel was put into operation, while the previously announced children's roller coaster "The Little Tsar" did not open due to delivery problems. In addition, the theming of the '' KÄRNAN oath "was finally completed.

• In the 2017 anniversary season (40 years of Hansa-Park or Hansaland), the children's roller coaster "The Little Czar", announced for 2016, and the flight attraction "Kärnapulten" were opened.

• October 29, 2017: The Sea Lion Show by John Burke has its last performance in the Aquarena after 28 years. In 2018 it will be replaced by the child-friendly show "Emmi, Pingi & Co and the sunken city".

• The laser and special effects show will not take place in 2018.

• 2019: On April 27, the " Highlander ", the world's tallest gyro drop tower , opened in the newly designed themed area with a total height of 120 meters, a drop height of 103 meters, a seat inclination of 30 ° and a speed of 120 km / h "Enchanting Britain", which also includes the existing roller coasters "Nessie" and "Rasender Roland" and largely replaces the previous subject area "Thrill". In addition, the laser and special effects show returns with a new production after a one-year break.
• The adventure park is divided into 13 different themed areas: "Hanseatic League in Europe", "Adventure Land", "Old Fair", "Enchanting Britain", "Bonanza City", "The realms of the north", "Fiesta del Mar", "Hansa Garden "," Lumberjack Camp "," Kinderland "," Thrill ", Water Fun" and "Viking Land", in which the various rides and shows are thematically embedded.

Attractions

roller coaster

image	Surname	Security restriction	Type	Max. height	length	Max. speed	Manufacturer	opening	Travel time	Subject area
	Nessie	from 10 years without companion, under 1.30 m	Looping coaster	26 m	741 m	80 km / h ~ 90 km / h	Schwarzkopf GmbH	1980	2:10 min	Enchanting Britain
	(since 2020) Royal Scotsman (formerly Rasender Roland)	from 10 years without companion	Junior Coaster	16 m	522 m	50 km / h	Vekoma	1993	1:10 min	Enchanting Britain
	Crazy Mine	from 9 years, from 1.10 m	Classic Wild Mouse	13 m	370 m	45 km / h	Masons sons	1997	1:10 min	Adventure land
	Novgorod curse	from 1.25 m	Launched Eurofighter / Cataplector	40 m	750 m	100 km / h	Gerstlauer amusement rides	2009	3:00 min	Lumberjack camp
	The Midgard Serpent	from 1.00 m	Family roller coaster	10 m	200 m	40 km / h	Gerstlauer amusement rides	2011	1:40 min	Viking country
	The Kärnan's oath	from 1.30 m	Infinity Coaster	73 m	1235 m	127 km / h	Gerstlauer amusement rides	2015	3:30 min	The empires of the north
	The little tsar	from 0.95 m	Coaster Mini	3 m	54 m	20 km / h	Preston & Barbieri	2017	1:35 min	Old fair

Water rides

image	Surname	Security restriction	Type	Max. height	Route length	Manufacturer	opening	Travel time	Subject area
	(since 2016) White water rafting - Der Wasserwolf am Ilmensee (formerly wild water rafting)	from 10 years without companion	Flume	15 m	-	Mack Rides / Arrow Dynamics	1977	-	Lumberjack camp
	Super splash	from 10 years without companion	Super splash	20 m	-	Intamin	1986	-	Water fun
	(since 2018) Störtebekers Kaperfahrt (formerly Rio Dorado)	from 10 years without companion	Spinning Rapids Ride	20.4 m	213 m	White Water West	2000	-	The empires of the north
	Storm voyage of the dragon boats	from 2 years with escort, from 6 years without escort	Mini Flume Ride	7 m	160 m	L&T Systems	2007	-	Viking country
	Barracuda slide	from 8 years and at least 25 kg or companion	Hara Kiri Raft Slide	12 m	-	van Egdom	1998	-	Thrill
	Sea of ​​flowers boat trip	from 6 years without companion	Canal trip	-	-	Mack Rides	1977	-	Old fair

More rides

image	Surname	Security restriction	Type	Max. height	Manufacturer	opening	Travel time	Subject area
	Barcos del Mar	5–10 years; from 0 years with accompaniment	ApolloSidecar	-	Technical Park	2018	-	Fiesta del Mar
	Dr. Livingstones safari flight	5–10 years; from 0 years with accompaniment	Red Baron (children's carousel)	-	Technical Park	2005	-	Old fair
	Flying Dutchman	from 8 years	Ship swing	20 m	Huss	1981	-	Old fair
	Flying orcas	from 1.10 m	Fly Willy	6 m	Huss	1998	-	Viking country
	HANSE flyer	-	Chain carousel	-	-	2016	-	Hanseatic League in Europe
	Hansa Park Express	-	Park railway	-	-	1977	-	Hansa Garden, Lumberjack Camp, Bonanza City, Viking Land
	Hanse carousel	-	carousel	-	Bertazzon	2002	-	Hanseatic League in Europe
	Highlander	from 1.40 m	Gyro drop tower	120 m	Funtime GmbH	2019		Enchanting Britain
	Holstein Tower	-	Gyro tower	100 m	Huss	1987	-	Hansa garden
	Indian River	from 4 years; from 0 years with accompaniment	Paddle boats	-	-	2001	-	Bonanza City
	Kärnapultten		Sky Fly	22 m	Gerstlauer	2017		The empires of the north
	Cog ride	from 8 years without accompaniment	Circular ride	-	Mack Rides	1977	-	Old fair
	Luftikus (formerly Kettenflieger)	-	Chain carousel	-	-	-	-	Old fair
	Mini cars	up to 1.35 m	Bumper cars	-	Bertazzon, Mack	1992	-	Kinderland
	Navajo Trail	from 8 years; 1.10 m - 2.10 m	Sky trail	7-10 m	Fascinating tour	2006, expanded in 2008	-	Adventure land
	Low ropes course	-	Low ropes course	-	Ziegler leisure facilities	2009	-	Water fun
	Odin's Air Travel (formerly La Torre Rapida)	up to 1.05 m	Jumping Star	7.5 m	Zamperla	2001 (refurbished in 2010)	-	Viking country (previously Mexico)
	Pony post	from 4–12 years; over 1.10 m	Horse riding track	-	Metal construction Emmeln	2001	-	Bonanza City
	Pow-wow	from 8 years	Cup carousel	-	Zamperla	1995	-	Adventure land
	Safari jeeps	from 4 years; from 0 years with accompaniment	Mini jeeps	-	-	-	-	Old fair
	Space Scooter / Space Race	from 10 years	Bumper cars	-	Bertazzon, Mack	2002	-	Thrill
	Surfers	from 8 years	Troika	-	Huss	1977	-	Thrill
	Viking boat trip	from 1.10 m	Wickie boat trip	-	Mack	1998	-	Viking country

Other attractions

image	Surname	Security restriction	Type	Manufacturer	opening	Subject area
	Remote control ships	-	-	-	-	Hansa garden
	Gold washing	-	-	-	-	Bonanza City
	Indian camp	-	-	-	-	Adventure land
	Kiddie camp	-	-	-	-	Hanseatic League in Europe
	Water wall & play fountain	-	-	-	-	Hanseatic League in Europe
	Navajo Trail high ropes course	-	-	-	-	Adventure land
	Talking fountain	-	-	-	-	Fiesta del Mar

Former rides

image	Surname	Type	Max. height	Manufacturer	Dismantled / discontinued
	sea ​​serpent	Tivoli-Large	8 m	Ornamental	At the end of 1992, it is now in Magic Park Verden
	Steam carousel	Steam carousel	-	-	At the end of 2004, is now in the Tolk-Schau family amusement park
	Gondola wheel	Ferris wheel	-	-	-
	Acapulco Death Jumper	show	-	-	-
	Dolphin show	show	-	-	1994, the first amusement park to do without dolphin shows
	Flight simulators	Flight simulator	-	-	Dismantling the first flight simulator 2001 / Dismantling the second flight simulator 2006
	La Torre Rapida	Children's free fall tower	-	-	Built from 2001 to 2009 at “Monte Zuma”, then redesign and name change to “Odin's Air Travel” in Viking Land
	Power Tower Monte Zuma	Power tower	50 m	Masons sons	Dismantled in 2013 due to technical problems and the planning of Kärnan.
	Space soccer	Bumper cars	-	Bertazzon, Mack	Beginning of 2006, redesign of the Space Scooter / Space Race due to the 2006 World Cup in Germany. Deactivation of the docking stations and construction of two goals as well as the introduction of a black exercise ball and an electric display board for counting the goals. After the season all changes were taken back or removed.
	Pony riding	Guided circuit	-	-	Replaced in 2001 by electric pony mail - whereabouts of the animals are unknown.
	Petrel	junk	-	Black Head	Dismantled and scrapped at the end of 2012
	El Paso Express (previously Metroliner Express)	Metroliner ( Powered Coaster )	10 m	Bras	Dismantled and scrapped at the end of 2015. As the drive ran hot very quickly and this attraction often had to be closed during the park opening hours, the park decided to permanently close and demolish this attraction.
	Torre Del Mar	Star Flyer	70 m	Funtime	End of 2015. As the wind situation had changed considerably due to the high tower of the Kärnan, the attraction was dismantled (and sold).
	Russian swing	Historic ferris wheel	-	Werner Robrahn	2015, was sold to Rasch's fairground museum
	Flying shark	ranger	26 m	Huss	End of 2018. Since spare parts are no longer being produced and the power consumption of this attraction was extremely high, Hansa-Park decided to close this ride. On March 14, 2019, it reappeared for sale on the internet.
	The bell	The Bell (swing ride)	28 m	Funtime	End of 2019. The Hansa-Park justified the closure on the one hand with the planning of the new area "Awildas Welt", on the other hand with the fact that the bell simply no longer fits into the current park concept.

Shows and events

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  Outdoor stage

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  The Arena del Mar hosts the variety show as well as the laser and special effects show

• Variety show
• Show booth magic on the open-air stage
• Laser and special effects show
• 4D cinema
• “Emmi, Pingi & Co and the sunken city”, family-friendly show in the Aquarena
• Hansa-Park-Parade, parade with themed wagons and the mascots of Hansa-Park. The Hansa Park Parade does not take place during the autumn magic by the sea.
• Roller coaster day (16.8.)
• NDR summer tour final (external)
• Time of the shadow beings
• Autumn magic by the sea, a parade of lights and fireworks every day during Schleswig-Holstein's autumn vacation.

Every year, various events take place throughout the season . The events that take place every year include the Easter Bunny and Easter Blossom Festival, the summer blossom, the time of shadow creatures and the magic of autumn by the sea.

Hansa-Park Resort

Look out for the Hansa-Park Resort by the sea

Townhouses of the resort

From 2007 the first of 109 planned holiday apartments were built in Scandinavian style and formed the "Hansa-Park Resort by the Sea" next to Hansa-Park and behind the railway line. Visitors can get from the resort to Hansa-Park via a 33-meter-long footbridge and a replica of a 24-meter-high red lighthouse. There is also a ticket control in the lighthouse. This means that Hansa-Park has officially had two entrance options since 2015. The operator in cooperation with Hansa-Park is SARCON Ferienparks GmbH, based in Hamburg. In June 2006 SARCON was taken over by the Dutch Roompot Service BV based in Kamperland .

traffic

The Hansa-Park is located in Sierksdorf in Schleswig-Holstein on the Baltic Sea about 25 kilometers north of Lübeck .

West of the park is the A1 federal highway . The closest departures are Eutin and Neustadt iH . Center. The Hansa-Park has 5,000 parking spaces (8 with e-charging stations) and 200 additional parking spaces for mobile homes and coaches.

The closest train station is the Sierksdorf train station (approx. 750 m). From there mainly the regional trains RB85 and RE85 run to Lübeck main station and to the ferry port Puttgarden on the island of Fehmarn . In the summer months, further regional trains run via Lübeck Hbf to Hamburg Hauptbahnhof , as well as the IC2417 to Cologne Hauptbahnhof .

From the park, the DB Autokraft lines 5800 and 5804 go to Heiligenhafen, via Neustadt , Grömitz , Dahme and Oldenburg in Holstein , the bus line 5955 to Pansdorf train station with connection to the regional train RE83 to Kiel, as well as the long-distance bus lines from Flixbus to Hamburg and Berlin .

The closest airports are Lübeck-Blankensee Airport (approx. 25 km) and Hamburg Airport (approx. 70 km). The Sierksdorf / Hof Altona airfield is suitable for private pilots.

Arrival by ship is also possible via the seaports Lübeck-Travemünde (approx. 10 km), Puttgarden (approx. 20 km) and Kiel (approx. 35 km). The closest sports boat harbor is the Ancora Marina in Neustadt in Holstein (approx. 5 km).

Web links

Commons : Hansa-Park  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official homepage of the Hansa-Park

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Numbers, data, facts. HANSA-PARK, accessed on June 17, 2016 . 
2. ↑ Portrait of Christoph Andreas Leicht. (PDF; 30 kB) Accessed May 21, 2013 . 
3. ↑ Amusement parks - right power. DER SPIEGEL, September 5, 1977, accessed May 21, 2013 . 
4. ^ Franz Lerchenmüller: The Hansapark Sierksdorf is twenty years old. A test report. DIE ZEIT, May 9, 1997, accessed on May 21, 2013 . 
5. ↑ Top marks for the entire Hansa-Park. In: OK for Kids, German Child Protection Association, TÜV Nord. Retrieved September 2, 2010 . 
6. ↑ New Items 2013 . Hansa-Park website, accessed on April 2, 2013
7. ↑ Duane Marden: The oath of Kärnan. rcdb.com, accessed July 2, 2015 . 
8. ↑ The Kärnan's oath on gerstlauer-rides.de , accessed on September 3, 2015.
9. ↑ Interactive flight fun in Hansa-Park 2017: Sky Fly "Kärnapulten" announced. In: Parkerlebnis - Freizeitpark-Magazin. Retrieved October 2, 2016 . 
10. ↑ personal HANSA-PARK newsletter in November 2018
11. ↑ https://www.usedamusement-rides.com/ridesforsale/ranger-huss/