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JULY 2014 

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Facts – Observations – Short Portraits . . . . 4 

NEW PRODUCTS 

Premières and Announcements . . . . . . . 8 

SPECIAL SECTION 

Düsseldorf – Würzburg. . . . . . . . . 10 

A LOOK FORWARD 

Hannover – Goslar – Peine . . . . . . . 30 

HISTORY 

Freischießen Peine . . . . . . . . . . 36 

PREMIERE 1 

Villa Wahnsinn . . . . . . . . . . . 40 

PREMIERE 2 

Black Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 

A LOOK BACK 

Reports about Specially Selected Events . . 48 

GASTRONOMY 

News from the Scene . . . . . . . . . 58 

MODEL CONSTRUCTION 

Kirmes-Highlights en miniature . . . . . . 60 

PORTRAIT 

Playmobil FunPark . . . . . . . . . . 64 

MEETING 

IAAPA Europe Forum . . . . . . . . . 68 

SPECIAL 

TEA/AECOM Theme Index . . . . . . . 72 

MAGAZINE 

Current News from the Park-Scene. . . . . 78 

PREVIEW 

Calendar of Events . . . . . . . . . . 84 

YOUR ENTRANCE TO OUR WEBSITE 

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KALEIDOSCOPE 

TRUE LOVE 

Text & Photo: 

Rafl Schmitt 

The Ferris Wheel gondola 

in the colours of Borussia 

Dortmund at the Volksfest in 

Landsberg, Bavaria 

Visitors to the Volksfest in Landsberg/ 

Lech in Bavaria could hardly believe 

their eyes. The Ferris Wheel at their 

Volksfest featured a “Dortmund” 

gondola of all things, on the very day of 

the German Cup Finale Borussia Dortmund 

vs. Bayern München (17 th May)! 

After all, the visitors could not know that 

the “Roue Parisienne” Ferris Wheel 

(Burghard-Kleuser), making its first 

appearance in Lech, hails from Dortmund; 

and as a passionate Borussia-fan, the 

owner Michael Burghard clearly demonstrated 

for all to see which team his heart 

went out to at this finale! The match 

ended, after 120 minutes full of suspense 

including extra time and a goal disallowed 

to Dortmund, 2:0 for Bayern München. ■ 

COLOGNE BACKSTAGE 

Photos: 

Archiv GKS 

Rudolf von der 

Gathen (GKS e.G.) and Johann 

Luxem accompany the 

backstage tour in Cologne 

which, among other attractions, 

also viewed Schäfer’s “Shake” 

and Bügler’s “Tal der Könige” 

The organiser’s invitation to a 

backstage tour at the Cologne 

Frühlingsvolksfest for “technophiles” 

was very well received. 

With more than 70 guests 

gathering at the Ferris Wheel 

on 29 th April 2014 at 6 p.m., two 

groups had to be formed. 

Guided by Rudolf von der 

Gathen, the organiser of the 

Cologne Frühlingsvolksfest and Chairman of the 

GKS e.G. and Johann Luxem Vice-Chairman of the 

Arbeitsgemeinschaft Schaustellerverbände, the tour 

included three attractions; the “Europa” Ferris 

Wheel, the “Tal der Könige” Walkthrough construction, 

as well as the “Shake & Roll” ride. During 

the two-hour tour, many questions were answered, 

such as why the Ferris Wheel is illuminated by 46,000 

lights or that the “Shake” is hydraulically operated, 

whereas everything is operated pneumatically with 

light beams inside the “Tal der Könige”. The guests 

asked many such questions – first and foremost 

about safety. “We meet the highest safety standards; 

indeed, every event is inspected by the TÜV,” 

explained Rudolf von der Gathen emphasizing that, 

“there has never been a serious accident in 

Cologne.” As the showmen took the time to address 

these queries, there was an increasing number of 

questions of a more private nature. For example, 

what the life and the work of a showman is like; 

where are they touring this season, and; where to the 

children go to school while on tour? The showmen 

left no questions unanswered, and were rewarded 

by a lot of applause and handshaking. Participant 

Hermann Kammler from Gummersbach said, “the 

tour and the showmen openly talking about school, 

travelling, countries and differences in cultures; all 

this was very interesting.” Anne and Tobias Barth 

from Cologne commented, “The look behind the 

scenes was highly interesting. What we liked best 

was the personal style of the tour. It was very nice to 

get insights in the showmen’s lives. Ms Franke, with 

her husband and three children from Hamburg told 

us, “We have not seen anything like this before. It 

was fantastic to talk to the showmen and listen to 

their private gossip.” 

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BREAKDANCE 3 

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Text & Photo: Norman Vogt 

In December 2013, Mario and Martina Wingender 

from Mayen took over the “Breakdance 3” from the 

Schneider firm from Bürstadt. 

The first venue for the “small” Breakdance was the 

Frühlingsfest in Mainz, where the Wingender family 

has often also presented its larger Breakdance. In 

addition to this example they will also continue to 

operate the “Air Crash” propeller. The newly 

purchased “Breakdance 3” was built by Huss for the 

Keller firm from Aschaffenburg in 1992. From 1998, the 

van Elkan firm from Marburg toured the ride for three 

years, before it was sold to Schneider in 2002. As is 

the case with the “standard size” this version also 

accommodates 32 passengers in 16 gondolas. A 

baggage van serves also as backflash. 

■ 

CORN IN CUP 

Text & Photos: Norman Vogt 

Corn for sure, but completely different! Tino 

Röhrig from Hamm does not sell corn on the 

cob, but only delicious corn kernels at his new 

speciality operation. 

According to customer 

request, the 

corn kernels are 

prepared in different 

flavours; seasoned 

with butter 

or herb butter, or 

with pepper and 

salt, garlic, chilli, 

paprika; or – as a 

sweet contrivance 

– with sugar and 

served in small or 

large cups. For 

the first time, 

Röhrig presented 

his “Corn in Cup” operation at the Mannheim 

Maimess event – and the new offering was well 

received and tried out. 

The wagon, designed with modern adhesive foil 

was reconstructed from an existing crêpe wagon 

and largely realised by Tino Röhrig himself. For the 

interior furnishing, he contracted a special firm, 

which built in the counter with precision, as well as 

a refrigerator, a sink and further kitchen 

appliances. 

■ 

Now also touring a Huss 

“Breakdance 3”: Martina and 

Mario Wingender 

LONDON 

AEG Live and Live 

Nation, together with 

the London Legacy 

Development Corporation 

today announced 

a new major winter 

event for Queen Elizabeth 

Olympic Park. 

Operators and vendors 

are sought to participate 

in this exciting 

new event which will 

take place annually 

from November 2014. 

Expressions of interest 

should be emailed to 

winter@aeglive.co.uk 

The project will be led 

by Jim King – Director 

of Touring & Events at 

AEG Live and John 

Probyn Chief Operating 

Officer at Live Nation 

(Music) UK Ltd and will 

see the companies 

jointly making a multimillion 

pound investment 

in London’s 

newest Park. ■ 

Tino Röhrig with his “Corn 

in Cup” operation 

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KALEIDOSCOPE 

PUBLICATION OF NEW BOOKS 

INFO 

Photos: Patrick Vanstipelen, Archiv Ramus 

■ Info: Kulturgut Volksfest. 

Architektur und Dekoration 

im Schaustellergewerbe, 

J.P. Bachem Verlag, 

Köln 2013, ISBN 978-3- 

7616-2772-3, Pages: 752 

with 1,300 images, Author: 

Dr.phil. Margit Ramus, 

Price: €98. Orders can be 

placed at www.margitramus.de 

Books ordered 

directly from the author at 

this address (on request 

with individual dedication) 

are postage free. 

■ Info: Hasselt Kèrremes, 

Authors: Jean Paul 

Lambrichts and Mieke 

Strauven, published by 

Stadsarchief Hasselt, 

Belgium in 2014, ISSN: 

9789082175608, 240 

pages, price: €20. The 

book is available at, 

among other outlets, the 

tourist office and at the city 

archive in Hasselt, or can 

be ordered online at the 

publisher 

www.erfgoedcelhasselt.be 

Show woman and author of 

a book: Dr. phil. Margit Ramus 

Cultural Asset Volksfest 

“I made my dream come true” – at the age of 44 

Margit Ramus forged new paths that lay the foundation 

for her impending academic career. The show 

woman from Cologne passed her High School 

graduation exams, went to university and obtained 

a doctorate in the history of art, and all the while 

active with running her showman enterprise! In 

December 2013, 62-year-old Margit Ramus Dr. phil. 

introduced her dissertation “Cultural Asset Volksfest. 

Architecture and Decoration in the Showman 

Industry”. 

Margit Ramus, née Schoeneseifen, is a sixth generation 

show woman. At the age of 15, she left school 

as she was needed at home. Ever since, the show 

woman – born in Cologne in 1951 - has been selling 

roasted almonds and other delicacies at Volksfest 

events and Christmas Markets. At the age of 44, 

after a cruel stroke of fate, she took up another 

challenge in life and made a long-standing wish. She 

eventually passed the secondary level graduation 

exams and, at the age of 47, registered at the Rhine 

Friedrichs-Wilhelm University in Bonn in history of 

arts and modern German literature, as well as 

modern history as minor subjects. Her Master’s 

thesis was published in 2004 with the title “How it all 

began; fairs, travelling people and rides.” Due to 

extensive material, the renowned art historian 

Professor Dr. Hiltrud Kier encouraged her to write a 

dissertation. 

With 752 pages and 1,300 images her dissertation 

“Cultural Asset Volksfest. Architecture and Decoration 

in the Showman Industry” published in late 

December 2013 offers colourful, and at the same 

time academic reading matter. 

In great detail and with profound 

inside knowledge, the 62-yearold 

author scrutinized the 

previously unexplored topic of 

the architecture and decoration 

of rides and fairground entertainment 

from the art-historical 

point of view. In her dissertation, 

Dr. phil. Margit Ramus documents 

that showman attractions 

are modelled on traditional 

architecture. Moreover, she 

proves that decoration elements 

in the showman industry can be 

compared with the art form from 

different stylistic eras. Up until 

the Second World War, all showman 

attractions were designed with neo-baroque 

style decoration elements. These neo-baroque style 

decoration elements were replaced after the Second 

World War by abstract artwork and neon lighting. The 

1960s brought dreamy motifs in the style of Salvador 

Dali, the 1970s flower-power pictures, and bands 

such as The Beatles or Abba, and from the 1980s 

pop-art, comic, and street-art come together in the 

decoration elements on modern ride attractions. The 

key part of the dissertation is the catalogue section, 

documenting the history of ride manufacturing from 

1883 to 2007, including numerous ride attractions 

that no longer exist today. For her studies, she 

carried out research at Volksfest events, within longestablished 

showman families, museums and 

archives, such as the Weimar Central State Archive 

or the Cologne City Archive which collapsed in 2009. 

There are extensive results, offering enough 

material for further publications. 

Hasselt Kérremes 

A book has been published about the well known 

Belgian fair event this year; the fair in Hasselt. 

On the 21 st March, the book was presented in 

Hasselt in the presence of, among others, the 

authors Mieke Strauven and Jean-Paul Lambrichts, 

the Hasselt city councillor of culture Karolien 

Mondelaers, as well as Steve Severeyns from the 

Belgian Showman Association. Even last year, the 

special exhibition “Expo Hasselt Kèremess” 

attracted more than 3,000 visitors. Actually, the book 

is the last stage of a project realized by the “Het 

Stadsmu” institutions and the City Archive, the 

citizens, as well as a number of volunteers; depicting 

the fair that has its origins in a carnival event as 

an important piece of the city’s culture. The book now 

published is divided into two parts, one of them 

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taking a look at the beginning and later development 

of the event from 1850 to 1945. 

The second part gives a detailed depiction of the 

event’s revival after the Second World War and its 

relocation to the Boulevard. In addition to the history 

and stories about the fair in Hasselt, the 240-page 

book also includes more than 130 photos and 

images. 

■ 

The authors Mieke Strauven 

and Jean-Paul Lambrichts 

(centre) with Steve Severeyns 

(l.) and Karolien Mondelaers (r.) 

ROLLING SCHOOL 

Text & Photos: 

Rolf Orschel 

The showman children in 

Saxony-Anhalt have a new, 

modern school wagon, 

which was handed over in a 

festive ceremony at the 

Frühjahrs-Jahrmarkt in 

Halle/Saale at midday on 

11 th April. 

The old school wagon, a US 

trailer (articulated camping 

trailer) was ageing and wornout. 

Moreover, relocating 

was often difficult as it 

required a towing vehicle. 

Thanks to the generous support from the Saxony- 

Anhalt government, the Altmärkisch Showman 

Association, the Saxony-Anhalt Showman Association, 

the Non-Profit Association “Mobile Schools”, 

the Magdeburg Showman Association and the 

Verein Selbständiger Gewerbetreibender Marktund 

Messereisender Magdeburg (Association of 

Self-employed travelling market and fair tradesmen 

Magdeburg), the new and modern rolling classroom 

could eventually be purchased this year. While the 

skeleton structure of the wagon was built by a firm 

in Poland, the interior furnishing was built in 

Germany. 

■ 

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NEW PRODUCTS 

Première in Nürnberg: 

“Old Shining House” 

Walkthrough constructions have 

been the focus of the family for 

exactly 35 years now. It all began 

with the “China-Town” owned by 

grandparents Hans-Dieter and 

Gisela Schultze, and then moved 

on to the unique “Domino” as 

well as the “Gaudi-Hütt’n” of his 

parents, Manuela and Ludwig 

Barth Sr. Now their son, also 

called Ludwig, has dared to 

become a showman in his own 

right. “Old Shining House” is the 

name of his new and very first 

own attraction that celebrated its 

première at the Nürnberg Frühlingsfest. 

Text & Photos: Helmut Bresler 

Ludwig Barth with his 

mother, Manuela Barth 

Old Shining House 

Effectively placed on a top-end site in Nürnberg, 

the construction aroused the visitor’s 

curiosity and caused them to stop in front of it. 

Seeing visitors disappear behind a mysterious 

door, little children being turned away at the paybox 

and screaming women rushing to safety, 

directly into the arms of their waiting friends. A 

new haunted house with an apparently terrifying 

interior awaits its victims. An interview with 

Ludwig Barth: 

What is your attraction, a fun attraction? Or 

perhaps not for the faint-hearted? 

Yes and no. An important and decisive feature 

is that our actors can adapt themselves to the public 

present, and act accordingly. Naturally, there is a 

difference between kiddie and family days and the 

fireworks display in the evenings, when young 

adults, who want to and can come face-to-face with 

horror films, are our target group. It goes without saying 

that this provides surges of adrenaline. 

Well – a visit to the fairground has to be fun. 

There is a very important rule. Those who enter our 

house are looking for horror and risks, and they get 

what they want. Body contact with our guests is 

strictly forbidden. After all, this would be a completely 

different dimension and certainly not acceptable 

for many. 

Who are your actors? 

They are professionals provided by an agency. 

As the attraction is presented all over Germany, as a 

general rule I will engage local artists who know the 

region and its people. I attach special importance to 

an authentic appearance. Costumes and masks 

have to go together and suit the actors. As a general 

rule, there will be between six and eight actors. All 

of them have a lot of experience in how to behave 

towards our guests, as they have already worked at 

festivals, discos or trade fairs. 

Are your actors ‘only’ live ghosts? 

A “live” spook in a traditional ghost ride thrives 

on the moment of shock, appearing in just one 

Are there limits that your actors are not 

allowed to overstep? 

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NEW PRODUCTS 

Some of the horror 

troupe and details of the 

“Old Shining House” 

terrifying instant. My actors, however, have a sustained 

contact with our guests, and therefore must 

be able to impress them more with verbal skills. I 

think these two worlds are not comparable. 

be substantially changed and more details will be 

added to individually themed rooms. Moreover, 

there are plans for a waterfall and a blood fountain 

for the outdoor area. 

How much did you invest? 

What venues are there in your tour schedule? 

A lot of money – enough to easily buy a flat in 

Munich! 

Where did you get the idea for the attraction? 

I was impressed by my visits to the London and 

the Hamburg Dungeons, and wanted to seize upon 

the good ideas for our region and to fill a gap in the 

market. Today I think that I am correct in my 

business decision. 

Is your attraction also a show booth? 

It belongs to the show and fun sector, no 

question about it. In my opinion a classic show booth 

is something different though. I present a modern 

Walkthrough construction and guarantee a creepy 

atmosphere. 

What is the name of your attraction? 

After last minute discussions relating to the 

rights to the name, the name now is Old Shining 

House. 

This season, we will appear in Salzburg and, 

among other venues, also in Würzburg, Eisleben, 

Fürth, Kaiserslautern and Karlsruhe. 

How many transport vehicles are required? 

I tour with three transport vehicles. At present, I 

am still thinking about how to use existing loading 

capacity to the optimum. 

How old are you? 

(Laughing) I am 24 years old. 

What's so special about your attraction? 

The creepy atmosphere is not only provided by 

a good facade. We want to appeal to all senses and 

also work with matching noise effects, for example. 

You could say that we offer show time with many 

scary moments. 

■ 

What is still missing? 

There are yet some features currently being 

worked on and optimized. The interior furnishing will 

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SPECIAL 

Düsseldorf 

The capital city of North-Rhine Westphalia is 

buzzing with activity. There are construction sites 

all over the famous city on the Rhine. New 

shopping centres, office and business buildings 

are being built and the inner-city street network has 

Text: Michael Petersen 

now been thoroughly modernised. Düsseldorf is 

Photos: Norman Vogt 

looking forward to the future indeed. Is designing 

its future. At the same time 

Düsseldorf is also looking back 

to its traditions and customs, 

and continues to 'live' them. 

Düsseldorf is versatile, varied, 

international, cosmopolitan, has 

the “the longest bar in the world”, 

and sometimes it is also a little 

snobbish. Be that as it may, 

Düsseldorf knows how to party in 

the medieval city centre or on the 

banks of the Rhine, carnival, on 

Japantag (Japan Day), at the Franzosenfest 

(French Festival), during 

exhibitions, at football matches 

and at the high number of traditional 

Schützenfest events in the 

city. Despite its future-oriented approach, 

Düsseldorf relentlessly 

preserves its traditions and its 

varied cultural customs. Believe it 

or not, more than 50 Schützenfest 

events are celebrated in Düsseldorf 

to this day, yet only a few of 

them are still accompanied by a 

fair event. Until just a few years ago 

that was definitely not so, when the 

Schützen in the city districts 

celebrated together with their 

guests in the beer tent, rode the 

dodgem track, chain ride or the 

Breakdance, and the Schützen 

and Volksfest events were the 

absolute highlights in the varied 

event and festival programme in 

the city of Düsseldorf. Schützenfest 

events, festival processions 

and celebrating in the beer tent are 

still popular today; unfortunately 

fair attractions built up on the fairground 

at the Festplatz are not 

though. As a result only a couple of 

or no showman operations at all make their way to most 

of the Schützenfest events in the state capital. In 

general, this is not a problem for which the Düsseldorf 

Schützen associations can be held responsible, as 

small and medium-sized fair events are also 

struggling to survive in other cities and communities, 

for various and quite different reasons. 

There are exceptions to the rule though – and the most 

beautiful and largest one is the Schützen and Volksfest 

of the Schützenverein St. Sebastianus Düsseldorf 

1316 e. V. The magnificent and high-class Schützenfest 

– an absolute highlight in the Düsseldorf calendar 

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SPECIAL 

Düsseldorf-Première: 

"Super Chaos" from H.P. Maier 

is ride type "Sicko" from 

manufacturer KMG 

of events – is celebrated together with the largest fair 

on the Rhine; this year from 11 th to 20 th July. Even 

though the Düsseldorf events calendar is filled with 

absolutely top-class events that leave nothing to be 

desired, it does not include a single event that attracts 

more than 4 million visitors and unfailingly thrills the 

public every year. The largest fair on the Rhine is an 

unparalleled showcase event in the German showman 

industry, and the capital city of Düsseldorf, and its 

ideal location on the banks of the Rhine between the 

Rhein-Knie-Bridge and the Oberkassel Bridge enhances 

the exclusive image of the largest fair on the 

Rhine to the point of perfection. In fact, the only thing 

missing for absolute perfection is car parking facilities 

in close proximity. While cars could still be parked on 

the meadow next to the rides in earlier years, this is 

unthinkable today. The shuttle bus service between the 

exhibition grounds and the fairground is inconvenient 

for many guests. The majority of visitors come to the 

Rheinkirmes using public transport. Going to the roller 

coaster by bus and rail is certainly a good alternative. 

Two Opening Celebrations 

The Schützenfest of the Schützenverein St. 

Sebastianus Düsseldorf 1316 and the fair being 

celebrated together is a deeply rooted tradition. Only 

the opening is (still) celebrated separately. As the fair 

begins on a Friday, it is also opened on Friday, whereas 

the Schützenfest is opened with its own extended 

opening ceremony in the festively decorated beer tent 

one day later. 

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Drei Top-Geschäfte für eine Top-Veranstaltung! 

Im Frühjahr 2014 sind 

7 weitere schreckliche 

Kreaturen in die 

Geisterstadt eingezogen. 

Der Publikumsliebling mit Grusel-Garantie – wieder in Düsseldorf! 

Nebel – Laser – Horror-Sound – Top-Figuren aus den USA – Live-Akteure 

BEGEISTERUNG AUF 

HÖCHSTEM NIVEAU 

Der Skooter, 

auf dem sich die Kleinen 

wie die Großen fühlen 

– wieder in Düsseldorf! 

Zahlreiche Auto-Modelle • Die groovige Geier-Band 

Der lustige Wasser-Elefant 

Foto: King 

Das große 

Schießvergnügen 

in Düsseldorf 

mit 17 Metern Front! 

Korkenschießen • Scheibenschießen 

Walzenschießen • Blumenschießen 

Sterneschießen • Herzenschießen 

Zwei fahren – einer zahlt! 

Foto: King 

Nostalgie, die man sieht! 

Tradition, die man schätzt! 

Erfahrung, die man spürt! 

Seit über 60 Jahren auf der Rheinkirmes. Super-Preise für super Schützen! 

Wir freuen uns auf die größte Kirmes am Rhein und bedanken uns 

beim St. Sebastianus Schützenverein von 1316 herzlich für die Zulassung! 

Düsseldorf / Bedburg (Erft) 

www.fellerhoff-geisterbahn.de • Hotline: 0172 /214 11 21

Die Neuheit 2014 

Das 

Party EXXXTREEM – 

das macht so richtig Spaß! 

Es erfüllt uns mit Freude und Stolz, 

in unserem Premierenjahr auf der 

größten Kirmes am Rhein in unserer 

Heimatstadt Düsseldorf mit dabei zu sein. 

Ein herzlicher Dank dem Schützenverein 

St. Sebastianus Düsseldorf 1316 e.V. 

für die vertrauensvolle Zusammenarbeit. 

Markus von Olnhausen 

Düsseldorf • Tel. 0177-4629850 

Mail: info@villawahnsinn.info

total verrückte Spaßhaus 

2 Etagen voller Wahnsinn, Spaß und Action 

für Groß und Klein – Jung und Alt 

23 m Front 

9 m tief 

10 m hoch 

www.villawahnsinn.info

Super Chaos 

Das ultimative 

Schaukelvergnügen 

mit dem besonderen Dreh 

Die Neuheit 

auf der Rheinwiese! 

Wir freuen uns, auf der 

größten Kirmes am Rhein 

dabei zu sein. 

H.P. Maier OHG 

München 

H.P. Maier 

Oberwiesenstrasse 70 

CH-8355 Frauenfeld 

Tel. 0041 79 218 2143 

Mail: lumai@bluewin.ch 

Of course, opening the fair separately is also a kind of 

appreciation of the showmen and further emphasizes 

the importance of the fair. Actually, it is high time to 

open the Schützenfest and the fair event at the same 

time. As they both belong together and complement 

each other, all participants should open this unique 

family event with a cheerful ceremony. 

Four Novelties at the Rheinwiese 

Giants – a photo taken 

last year 

Düsseldorf is known for repeatedly hosting most 

impressive ride, coaster, and funhouse premières. 

Last year, the “City Skyliner” celebrated its world 

première in Düsseldorf. This year, this event might well 

have been repeated or even topped, as the 100-metre 

“Hangover” Freefall Tower equipped with new ride 

elements, announced by Ewald Schneider, was to 

celebrate its world première in Düsseldorf. As is well 

known, this is not going to happen now. 

Fair architect Thomas König succeeded in contracting 

four debutantes (2 ride attractions and 2 Walkthrough 

constructions), H.P. Maier will present his “Super 

Chaos” swing in Düsseldorf for the first time, and with 

the “High Impress”, Frank Oberschelp will bring the 

fastest “frying pan” in the world to the Rhine. Among 

the Walkthrough constructions the “Villa Wahnsinn” will 

be the season’s novelty in Düsseldorf, and the large 

fun construction “XXL Fun-House” from the Renz 

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family will make its first appearance at the largest fair 

on the Rhine. 

Let us start our tour of the fairground at the water ride 

(Löwenthal) in the direction of the “Bellevue” Ferris 

Wheel, and have a close look at the fairground 

attractions on the dike, turn left in the direction of the 

Schützenfest and see the attractions on the bank of the 

Rhine. In short, let us first see what to find in the outer 

circuit. At the first attraction, visitors will encounter Ralf 

Sturm’s “Kristall-Palast”, a classic from the funhouse 

sector. The labyrinth, differently placed every year, has 

many loyally returning regular visitors. 

Permanently popular at 

Düsseldorf: the "Spinning Racer" 

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Hermann Fellerhoff’s “Geisterstadt” 

retains its usual site, 

providing a creepy atmosphere 

with many new scary figures and 

an additional show to be presented 

in the outdoor area. There will be 

nothing new leading up to the 

“Schwarzwald-Christel”; the chain 

ride (Fuhrmann), the “Lach+Freu- 

Haus” (Distel), “Spinning Racer” 

(Bruch) and the “Rotor” will line the 

way. The layout of the bay behind 

the “Schwarzwald-Christel” will be 

completely new though. The two 

top-end sites, being appealingly 

occupied by Markmann’s “Nessy” 

and the “Flasher” from Ahrend, will 

entice a vast number of visitors to 

this bay, in the exit area of which 

the “Looping the Loop” from 

Markus von Olnhausen will be 

placed, whereas the “Go-Kartbahn” 

from Fackler will maintain 

the site it was newly allocated to 

last year. 

There will be no changes on the 

sites of the “Bellevue” Ferris Wheel 

(Bruch) and one of the two ghost 

A regular guest at the 

largest Kirmes on the Martin 

Blume's "Daemonium" 

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ides from Schütze. This year, the Schütze family will 

present “Schloss Dracula” with new name signs and 

new ghosts. The corner site in front of the Schützen 

tent will once again be taken by the “Wilde Maus” 

(Eberhard/Göbel). Passing the Schützen tent, visitors 

reach the “Konga” mega swing (Küchenmeister), 

which did very good business on this site in the last 

two years. At the entrance to the first bay on the bank 

of the Rhine, the “Golden Greats” dodgem track 

(Kropp) will be built up this year, while the Wave- 

Swinger (Hanstein) and the “Höllenblitz” (Renoldi) will 

be retaining their familiar sites. The “Füchschen” beer 

tent will also be built up in the bay, where it will be the 

meeting point of the partying crowd once again. As the 

showmen placed in the bay did not fare well in the 

years before, no concession stalls will be built up in the 

bay again this year. Thus the locations for the four 

large attractions are perfectly chosen. 

As is tradition, Howey’s “Happy Sailor” and the “Fight 

Club” (Häsler/Schultz) will be deployed in the second 

bay on the bank of the Rhine. Passing the “Alpina- 

Bahn” (Bruch), visitors will encounter the “Breakdance” 

from Kinzler, Blume’s “Daemonium” and the 

“Circus Circus” (Bruch/Gründler). Directly in front of 

the water ride, the starting point of our tour visitors 

reach the “Toboggan” from Menzie Fischer – a 

completely new site for this complex, traditional 

construction. 

This marks the end of the first part of our tour and the 

beginning of the second part the inner circuit. Opposite 

the water ride, holding the top end site in the 

entrance area of the main entrance to the Rheinwiese, 

Kaiser’s “High Energy” will whirl its passengers 

through the skies. While William Bruch’s Düsseldorf 

“Breakdance” will occupy the same site as last year, 

visitors will encounter the first debutante on the former 

“Nessy” site, the Sicko-type KMG ride “Super Chaos” 

from H.P. Maier. Perfectly placed across the circuit will 

follow the “Diamond” dodgem track (Hartkopf/Osselmann) 

and immediately behind it Goetzke’s “Alex Airport”. 

Behind the entrance to the “Alpenwelt” gastronomic 

operation the Hempen family will provide a lot 

of fun with their “Big Bamboo”, the “Rio Rapidos” 

rafting ride (Kaiser) will provide the visitors with a welcome 

cooling down, and the funniest travelling 

construction site in the world, the “Krumm & Schief 

Bau” (Hartmann), will follow on next to it. There will be 

no change in the placements of the Caterpillar Ride 

(Steiger/Buchholz), the “Venezianisches Pferdekarussell” 

(Langenberg), the “Schnauferl” (Vespermann) 

and the “Super Rutsche” (Göbel). The “City Skyliner” 

(Schneider) will maintain its première site of last 

year, flanked by Krameyer’s “Big Monster” and 

Schäfer’s “Shake & Roll”. The “XXL Fun-House” (Renz) 

will make its debut on the traditional funhouse site 

opposite the “Alpina-Bahn”. 

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The “Power Tower 2” (Schneider) will occupy the 

following corner site this year, and the selection of 

large attractions in Düsseldorf will end with Frank 

Oberschelp’s “High Impress” - the third debutante. 

Familiar and successful sites will be interspersed 

with a number of relocations, and 

the towering fairground attractions will be 

quite well spread over the spacious fairground 

and promise a very prominent and 

attractive Skyline. As usual, this preview is 

subject to change. 

dike side, and additional terraces provide the tent with 

a more open and friendly appearance. The noticeably 

higher number of beer gardens and terraces is an 

obvious concession to smokers. Renoldi’s “Alpenwelt” 

Novelties from Gastronomy 

A ride in a veteran car is 

popular with both young and 

old: the "Schnauferl" 

The beer tents of the Düsseldorf breweries 

are a fixture at the fair; they attract very 

many visitors to the fairground and are a 

substantial turnover factor. No longer built 

up will be the beer tent from the Diebels 

brewery. Its site will now be occupied by the 

until now sadly missed “Uerige” brewery. 

The Düsseldorf cult pub simply belongs to 

the Rheinwiese. Naturally, the Schumacher 

brewery with its barn will also be presented 

again. To the right of the barn, facing its 

main entrance there will now be an open 

beer garden. The main entrance of the 

Schlösser tent changes sides. As a result, 

the tent can now also be entered from the 

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will once again change this year. In addition to the large 

tent in the middle of the Alpenwelt, another two smaller 

roof tents will be built up. A large open-air stage will now 

be in the middle surrounded in a circle by benches and 

tables. Numerous snack and sales booths will be 

placed under the two smaller tents. Even in rainy 

weather visitors can celebrate in a dry place here. 

Fireworks: 1 Million Visitors Expected 

On the second fairground Friday the brilliant fireworks 

display will be held again, attracting some 1 million 

visitors – crowding the fairground, the Oberkassel dike, 

the two Rhine bridges and the medieval city centre 

bank, on this evening every year. It is the day with the 

highest visitor attendance and the strongest turnover 

day for many participants. The Wuppertal pyrotechnic 

firm Nico once again promises a first-class fireworks 

display replete with the latest effects. “Eine Seefahrt die 

ist lustig”, or “A voyage is fun” will be the motto in 

Düsseldorf throughout the event, with a fairground ferry 

shuttle between the medieval city centre and the fairground 

being provided. As there are no car parks in 

close proximity to the fairground, and illegally parked 

vehicles will be resolutely towed away, visitors are 

recommended to use public transport. Those coming 

by car should park at the signed car parks at the 

exhibition grounds and take the shuttle bus. At long last, 

all the information about the largest fair on the Rhine is 

available on an informative website. It provides guests 

with information relating to the fair and the Schützenfest, 

clearly listing accommodation and further information 

providing for a pleasant visit to Düsseldorf and the 

fair. The website is also directed at the showmen 

though, providing them with all the information relating 

to applications. For information on the fair and 

Schützenfest including the schedule: 

www.rheinkirmes-duesseldorf.de 

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WÜRZBURG 

Text: Helmut Bresler 

Photos: Helmut Bresler, Archiv Müller-Reichart, Verlag Mainpost 

Christian Schuchardt, 45, the new Würzburg Lord Mayor 

since this spring, will open the Kiliani event in the Würzburg 

Hofbräu Hahn beer tent on Friday, 4 th July. 

Once again presented will be the Almhütte under the management 

of Ehrenfried Müller and many spectacular showman novelties 

ranging from the “Europa-Rad” (Kipp), the “Sky Fall” 

(Goetzke), “The King” (Zinnecker) and the “Predator” (Löffelhardt), 

to the “Techno Power (Eckl), “Breakdance” (Wolf), and the 

“American Swing” (Schäfer), not to forget the large water ride from 

Heitmann-Schneider and the richly curved “Wilde Maus” from 

Münch. The show and fun sector will be represented by the firms 

Hofmann/Jehn (Freddy’s Company), Barth (Old Shining House), 

and Dom-Jollberg with the “Fahrt zur Hölle”. Another organisational 

novelty: After the head official in charge, Alexander Hoffmann, 

was elected to the Bundestag last autumn, the Kiliani boss 

is a woman; namely, Hülya Düber. She is very accomplished in her 

job and was head official in the building law department and head 

of building inspection in the construction department at the Würzburg 

city authorities. 

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KILIANI LEGEND: UWE WOITERS 

No, bids for the project are duly called for according to a regular or 

irregular rotation schedule. The electrical company Pixis used to be in 

charge, and the Scheuermann firm from Giebelstadt/Eisfeld has been 

carrying out all electrical works on the Würzburg fairground since 1984. 

Since when has the Talavera been your second home? 

For 50 years it has been something like my second living room. Since 

1964, I have been working at the spring festival and at the Kiliani event. 

What did the fairground look like back then? 

Completely different! In those days, there weren't any power junction 

boxes or cables laid out under the street. There were still overhead lines, 

and we were a small team working continuously. 

Were you briefed by your predecessor? 

No, I wasn’t. No, I was simply told “...this is your new job. See to it 

that everything works”. 

Showmen are not always easy. Did you often have problems? 

No, I didn’t. We occasionally had slight differences of opinion, but in 

the end everybody still had the electricity they required in time for the 

beginning of the event. Sometimes it simply took slightly longer … 

Which attractions were built up on the fairground 50 years ago? 

The countdown for the Kiliani opening has started. The last showmen 

are arriving at the fairground and there is work going on all over the 

fairground. Even Uwe Woiters, the fairground electrician is now a 'live 

wire', so to speak. It is his last big job. Once dismantling begins about 

midnight on 20 th July, it will also be the end of his active working life. 

Kirmes & Park Revue interviewed the living Kiliani legend. 

Do you get fired up by the rush of activity all around you? 

No, I simply have known the procedures and the showmen long 

enough. I work true to the ancient and wise sayings “Strength lies in calmness”, 

or “Haste makes waste”. This does not mean dilly-dallying but 

working quickly through tasks. But of course, I cannot possibly be everywhere 

at the same time. 

There were famous and fine-sounding names from the era. I recall for 

example Distel, Feldl and Herhaus. 

Can you think of any related stories? 

Lulu Herhaus, the Grande dame of the showman industry still came 

to Würzburg with her old wooden track ride, before she acquired the 

modern steel version from Schwarzkopf. I was her contact person for all 

questions relating to electric power and worked on many fairgrounds; in 

Frankfurt, Straubing, and Munich – all over Southern Germany. I got on 

well with her. 

Who was the beer tent patron at that time? 

A significant 'birthday' is fast approaching, isn’t it? 

There is still a long time to go – until after Kiliani. On 23 rd July seven 

decades will be celebrated together with your family here in Würzburg. 

When did you begin you apprenticeship as an electrician? 

That was a long time ago – back then in Eichstädt at the age of 14. I 

came to Würzburg only later and quickly felt at home in the metropolis in 

Lower Franconia. 

Today, the Scheuermann firm is responsible for the Kiliani power 

supply. Has it always been this way? 

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The owner of the largest operation on the fairground was Anneliese 

Müller-Reichart – and she was in full control of her business. 

How did you perceive the Müller-Reichart’s demise? 

It came all of a sudden and unexpectedly for everybody. I think the 

last few years on the fairground were not happy for them. 

Does Kiliani need the Stadlwirt? 

Yes, I think so. Naturally, these local scene restaurateurs - the Stadlwirt 

and/or the Almhütte - attract new visitors. In the final analysis, every 

single participant and the organiser benefits from this, and thanks to 

increased demand we can also sell more electricity. In other words, everybody 

is happy. 

How does the cooperation with the beer tent patron Michael Hahn 

work out? 

I honestly don’t know what could be better. Hahn is an experienced 

professional. 

You have seen Hans Dom and Heiner Distel as showman spokesmen. 

Does Kiliani need this post? 

Absolutely! It is important to have an experienced and respected 

voice to the outside - to the public. These days this is all the more 

important, with more media diversity than ever. I think that both Würzburg 

fair events have always been, and will remain, valuable. 

During the redevelopment of the Talavera, the Kiliani event was 

held on the Mainwiesen. Did you like that? 

To be honest, it was a disaster as far as electricity is concerned and 

resulted in a lot of extra work. The area was simply not suitable for fair 

events, and nothing more but a temporary solution was possible. 

Will the events be relocated again for the Landesgartenschau 2018? 

I don’t know; I don’t have any information on the planning status at 

the moment. 

Do you still like to board a ride? 

I have always liked to take a ride and still do today. After all, coasters, 

Freefall Towers, Ferris Wheels and speedy round rides must be tested, 

mustn’t they? 

You have experienced the era of the fairground director Anny 

Musenbichler, as well as the two men who have held that office, Horst 

Waibel and Alexander Hoffmann. Interesting people? 

Certainly, without a doubt. All of them with a mind of their own; and 

they all would surely have been in a right fix without electricity! 

Do you miss any regular participants who left the Kiliani, such as 

Lössel, Guderley, or Dölle?

SPECIAL 

Of course, after all we worked together well for a 

long time. But the Kiliani event experienced a lean 

period that not all the showmen wanted, or were able, 

to cope with. 

During the so-called peak times I have help. Then 

I am twice or even three times as fast as usual. 

Do you accept cash or bank transfer only? 

What happened? 

Both are possible; we decide case by case. 

The answer is very simple. Years ago, far too many 

events were held at the same time. The popular wine 

festivals in the surrounding region alone prevented a 

lot of visitors from coming to the fairground. As a result, 

earnings decreased and the reputation of the Kiliani 

event suffered; truly not a good situation. 

Does your successor, Fabian Henkel, already 

have many contacts? 

Yes, he accompanied me at the spring festival 

and he is getting used to it. I am sure he will master the 

job with ease. 

What brought about the recovery in the last few 

years? 

You could have retired at the age of 65, but you 

put in another five years. Why? 

In my opinion, there are several factors: A new beer 

tent patron with new ideas, a trendy restaurateur with the 

Almhütte concept, and new ideas for the supporting 

programme, such as the veteran car meeting on the last 

opening Sunday with a car parade across the fairground. 

As a result, visitors rushed to the fairground. 

There were spring fair events in snow and 

freezing temperatures. 

Oh dear. There were years that were simply far too 

cold, with frozen water pipes and not a single visitor 

strolling across the fairground, covered in snow. This 

year, 2014, there was beautiful spring weather; Saint 

Peter had a heart for the showmen! 

Because I enjoy my work and my work environment, 

and because I was in good health. I happily put 

in a few years more. 

What does your wife say about it? 

She has coped well and is now looking forward to 

our new life together. 

What is your hobby in your free time? 

I have a large garden I love, and I will then also 

find time and leisure for it. 

Electricity is dangerous. Were there accidents? 

Were there any special experiences you have 

not forgotten? 

Well – yes. Not due to a short-circuit, but due to a 

staff member's carelessly discarded cigarette, 

Schäfer’s suspended-gondola ghost ride could almost 

have fallen victim to fire. That was really dangerous. It 

happened in the early afternoon, but thanks to the 

rapid arrival of the fire brigade, the very worst scenario 

was prevented. Everybody lent a hand so that the ride 

could open again the next day. Everybody helped! 

Dangerous are the forces of habit and the 

neglecting of basic safety regulations. Of course we 

suffered the occasional minor electric shock, but 

nothing more serious – thank God! 

The Bavarian television station interviewed you? 

Yes, during the Würzburg spring festival. It was 

aired in the “Wir in Bayern” programme, portraying the 

state and the people of Bavaria. Afterwards, many 

people asked me about the report on the telly. 

What do you do if all the participants want to 

have electricity at the same time or want to have 

their operations disconnected at the same time 

during dismantling? 

What are you doing now? 

Supplying the showman with electricity who 

arrived last. Goodbye. 

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Circuit walkabout 2013 – 

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Uwe Woiters, Heiner Distel, OB 

Georg Rosenthal Pastor Martin 

Fuchs. Right: Showman 

spokesman Heiner Distel, Dr. 

Hülya Düber, Mark Laudenbacher 

and Hans Obermeier (all three 

from the city of Würzburg, General 

Department for Citizen Service) 

A Kiliani circuit walk around 10 years ago with 

fairground Director Horst Waibel (centre) and Lord 

Mayor Pia Beckmann (r.). Above a snapshot from the 

70s of the Kiliani-tapping of the keg by Lord Mayor 

Klaus Zeitler – carefully watched by publican Anneliese 

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HANNOVER 

Text: Uwe Holzmann 

Photos: Uwe Holzmann, Ina Richter 

“Bruchmeister, Lüttje Lage, Ausmarsch …”, 

“Bruchmeister” (a ceremonial title peculiar to 

Hannover), “schnapps”, “procession”; in 

Hannover, the capital city of Lower Saxony, these 

terms are inevitably associated with the “largest 

Schützenfest in the world”, held on the centrally 

located and boasting a total area of some 10- 

hectares at the Schützenplatz. It is to be held from 

4 th to 13 th July this year, where the 485 th Schützenfest 

will offer a mixture of high tech and tradition. 

“The Hannover residents and their guests from 

near and far can look forward to an attractive 

mixture of thrills, partying, family fun and 

Schützen tradition”, promised Klaus Timaeus, 

General Manager of the Verein Hannoversches 

Schützenfest e.V., in an initial preview of the event 

at the first press conference in January. 

Meanwhile, preparations for the largest Schützenfest 

in the world have almost been completed and once 

the build-up of attractions on the Schützenplatz, 

currently in its final stage has been finished, a well 

worth seeing fairground ranking within the German 

première Volksfest league will have been put together. 

The giant propeller “Gladiator” (Buwalda-Kriek), 

whirling its passengers through the sky, and the 

“Artistico” (Köhrmann), a giant swing, making its 

passengers feel like high wire artists will be the top 

highlights. Further attractions will be the “Burner” 

(Meisel) and the “Hot Shot” (Dölle), promising speedy 

rides up to the sky, along with the “Teststrecke!” 

(Steiger Achterbahn GmbH) and the “Wilde Maus” 

(Barth) coasters, as well as the water ride (Meyer & 

Steiger). Naturally, the “Roue Parisienne” (Burghard- 

Kleuser) will be a focus point at the fairground. Ghost 

rides, funhouse constructions and modern rides will 

complete the cornucopia of fairground attractions. 

Among many other attractions, the “Kick Down” 

(Landwermann), “Polyp” (Stummer), “Shaker”" 

(Wilhelm), „Breakdance” (Hainlein-Noack), „Wellenflug” 

(Blume) and the “Musik Express” (Krause) – 

highly popular in Hannover – the “Geisterschlange” 

(Lehmann), the “Down Town” labyrinth (Hofmann), the 

funhouse attractions “Omni” (Kinzler), “Crazy Outback” 

(Hofmann-Jehn) and “Fun Street” (L. Hofmann) 

will await the visitors. 

Another highlight, the “Altweibermühle” 

(Hartkopf) will 

be transformed into the 

"Horror-Mühle" at this year’s 

Schützenfest, with Marc 

Terenzi and his team presenting 

excerpts from his 

“Horror-Nights” programme, 

providing the visitors with a 

creepy atmosphere, just as 

will the “Panic Room” 

(Lemoine). Those preferring 

sportive activities will get 

their share of entertainment 

at the “Live Boxen” attraction 

(Heinen), and with some 

skill and luck they can even 

win some money. 

Outstanding: 

the Hannover Schützenfest 

Klaus Timaeus, Manager 

at the Verein Hannoversches 

Schützenfest e.V. 

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A LOOK FORWARD 

Fairground map of the 

largest Schützenfest in the 

world in Hannover (subject 

to change) 

The selection of attractions will be rounded off by a 

number of kiddie rides, a pony ride, popular dodgem 

tracks and a Go-kart track. Furthermore, the “Paderborner 

Pferdekarussell” (Noack-Steuer) will provide 

some nostalgic flair. 

Naturally, operations providing visitors with fun, entertainment, 

and delicacies cannot be absent either on 

a perfect fairground. Games booths, sweets, roasted 

almonds, delicious fish rolls and pastries are an indispensable 

must. A special feature at the Hannover 

Schützenfest are the large beer tents, snack booths 

and beverage outlets with their cosy beer gardens, 

where the long-standing Hannover “Lüttje-Lage- 

Trinken” (schnapps drinking) is retained, and 

delicious fried sausages and spicy shish kebab are 

served. Moreover, Ross Antony, Matthias Brodowy 

and guest star Bata Ilic will certainly provide for a “full 

house” and a happy partying atmosphere in the beer 

tents “Alt Hanovera”, “Gildefestzelt” and the shrill – 

and now a cult – “Gaypeople-Zelt”. Friends of 

traditional music will certainly get their money’s worth 

at the “Festival der Blasmusik”, "Olympiade der 

Fanfarenzüge” marching bands, the “Jazzfrühschoppen”, 

or the festive 'last post' on Schützenplatz. 

The exact dates will be available in the media, in 

flyers, or at www.hannover.de/schuetzenfest 

A special highlight in the year of the FIFA World Cup 

will be the “Hannover 96-tent” operated by Enzo 

Fumiento, a well-known Hannover publican. It is to be 

a central meeting point for football fans and fans of 

the Schützenfest alike. In the centre of the fairground, 

the magnificent circular section surrounded by tall 

poplars is a cosy rest area with gastronomic 

operations, inviting visitors to linger and stay. 

Despite all this, it should not be forgotten that the event 

is a Schützenfest. As a result, Schützen shape the 

image of the 12-kilometre Schützen procession 

through the Hannover medieval city centre on 6 th July. 

Every year, some 10,000 people from German and 

foreign Schützen Associations, marching bands and 

folk and carnival groups participate in this procession. 

(Moreover, the Schützen provide a special atmosphere 

to the events in the “Festhalle Marris” beer tent 

every evening. Hundreds of Schützen coming from 

the Luneburg Heath and the Harz Uplands will also 

dominate the Niedersachsentag (Lower Saxony Day) 

on the second Friday during the event. This latter 

feature was omitted in 2012) As a result, the organiser, 

the showmen and the Schützenfest mascot “Ballerkalle” 

hope for beautiful weather, as well as plenty of 

fun and entertainment at the 485 th Schützenfest on the 

Hannover Schützenplatz. 

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Das Lachen am laufenden Band! 

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Tel. 0178 /217 38 45

GOSLAR 

Text: 

Uwe Holzmann 

From 4 th to 13 th July, visitors to 

the largest Volksfest and 

Schützenfest event in the Goslar 

region will be able to experience 

a great deal of Schützen 

tradition, surges of adrenalin, 

wind in their hair and a lot of fun. 

The traditional Schützen procession 

at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday 5 th 

July, accompanied by music, 

proceeding through the medieval 

city centre to the Osterfeld fairground 

and attracting crowds of 

spectators every year, will mark the 

beginning of the event. In addition 

to classic ride attractions, such as 

the Ferris Wheel (Wilhelm) or the 

“Jaguar-Express” (Ahrend), visitors 

will also encounter a number of new 

highlights, such as the giant “Mega 

King Tower” (Zinnecker), the 

“Monster” (Gebr. Boos), and the 

“Crazy Mouse” coaster (Ahrend). 

Further novelties – or appearing in 

Goslar after a break of many years 

– will be the “Magi” (Meyer), the 

“Volare” Wave-Swinger (Blume), 

the “Flipper” (Splitt) and the 

“Hawaii-Swing” (Schaak). Moreover, 

the “Break Dancer No.2” 

(Dreher-Vespermann), the “Krake” 

(Markmann), the water ride (Heitmann-Schneider) 

and the dodgem 

(Vorlop) are indispensable attractions 

at Goslar. Providing the 

visitors with a lot of fun, a creepy 

atmosphere, and a large dose of 

horror will be the “Horror-Lazarett” 

(Lehmann), appearing in Goslar for 

the first time, as well as the “Psycho” 

(Bergmann), along with the “U 

3000” (Ahrend), the “Gaudi Hüttn” 

(Hartmann) and the classic “Spuk 

Schloss” Ghost Ride (Hansla). The 

younger visitors will be able to 

enjoy nine kiddie rides. Moreover, 

the Continental pick stands “Silbermine” 

and “Spielhölle Hongkong” 

from Kellner together with a firstclass 

selection of games booths, 

shooting galleries and pick up 

trolleys, many snack and sweets 

booths, roasted almond booths, 

pastry bakeries and ice cream 

parlours, as well as an ample 

choice of beverage outlets with cosy 

beer gardens will leave nothing to 

be desired. Every Friday at 11 p.m., 

the traditional fireworks display will 

provide the fairground with a happy 

atmosphere, and on Wednesday 9 th 

July the Family Day will entice the 

public to the fairground with 

reduced prices. Important to know 

for football fans, there will also be live 

TV coverage of all the FIFA World 

Cup matches of the German team 

inside the “Bayern Festhalle”. ■

The Bürgersöhne corps (1814), in which bachelors celebrate the 

Freischießen event and shoot out their own reigning king, has a great 

tradition. The origins of the corps go back to the time of the industrial 

revolution, which had deep influence on Peine. The high number of 

new citizens also wanted to take part in the Freischießen event. However, 

they were denied the right to join the Schützengilde, consisting 

of long-time Peine merchants and craftsmen at that time. Also 

founded in addition to the aforementioned corps were the MTV Vater 

Jahn Peine (1862), TSV Bildung (1863), and the Peine Walzwerker 

Verein (1878), which also participate in the largest town festival. 

Two Bürgerschaffer, or administrators, elected at the citizen’s 

meeting, are responsible for the organisation of the Peine Freischießen, 

and during the preparations for the Peine Freischießen, 

the Kirmes & Park Revue had the opportunity to interview Thomas 

Weitling, the administrator re-elected for the 7 th time, at the Freischießen 

2014. 

Mr. Weitling, what are the special features at this year’s 

Peine Freischießen? 

PEINE FREISCHIESSEN 

The Peine Freischießen can look back on a centuries-old 

tradition and enjoys being ranked highly in the affections of the 

Peine residents. The Volksfest is enthusiastically used to cultivate 

friendships, to meet old friends, and also as an excuse to return to 

your home town of Peine to celebrate the Freischießen event with 

friends and family. In 1979, the Schützenplatz, located in the town 

centre directly adjacent to the town hall and the Schützen building, 

was set up as a fairground. The adjoining town park and the high 

number of trees surrounding the fairground provide a very special, 

green setting. Countless processions of marching bands held 

throughout the event provide Peine with a special flair and draw the 

fascinated attention of virtually all citizens. 

Text: Uwe Holzmann 

The largest event celebrated in the some 50,000-resident district 

town of Peine in Lower Saxony is the annual Schützenfest, the 

“Peine Freischießen”, held for five days around the first Sunday 

in July; this year from 4 th to 8 th July. 

Originally, the name comes from the ancient custom, according to 

which the Peine residents were able to “shoot themselves out of their 

civic duties”. Even though the origin of the event is not known due 

to a town fire in 1557, it is thought that there was a kind of Bürgerwehr, 

or Home Guard, in the frequently fought-over town even shortly 

after the founding of the town in about 1220. Over the years, the 

Peine residents took advantage of this right for self-defence to be 

granted an increasing number of rights by the landlords, such as 

the right to “shoot themselves out of taxes” or the right to elect the 

mayor. Since the late 19 th century, the Peine Freischießen has no 

longer been an event of a single “local Schützenverein”, but of 

seven “corps”, without which the Peine Freischießen would be 

unthinkable. They preserve the idea and the cultural assets of the 

Peine Freischießen. Every corps has its own king. Among the seven 

corps there are three so-called “Bürgerkorporationen” (citizen 

corps), namely the Neue Bürger Corps (1927), the Bürger Jäger 

Corps (1871), and the Schützengilde (1597). Among these three 

corps the king, who has a special position in the town’s community 

life during his 1-year reign, is shot out. 

Are there any special events during the opening of the 

event? 

For some years now, we have waived official opening speeches 

in Peine. On the opening Friday from 3 p.m. the fairground fills up 

with eleven youth marching bands playing not only for the visitors 

but also for the showmen and operators instead, attracting the 

crowds to the fairground even in the early afternoon. It goes without 

saying that the young musicians get a number of free rides on the 

ride attractions and coasters by way of thanks. Since 1966, a 

magnificent fireworks display is held by Schneider-Pyrotechnik in the 

adjoining town park at about 10 p.m. on Friday evening, much to the 

delight of the visitors to the fairground, as well as the residents of 

the Peine town centre. 

Which attractions will you surprise the visitors to the Peine 

Freischießens with? 

After a year without a Ferris Wheel, visitors will be able to enjoy 

rides in the “Around the World” Ferris Wheel from the Cornelius firm 

once again, and the “Sky Dance” tower chain ride from the Nülken 

firm will provide visitors with thrilling flights up in the sky. As the 

organiser, we are pleased that the Haberkorn firm from Erfurt will 

present its novelty “Chaos Airport” funhouse as a very special 

attraction in Peine, and the over-the-top ride “Night Style” from 

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Wir freuen uns, mit unserer Neuheit CHAOS AIRPORT 

beim Freischießen 2014 in Peine dabei zu sein. 

Nächste Station: 

Speyer, Brezelfest 

Andrea und Mario Haberkorn • Erfurt • Tel. 0163 / 89 84 777 

www.schausteller-haberkorn.de 

Foto: Georg Winter 

Raymond Armbrecht will properly whirl its 

passengers around. It goes without saying that 

classic rides are also a fixture in Peine, such as 

the “Breakdancer” (Dreher-Vespermann), “Top In” 

dodgem track (Robrahn) and the “Troika” Switchback 

(Frank Ahrend), particularly popular with the 

youth for many years now. 

And what about attractions for younger 

visitors? 

The younger visitors will be able to enjoy a 

number of rides and attractions, such as the 

“Fantasialand” compressed air ride (Berweke), 

“Flying Airdance” (Wilhelm), the kiddie track ride 

(Böker), the small “Piraten-Schiff” (Bossle), the 

“Junior Skooter” (Kröker), and this year the “Nordsee-Bälle” 

novelty from Rosenstädt, instead of a 

pony ride. 

Would you tell us something about the 

infrastructure at the Peine Freischießen? 

On the fairground opposite the Schützen 

building there will be solid toilet facilities with a 

service and nappy-changing station, a police 

station and a German Red Cross container. As the 

Peine Freischießen is a very peaceful event mainly 

frequented by families, security personnel have 

not been necessary so far; only the Niedersachsen 

beer tent employs security personnel of 

its own in the evening hours. 

This year, the Peine Freischießen occurs 

during the FIFA World Cup – what will you as 

the organiser do about this? 

To prevent football fans from watching the 

quarter and semi final matches at home instead of 

coming to the fairground, the town authorities have 

organised a “Public Viewing” in the town park in 

close proximity to the fairground. Therefore, football 

fans can enjoy themselves on the fairground 

before and after the matches. 

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HISTORY 

A LOOK BACK ON 30 YEARS PEINE FREISCHIESSEN 

Traditionally the small but always 

interestingly laid out fairground 

that presents regularly changing 

novelties and attractions, mainly 

accommodated showmen from 

Bremen, Hamburg, Braunschweig 

and, naturally, from the 

Peine/Salzgitter region. 


Uwe Holzmann 

In Peine 1986: “Big Splash” 

water ride (Löwenthal) and 

“Breakdance” (Rühl) 

1987: “Die wilde Jagd” 

(Thrumann) and “Kampf der 

Giganten (Blume) 

For decades, the dodgem 

track (Robrahn), “Rio 

Express” (Hoffmann), the 

small “Breakdancer” 

(Dreher), the set of 

Gallopers “Die wilde Jagd” 

(Thrumann), “Jet Ride” from 

H.G. Wille (initially a normal 

Jet Ride, then from 1991 a 

larger, 14-piece model built 

by Lutz), and the constantly 

popular Hennecke “Kinder- 

Paradies” track ride from 

the Geschwister Wille from 

Bad Gandersheim have 

been regular participants. 

“Die wilde Jagd” was built up in Peine for the last 

time in 1996, when it was sold to a private 

collector. 

In the meantime it has come under the ownership 

of the Deutsches Musikautomaten-Museum in 

Bruchsal Castle, where a part of the ride is 

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1987: “Rio Express” (Hoffmann) 

and “Wellenflug” (Blume) 

presented in a permanent exhibition. The 

“Fantasialand” Jet Ride has been operated by 

Frank Berweke from Braunschweig for six years; 

the “Geschwister Wille” firm gave up touring and 

sold the kiddie ride. With the beautiful kiddie track 

ride from the Bremen Böker firm, the “Kinder- 

Paradies” has found an appealing successor in 

Peine. 

Almost every year during the last 30 years, a 

Ferris Wheel has been built up on the fairground 

on the Peine Kantstraße. Up until 1986, it was 

often the small, 20-gondola Ferris Wheel from 

Franz Bruch from Düsseldorf, from 1988 the 

successor ride (a 33-metre Nauta-Bussink Wheel 

with 24 gondolas), and from 1995 the 45-metre 

“Wonder-Wheel” from the Bruch-Schneider firm. 

Other attractions and novelties in Peine during the 

last 30 years have included the brand new “Big 

Splash” water ride from Löwenthal, the prototype 

of which was built by Weber + Co., but unfortunately 

had to be shut down due to technical 

problems, while the “1001 Nacht” Flying Carpet 

from Bruch, the “Hully Gully” from Walter Köhrmann 

and a novelty Breakdance, namely the 

model from the Herne Rühl firm, were regularly 

besieged by visitors. In 1987, the “Galactica” 

(Berg), “Ranger” (Schäfer), “Kampf der Giganten” 

(Blume), “Crazy Town” (Schau), and the “Wellenflug” 

(Blume), along with the “Breakdancer” 

(Dreher) appearing in Peine for the first time and 

a fixture ever since, enthralled the public. In 1988, 

the “Skylab” (Tolisch) took the visitors up into the 

1988: “Skylab” (Tolisch), organ (Ricke), 

and Ferris Wheel (Franz Bruch) in Peine 

sky, and the “Schunkler” (Wendler), the “Lido 

2000” show booth (Lemoine), and a Mäusestadt 

provided a lot of fun in Peine. Novelties in 1989 

were the Huss Magic “Circus-Circus” from “HBB” 

(Howey-Bruch-Bruch), making its third appearance 

after its première in Peine, the “Centrox” from 

Gräfe boasting an additional rotating movement, 

and the Dutch “Sky Flyer” from Tegelaar, as well 

as the “Hai-Show” (shark show) providing thrilling 

entertainment. 

Appearing in addition to the regular participants 

in the rolling mill and owl town of Peine ever since 

1989 appearing in Peine: 

“Circus Circus” (HBB) 

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HISTORY 

Build-up scenes and 

showman transport vehicles in 

Peine in the 1990s. 

1996: Frisbee (Robrahn) and 

“Wonder Wheel” (Bruch- 

Schneider). 1997: “Wellenflug” 

(Roie), dodgem track (Robrahn) 

and “Colorado Rafting” 

(Bruch-Schneider) 

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HISTORY 

1997: View from the 

Ferris Wheel. “The” attraction 

2004 in Peine: Free Style (Agtsch) 

the 1990s have been many “good and new” 

attractions, for example the “Frisbee” (Robrahn), 

“Colorado-Rafting” (Bruch-Schneider), “Roll- 

Over” (Krause), multi-level horse carousel, 

“Wellenflug” (Roie), “Fliegender Teppich” (Köhrmann), 

“Show der Sensationen” (Blume), “Take 

Off” (Ahrend), “Wilde Maus” (Barth), “Airwolf” 

(Eberhard), or the “Freestyle” (Agtsch). ■ 

1998: Ferris Wheel and 

the Flying Carpet. 2009: Run on 

the “Airwolf” and the longrunning 

hit “Breakdancer” 

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PREMIÈRE 

Première in Krefeld: The 

“Villa Wahnsinn” from the 

Markus von Olnhausen family 

The new Walkthrough construction 

“Villa Wahnsinn” from 

the Markus von Olnhausen 

family celebrated a successful 

première at the Krefeld Sprödentalkirmes. 

In the end, the imposing 

construction could be 

completed on time, thanks to the 

tireless help and ample support 

by a number of colleagues and 

the Reckmann firm. 

Text: 

Michael Petersen 

Photos: Michael Petersen, 

Archiv von Olnhausen 

Melanie and Markus von 

Olnhausen with son Arno and 

daughter Henny. At the 

inauguration in Krefeld: 

Pastor Sascha Ellinghaus 

Villa Wahnsinn 

wagon, the real rebuilding 

of the attraction was put on 

hold up until early 2013, as 

calculations, layout designs, 

discussions with the 

As early as 2011, the family decided to extend its supporting firms dragged on somewhat, and they 

showman enterprise with a Walkthrough construction. 

did not want to be rushed or put under avoidable 

It was to be a funhouse for the whole 

family, with classic elements in an open and unobstructed 

design. They did not want the customers 

to pay for “a pig in a poke”; potential visitors should 

time pressure. The operation’s name, “Villa Wahnsinn”, 

is known from the gastronomic sector; there 

is even one of these party restaurants in the Düsseldorf 

medieval city centre. 

be able to see, at 

least to some extent, 

what they were in for. 

In the same year, 

they bought and 

partly dismantled the 

“Twister” facade 

wagon from the 

Oberschelp family, 

as they needed the 

hydraulic system 

and the skeletal 

structure for construction 

of the new 

funhouse. Having 

purchased a second 

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PREMIÈRE 

Details of the new 

Walkthrough construction 

Even though copyright has meanwhile become a 

delicate topic, investigation revealed that the name 

“Villa Wahnsinn” is legally protected only in the 

gastronomic sector. As a result, Markus von 

Olnhausen was able to have the rights to the name 

legally protected for the showman sector – excepting 

of course, gastronomy. In mid-2013, the 

family carried out all steel assembly themselves and 

the new hydraulic system was fitted into the second 

wagon. For the “Villa Wahnsinn”, two vehicles are 

now placed at a 45 degree angle to each other, 

providing an unusual visual appearance and 

design. Spreading over two levels, the 24-metre 

long, 9-metre deep and 10-metre high “Villa Wahnsinn” 

ranks among the larger funhouse constructions 

in Germany. In addition to its size and 

height, the “Villa” provides a bright, friendly, and 

vividly coloured design. While Boris Shypov 

painted the attraction with funny motifs reflecting 

high spirits, fun and just a little madness according 

to the wishes of the family, the Reckmann firm from 

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PREMIÈRE 

A view of the second level 

True friends: Many 

colleagues and friends of the von 

Olnhausen family helped out so 

that the “Villa Wahnsinn” could 

be opened in Krefeld on time 

Oberhausen expertly installed the power-saving 

and varied LED lighting system. With shaking 

stones, rolling barrels, water basins and fountains, 

there is much to experience already in the outside 

area, and inside the attraction a spacious glass 

labyrinth, a “car wash”, suspension bridges, moving 

barrels and staircases, a ball pool, an expander 

course, a moving belt, rotating discs and still much 

more; all is available to the visitors. From August the 

attraction is to be extended with a cake-walk, and 

fine-tuned with further LED spotlights and decoration 

elements. 

King-sized sunflowers, solar lanterns and flowers 

provide the attraction with a friendly and colourful 

atmosphere. 

Considering the vast number of funhouse constructions 

it was certainly a bold decision to invest 

a great deal of money in a Walkthrough construction. 

The “Villa Wahnsinn” however proves that good 

ideas and their realisation can really make a difference. 

This year, the “Villa Wahnsinn” will also be presented 

at, among other venues, Mülheim-Saarn, Düsseldorf, 

Essen, Erkelenz, Haan, and Bad Ems. ■ 

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PREMIÈRE 

Germany’s first 

Technical Park “Pegasus 16”: 

Störzer’s “Black Out” 

The ride project “Pegasus 16” 

from Alexander and Sascha 

Störzer, built by the Italian manufacturer 

Technical Park, celebrated 

its German première at 

the Nürnberg Frühlingsfest. 

Despite strong competition on 

the fairground, the major ride 

made a successful debut and 

was very well received by the 

public. 

Text: 

Helmut Bresler 

Photos: Helmut Bresler, Heiko Schimanzik 

Black Out 

It took quite some time until this ride type found 

its way to Germany. In August 2000, the construction, 

accommodating 30 passengers, celebrated 

its world première in Lucca, Italy. Even 

though German showmen repeatedly showed 

interest in this attraction, this interest never 

resulted in more than a visit to the Technical Park 

premises in Melara. As a result, the large 

version of the Pegasus ride, named after the 

winged horse from Greek mythology, 

“conquered” the whole world – except for 

Germany. When a compact 16-seat version 

became available last year, Alexander and 

Sascha Störzer seized the opportunity and, with 

a heavy heart, parted with their “Eclipse” in 

favour of the new ride. 

Ordering a new ride is often an experience not 

for the faint-hearted, and this certainly proved to 

be the case with the Störzer brothers decision. 

The preview originally planned in Deggendorf, 

Lower Bavaria, where the family wanted to get 

used to their newly purchased ride and gather 

detailed knowledge of its technology to be able 

to skilfully operate the ride on its further tour, did 

not work out smoothly. 

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PREMIÈRE 

“Black Out” in action 

INFO 

The QR code to scan, 

and on-ride video's from 

Störzer’s “Black Out”: 

The transports from Italy 

reached the Nürnberg fairground 

only at the very last 

minute, yet the “Black Out” 

made its rounds drawing the 

visitor's fascinated gaze 

punctually for the opening of 

the event on Easter Saturday. 

To begin with, the ride control 

caused a lot of problems, 

acting up at the end of the ride 

and the required lowering of 

the main arm. This was 

remedied by a new version of a Simatic control 

from Siemens. The most impressive feature was 

the brilliant LED lighting that made the crowd 

stop in their tracks. Moreover, the backflash was 

not completed and provided at that stage. However, 

the ride is now to be presented complete 

with the backflash at the Schweinfurt Volksfest 

for the first time. The response of the 

passengers in Nürnberg (and at the subsequent 

venue Bamberg) was positive. Due to the suspension 

of the gondolas, passengers are 

provided with a smooth and spectacular looping 

experience, with the overlapping rotation of the 

arm and the wheel quickly causing a feeling of 

Anja and Alex Störzer 

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TIMELESS 

At the première of 

Pegasus in 2000, Karl 

Ruisinger, Editor-in- 

Chief of the Kirmes & 

Park Revue described 

the major ride as 

follows: 

“… It is best to compare 

the ride with existing 

ride types. At first 

glance, the ‘Pegasus’ 

recipe in the guide to 

international ride manufacturing 

would read: 

Take the well-tried 

basic construction of 

the Dutch ‘Top Scan’, 

add the gondola wheel 

of the ‘Evolution’ well 

known in Italy and bring 

it up-to-date with selflooping 

passenger 

gondolas that the 

American ‘Chaos’ is 

world-famous for, season 

everything with a 

good pinch of companies’ 

know-how – 

and the new attraction 

is ready to go. But stop! 

Pegasus is far more 

than simply a ride 

thrown together from 

well-known components. 

It is a creation 

with a character of its 

own, freshly mixing 

successful ride elements 

and assembling 

them into a successful, 

truly unprecedented 

novelty.” 

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disorientation. As the gondolas can be locked in 

position all of a sudden from the control panel 

during the ride, there is a 

variety of ride sequences. 

Moreover, the main arm can be 

swung or moved by 360 

degrees, resulting in a really 

varied ride experience that 

provides eye contact with onlookers 

as the icing on the 

cake. Many passengers were 

so thrilled that they immediately 

took a second ride. 

The “Black Out” was built according to the new 

DIN standard 13814 featuring, for example, the 

latest RGB light technology that creates any 

desired colour by the blending of the three 

primary colours (red, green, and blue), powersaving 

single-phase motors, the most up-to-date 

eddy-current brake and comfortable shellshaped 

seats made of carbon fibre, the material 

of the future. As a result, the new ride also meets 

the standards of security, energy efficiency, and 

environmental-friendliness. The Störzer brothers 

chose a dark science fiction theme for the ride's 

design. Current plans for the backflash provide 

for a futuristic cityscape beset by heavy hail and 

thunderstorms. This theme is highly fashionable 

and the colours white and green dominating the 

Störzers’ ride perfectly match the theme. ■ 

Group photo of the build-up 

team in Nürnberg on Maundy 

Thursday, with the Störzer 

family and the specialists from 

the Technical Park firm 

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A LOOK BACK 

WUPPERTAL 

The 3 rd Wuppertal 

Mega Fair 

Text: 

Photos: 


Michael Petersen, Nils Benthien 

The event suffered from 

continuous rainfall this time 

The Wuppertal Mayor Peter 

Jung also joined the group 

photo at the opening (2 nd f.r.) 

Umbrellas were an indispensable necessity for 

the visitors to the 3 rd Wuppertal Mega Fair (9 th 

to 12 th May), blighted with April weather with 

rainfall, storms and low temperatures throughout 

the event. This year, there was really no 

sign of the merry month of May. 

On Friday afternoon, the fair was opened by Peter 

Fuhrmann, Chairman of the Wuppertal Schützenverein, 

Albert Ritter, DSB President, and the 

Wuppertal Mayor Peter Jung; all delivering short 

speeches (with the sun still shining). The beer 

tapping ceremony was followed by the traditional 

stroll across the fairground and a ride on the 

Ferris Wheel of the prominent guests. While the 

fairground was well-attended in the afternoon, this 

changed abruptly in the early evening hours. 

When a high number of visitors awaiting the 

opening fireworks display rushed the fairground 

at about 7.30 p.m., a stormy wind was blowing, 

accompanied by hail 

showers and heavy rainfall, 

and most of the 

visitors left the fairground 

in a hurry. The fireworks 

display was then held in 

light rainfall. While Saturday 

suffered from storm 

and rain, the weather was 

dry on Sunday afternoon 

and from midday all the 

attractions were quite 

crowded. Unfortunately it 

was raining again in the 

early evening hours, and also the Family Day on 

Monday was virtually "washed away". Due to the 

adverse weather conditions, visitor attendance 

and turnover fell far short of expectations. The 

attractions offered on the fairground conformed to 

our detailed preview. As the artificial grass site 

next to the stadium is no longer used as a football 

pitch, it could be completely filled up with showman 

attractions for the first time. The future use of 

this site is currently being decided on, and there 

is reason to hope that it will continue to be available 

for the fair. All in all, the layout and the 

occupancy of the fairgrounds in front of the 

stadium, along the Wupper and next to the 

stadium, left nothing to be desired. The Wuppertal 

Showman Association did a good job in 

organising and running the 3 rd Mega Fair, and 

three weeks before its opening, the event was 

heralded in an extensive poster and advertising 

campaign in all local media. 

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TETEROW 

A LOOK BACK 

Text & Photo: Kai Morawetz 

Teterow is the third largest city in 

the Rostock district, located in the 

centre of Mecklenburg, Western 

Pomerania, and mainly known for 

the annual motorbike races on the 

Bergring, the largest natural grass 

track for speedway races in 

Europe. 

Since 17 th May 1914, the Hechtbrunnen, 

or Pike Fountain, with the 

city’s symbol, the pike, has been 

standing on the market square. 25 

years ago, the 75 th anniversary of the 

fountain’s unveiling was celebrated 

with a Hechtfest, which over the years 

has evolved into a fixture in the city’s 

calendar of events. As a result, the 

Teterow residents and guests from 

the surrounding region celebrated the anniversary 

“100 Years of the Hechtbrunnen” and the 25 th Hechtfest, 

from 16 th to 18 th May this year. The festivities 

began with a long procession, and on the festival 

grounds on Schulkamp a small fairground was built 

up, having been organised by the showman Frank 

Rathsack for the first time this year. This year’s 

selection of attractions on the fairground was more 

appealing than last year, with the “Back to The 

Future” Simulator (Heinerici-Upleger) making its 

first time appearance and Taube’s “Wiener Sport 

Rad” and the family coaster “Drache” from Thiede 

returning to the event after a longer absence. 

Moreover, visitors encountered the “Hot Cars” 

dodgem track from Rathsack with some of its 

chaises featuring striking new air brush artwork. In 

contrast to the last few years, when a street lamp 

constituted an obstacle, the front of the dodgem 

track could now be completely unfolded at last. 

The city authorities had now showed understanding 

and had the street lamp moved by some metres. 

While the Matterhorn “Tropical Jet” from Simmrow, a 

popular guest and meeting point at the Hechtfest for 

many years, was sadly missed – mainly by young 

people – while the younger visitors could enjoy a Jet 

Ride. Moreover, a colourful and varied family programme 

was presented inside the Petra Taube's 

beer tent throughout the event. Directly next to the 

beer tent several snack booths and beverage outlets 

were built up, with delicious fried sausages, 

steaks and much more being offered at the “Grillmeister” 

(Börner). Apart from several sweet stalls 

there was also an appealing choice of all kinds of 

concession stalls. Moreover, a row of handicraft and 

market stalls selling an ample product range spread 

over the rear section of the fairground. A brilliant fireworks 

display, held on late Sunday evening, marked 

the end of the 25 th Hechtfest. 

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The “Wiener Sport Rad” 

from Taube in Teterow 

View across the Neue 

Messplatz at Kirchheimer Weg 

in Heidelberg 

HEIDELBERG 


Norman Vogt 

The Heidelberg Volksfest on the Neue Messplatz at 

Kirchheim Weg (this year from 17 th to 25 th May), 

organised by the city administration together with 

the Showman Association, was opened with the 

traditional tapping of the keg in front of the stage 

on Saturday at 3 p.m. 

As the event on the Neuer Messplatz has increasingly 

lacked momentum in the last few years, and only a 

couple of showmen were willing to present their 

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A LOOK BACK 

Visitor attendance 

was modest 

attractions on this area, a 

varied programme with live 

concerts under the motto 

“Rock & Pop” and attractive 

ride constructions succeeded 

in creating more of an 

atmosphere and enticed a 

considerably higher number 

of visitors to the fairground 

throughout the event. The 

organisers succeeded in 

engaging Steffen’s “Devil Rock”, along with the 

“Alpha 1” “Breakdance” from Spain, Neigert’s 

“Looping the Loop”, a Simulator (Tedesco), and a 

dodgem track. Younger visitors were able to enjoy a 

number of kiddie rides. The daily, free live concerts on 

the small stage in the centre of the fairground were 

not to everybody’s taste, however. The loud music 

between the rides and the concession stalls made a 

rather disconcerting impression on most of the 

visitors and showmen, seriously affecting the showmen's 

business, and did not bring about the hopedfor 

increase in turnover. After just a couple of days one 

of the showmen was fed up, dismantled his attraction 

overnight and left! The opening fireworks display on 

the first Saturday evening, the kiddie stage programme 

on both opening Sundays and the “Super- 

Wednesday” with reduced prices did not lead to the 

hoped-for rush of visitors either. The posters heralding 

the Volksfest were not very effective. They were too 

small and hardly discernible among the countless 

election posters that had been put up on almost every 

street lamp. Due to the failures of the Volksfest events 

on the Neuer Messplatz, the authorities and the Showman 

Association have been searching for a new citycentre 

fairground for some time. One can only hope 

that they will find one soon, in order to prevent the 

Heidelberg Volksfest events from declining into 

insignificance and the Volksfest lights going out 

forever. 

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AHLEN 

Attractive occupancy 

at the Maikirmes in Ahlen 


Nils Bernthin 

For more than 175 years, the 

Maikirmes has been held in 

Ahlen, Westphalia. This year, 

the event was celebrated on Dr. 

Paul-Rosenbaum-Platz for a 

fully six days, from 1 st to 6 th May. 

70 showman operations were 

chosen from the applications 

received. In addition to the 

“Jekyll & Hyde” Propeller from 

Thelen coming to Ahlen directly from its première 

venue in Paderborn, there were also the “Number 1” 

dodgem track (Isken), the “Colossus” Ferris Wheel 

(Göbel), the “Formel Eins” dodgem track 

(Schneider), the Musik Express (Schneider-Krause), 

the “Breakdance” (Noack), and the “New World 

3000” Simulator (Welte). Built up in the centre row as 

further novelties for Ahlen were the “High Explosive” 

coaster (Vorlop), and the funniest construction site in 

the world “Krumm & Schiefbau” (Hartmann & 

Söhne). Moreover, the younger visitors were able to 

enjoy a chain ride, swing, track ride, kiddie carousel, 

Jet Ride, and a western-style pony ride, with a 

number of games and sales booths rounding off the 

entertainment contingent. In the run-up to the event 

there were discussions about alleged animal cruelty 

at the pony ride. A social network “Flashmob” even 

called for a demonstration, with protest signs and 

banners in front of the pony ride. The police were 

able to find the initiator who had deleted the entry 

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from the social network, after having been reminded 

of the fact that a demonstration has to be registered 

and that the police would take appropriate action if 

necessary. District veterinarians inspected the pony 

ride, and could not determine any violation of the 

Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act. The local newspapers 

and television station, Lokalzeit Münsterland, 

reported positively on the pony ride, and the Ahlen 

Mayor Benedikt Ruhmöller, who pointedly paid a 

visit to the Anton Keiser's pony ride during the 

opening stroll across the fairground, also unequivocally 

rejected the accusation of cruelty to animals. 

Moreover, the authorities honoured Anton Kaiser for 

his loyal participation in the Ahlen fair of many years 

standing. After the opening 

stroll across the fairground, the 

May fair was opened on Thursday 

afternoon by the mayor in 

the presence of many guests of 

honour, and a high number of 

prizes was given away in a 

lottery. Friday was the popular 

Voucher Day under the motto – 

pay once, ride twice, with a fireworks 

display being held after 

sundown, and Monday was the 

designated Family Day with reduced fares and 

special offers. 

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The product choice at the 

sweets booths left nothing to 

be desired 

HALLE/SAALE 


Rolf Orschel 

For many decades the spring and summer fair 

in the city in the south of Saxony-Anhalt was 

held on the easily accessible fairground at the 

indoor ice rink in the Halle-Neustadt district. 

After the move of the summer fair to a 

location near the market square proved disappointing 

for participants, the city 

authorities provided the showmen with a new 

temporary venue in “Thüringer Park” at the 

Justizzentrum this year, where the spring fair 

was held from 5 th to 23 rd April. 

Officially, the move to the alternative site was due 

to dike construction works on the old fairground. 

The old-established area at the indoor ice rink 

was virtually ‘washed away’ by the flood last 

June and thus will not be available as a fairground 

for a long time. The area will now be used 

as a storage yard for the building material for an 

indefinite period of time. However, it remains to 

be seen when the planned construction work will 

actually begin. The new, temporary fairground is 

located on the area of the former Thuringia 

goods station, which was transformed into a 

park and sports complex after 1991. As the new 

fairground will be difficult to find due to a lack of 

signposts, the showmen doubt that it will be as 

well received by the Halle residents and guests 

as the old one. 

On the grassy fairground, visitors can be offered 

only a limited entertainment contingent with 

hardly any large rides, due to a lack of electricity 

and water connections and the parks department’s 

strict rules for protecting the grass. As a 

result, visitors encountered only the “Spider” (H. 

Meyer), “Jaguarbahn” (Neutzsch), the dodgem 

track (W. Meyer), and the “Crazy Trip” Funhouse 

(Probst). The younger visitors enjoyed a kiddie 

carousel (Steinicke), “Super 8 Truck” (Katzschmann), 

a Jet Ride (Schelauske) and Samba 

(Eckstein). A number of snack, beverage and 

games booths rounded off the selection of attractions. 

The narrow fairground was laid out as 

a rectangle with a centre row, accommodating 

most of the kiddie rides. 

Due to the park department’s rules the large 

rides could be built up only in the entrance area 

and in the right front row, so the left row was 

occupied almost entirely by concession stalls. 

Wednesdays were the designated family days, 

and at the “Ladies Night” on Fridays from 7 p.m., 

all women paid only 1 Euro per ride. There was 

no fireworks display as the igniting of fireworks 

in the park and sports complex was not 

authorised. 

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View into one of the 

fairground streets on the 

temporary fairground in 

“Thüringer Park” 

Unfortunately only a 

limited offer could be presented 

on the new replacement 

fairground 

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LANDSHUT 


Ralf Schmitt 

Thanks to the public holiday on 1 st May, this year’s Landshut 

Frühjahrsdult on the Grieserwiese-fairground was open for 12 

days – from 30 th April to 11 th May. 

Visitors were able to enjoy many novelties and constructions 

returning after a long absence, as well as many well-known 

attractions. The overall image of the fairground was dominated by 

the three tallest Dult attractions, the “Flasher” Propeller, the giant 

“Around the World” ride, and the “Caesars Wheel” Ferris Wheel. 

Further ride and track attractions at the Dult were the “Techno 

Power”, “Super Hupferl”, “Fahrt zur Hölle”, “Cobra” coaster, “Free 

Style”, “XXL-Krake”, two dodgem tracks, and the “Domino” Funhouse. 

As is usual, they were joined by kiddie rides, games booths, 

shooting galleries, Continental pick stands, sweets and sales 

booths, as well as two large beer tents and varied snack booths 

and beverage outlets (among others also a beer ride). Additionally, 

there was also a merchant market with an ample choice of items 

one either needs or doesn't. Due to mostly good weather throughout 

the event, most of the participating showmen could well have 

been satisfied with their financial results. 

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PIRMASENS 

A LOOK BACK 


Norman Vogt 

Impressions of the 

Pirmasens Maimarkt 

As a general rule, the Maimarkt 

in this Palatinate city is held from 

the Friday before the first Tuesday 

in May. If 1 st May is before this 

Friday, the market begins on 1 st 

May. In concession to a request 

by the showmen, the city 

authorities changed these rules 

for this year only, and the market 

opened its gates on 30 th April and 

remained open until 11 th May. 

Due to the short-term cancellation of a round ride, 

Daniela Hartman, the market organiser in charge now 

for several years, could put together only a small but 

nonetheless appealing fairground, for which she 

succeeded in engaging the “Alpha 1” UFO as a major 

ride. Moreover, the “Tropical Trip” (Massel), the 

dodgem track from Jockers and Massel’s “Beach 

Polyp” were also available to the visitors, and the 

younger visitors were able to enjoy a number of kiddie 

rides. Several snack booths and beverage outlets, as 

well as a couple of beer gardens, provided the visitors 

with food and drinks. A colourful mixture of concession 

stalls completed the attractions on offer. On Tuesday 

and Wednesday a bric-a-brac market with some 100 

market merchants was held in a section of the Blocksbergstraße 

adjoining the fairground, and a brilliant fireworks 

display in the late evening of the 2 nd opening 

Sunday marked the end of this year’s May Market. Due 

to cold and rainy weather, the final financial results of 

the showmen were rather disappointing. 

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PRAGUE 

Matejska Pout – 

the spring fair in Prague 


Ton Koppei 

The traditional Prague Frühjahrskirmes 

“Matejska Pout” – one of the oldest fair events 

in Europe – was held from 1 st March to 21 st April. 

Due to Easter being late in the calendar this year 

however, quite a number of attractions left the 

event already one week prior to its official end to 

be ready to operate at another venue in Europe on 

time. The fairground located behind the historic 

exhibition building Vystaviste was laid out as usual 

with many regular participants occupying their 

traditional sites. Novelty attractions presented this 

time were, among others, the “Der Burner” ride 

from the German Meisel family, the “North Pole” 

Funhouse and a strange open air course with mini 

armoured vehicles. The “Sound Machine”, 

popular in Prague for years now, made its rounds 

under new management for the first time. It was 

sold by Van der Beek to the Hoefnagel family from 

the Dutch town of Swalmen. A water ride was 

absent in Prague this year though. After a break of 

several years, the go-kart track from the Fackler 

firm was built up on its site. Also returning to 

Prague after a long break was the Dutch multistorey 

Ghost Ride “Thriller”. There were hardly any 

changes and few novelties among the local participants, 

however. Noticeable here was only a 

well-kept typical 1970s style kiddie ride. While last 

year’s event was characterised by low 

temperatures and rain, the Matejska Pout event 

enjoyed a lot of sunshine and spring-like temperatures. 

Therefore, most of the participating 

showmen were quite satisfied when they left the 

Czech capital. 

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A LOOK BACK 

KIRKCALDY LINKS MARKET 

Much fun along the 

promenade: Kirkcaldy Links 

Market 

Text & Photos: Owen Ralph 

Do you know which Europe's largest street is? 

According to the organisers, it is Kirkcaldy 

Links Market. Staged by the Scottish Section of 

the Showmen’s Guild of Great Britain, the event 

also enjoys the bragging rights of Scotland's 

biggest funfair. 

An ancient royal charter grants permission for two 

annual markets on the “Links” (seafront), in April 

and October. Only the April event remains and it is 

now a market in name only. Held traditionally in the 

third week of the month, this year's fair ran from 16 th 

to 21 st April, clashing with the Easter holidays. 

Although one or two ride owners had regular Easter 

commitments to fulfil instead, many others 

travelled from across Great Britain to take up their 

place in the 1km long stretch of amusements along 

the town's Esplanade, facing the North Sea and the 

Firth or Forth (just north of Edinburgh). 

Surrounded by stunning coastline, Kirkcaldy itself 

is not a particularly picturesque or prosperous 

town, but the locals do turn out to support the fair 

in good numbers and the showmen responded to 

the current economic climate with offers such as 

50p (€0.60) candyfloss or multi-token deals on the 

Dodgems. But the popular rides can still command 

a premium here, such as the Taylor family’s ‘Fairground 

Attraction’ Waltzer, Abie Danter’s ‘Air’ Star 

Shape and John J White’s ‘Move It’ Tagada. 

Unlike Danter’s big budget attraction, the Tagada is 

somewhat basic in presentation, lacking anything 

special in the way of light or decor, yet thanks to its 

boisterous ride experience and streetwise sounds, 

the teenagers love it and were quite happy to part 

with £5 (€6) for a ride at peak times. Further along 

the promenade, Mr Danter also presented his 

spinning Wild Mouse. Scotland's own M&D Taylor, 

owners of M&D's Theme Park near Glasgow, were 

back after several years' absence with their 

Bomber Mark 2 (Booster XL) and Wild River Log 

Flume, the weather being in favour of the latter 

attraction. There was also a brand new Star Flyerstyle 

attraction for visitors to enjoy, the Sky High 

tower from Michael Wallis (manufactured by Mardi 

Gras UK) and, for the kids, a Czech-built flying 

Dumbo ride presented by Andrew Harniess. 

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Also featured in this year’s line-up were the following 

attractions: Matador/Rodeo (Barker), Waltzer x 

4 (Codona, Horne, A Taylor, J Taylor), Gallopers 

(Colquhoun), Big Apple coaster (Gamble), Top Star 

(Houghton), Tagada (Cubbins), Super Spin/ 

Experience (Sedgwick), Sea Storm/Happy Sailor 

(Harniess), Dodgems x 3 (Horne, de-Koning, Miller) 

Midnight Express (Johnstone), Speed Buzz/Fun 

Factory (Wheatley), Miami x 2 (Wheatley, Horne), 

Freak Out (Horne), Ice Maze (Wallis), Jumpin’/ 

Saltomontes (Gamble), Twister x 2 (Horne, White), 

Booster (Thompson), Ghost Train x 2 (White, Miller), 

Rotor (Sedgwick) and Fun House x 6 (Broughton, 

Chadwick, Wheatley, Paris, Pullar, Wallis). 

Down the bottom end of the fair, visitors could 

enjoy a taste of yesteryear thanks to the vintage fairground 

lorry, living wagon and steam engine presented 

by preservationists Brian & Helen McGinley 

and Alex Steele. As always, there was a model 

show on Saturday organised by local enthusiasts, 

who also award trophies to the showmen for bestpresented 

equipment– the only British fair where 

this happens. As well as categories for best ride 

(Danter's Air) and transport (won by the Pullar 

family's Fun House lorry), there was also a prize for 

Trevor Dailey's traditional fairground games. For 

those trying their luck on the various game stalls 

across the fair, the “hot prize” for 2014 was without 

a doubt the Minions (from the film Despicable Me). 

The cuddly yellow characters were everywhere! ■ 

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GASTRONOMY 

WINDSTÄRKE 13 

Gastronomic operation with 

maritime character: “Windstärke 

13” from the Pluschies family 

Ricki Pluschies with his 

daughter Meggy. Also dubbed 

"Meggy", the decorative fishing 

boat on the roof of the 

construction 

Text: Ralf Schmitt 

Photos: Ralf Schmitt, Michael Bonhoff 

Rustic-style and maritime – these are the right 

words to describe the new gastronomic 

operation “Windstärke 13” from the Pluschies 

firm that celebrates its première at the 

Hamburg Frühjahrsdom. 

The construction, built into a successful overall 

arrangement from customized wooden elements 

by the Schmäding firm, made its debut on the 

space opposite the traditional coaster site on the 

Dom-fairground. To the left and the right of the 

front side there is a bar as well as a swing grill, 

on the inside of the construction several rooms 

and alcoves provide adequate seating possibilities, 

and bar tables to enjoy food and drinks. 

Access is also easily available to wheel chair 

users. The most striking features are the crooked 

façade design and a decorative lighthouse, 

matching the name “Windstärke 13”. The 

maritime character is impressively emphasized 

by an original seaworthy fishing boat on the roof 

of the construction. 

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LANGNESE HAPPINESS STATION 



Michael Völlmecke and 

Ute Manegold 

Presented once again: With their 

transportable “Langnese Happiness 

Station”, the show people 

Michael Völlmecke and Ute Manegold, 

who used to travel with 

rides such as “Round Up” and 

“Magic”, have a new project. The 

Kirmes & Park Revue saw the 

particularly striking operation at 

the Palmkirmes in Recklinghausen, 

and seized the opportunity 

to interview Michael Völlmecke. 

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Welcome back. Will you now be regularly appearing at Volksfest 

events once again? 

Yes and no. It's true, we will make guest appearances at several 

fair events, but it's mainly exhibitions, city festivals and temporarily in 

the Gelsenkirchen Zoo, as well as at the Pentecost Fair in Menden, 

the Seehasen Festival in Friedrichshafen, the Hanse-Sail in Rostock 

and either the Rhein im Flammen or the Harley Meeting in Hamburg. 

How did you acquire this Langnese Happiness Station? 

We have already been operating a solid version of this concept 

in Münster for many years and have been closely working together 

with the Langnese firm for 10 years already. 

Okay, but what's so special about the mobile Happiness 

Station? 

This mobile version is uniquely unparalleled in Europe. It is a 10- 

metre long Airstream trailer we bought and reconstructed together 

with the Langnese firm. Three ice cream machines of the latest 

generation were built in so that we can offer six flavours at the same 

time. The counter has been equipped with two areas for the 50 different 

toppings. Customers can watch the preparations of the ice cream 

contrivances. 

Which flavours do you offer? 

Customers first choose their favourite flavour and then their five 

toppings, which are included in the price. Then we mix a unique ice 

cream contrivance from everything. Further toppings are available at 

an extra charge. By the way, the dairy products are lactose and gluten 

free, and it goes without saying that we will also offer milk shakes in 

all variations. Furthermore, it won’t be long before the menu will also 

provide for plain yoghurt with a free choice of toppings. 

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MODEL CONSTRUCTION 

MODEL FAIR EXHIBITION IN NÜRNBERG 

To mark its 125 th anniversary, the 

Southern German Showman 

Association also presented a 

large nostalgic park with a 

colourful and varied programme 

during this year’s Nürnberg 

Frühlingsvolksfest. A special 

highlight of the programme was 

a model fair exhibition, the form 

and size of which has not been 

seen in Bavaria before, held from 

1 st to 4 th May. 

Text: 

Rolf Orschel 

Photos: Martin Jakubith, Helmut Bresler 

Martin Jakubith from 

Ansbach was the driving force 

behind the Nürnberg exhibition 

The Showman Association contracted the model 

builder Martin Jakubith from the IG Kirmes & 

Kirmesmodellbau firm from Ansbach in central 

Franconia for the organisation and the layout of the 

exhibition. Together with 7 other model builders – some 

of them coming from as far away as Lower Saxony – 

he succeeded in transforming the 300 m 2 exhibition 

tent into a miniature fairground that was truly well worth 

seeing. The high number of true-to-original models 

and lovingly designed examples earned much praise 

from the visitors, as well as the South German Showman 

Association as well as the showmen who were just 

as impressed by the miniature Volksfest. 

With the true-to-original model of major ride “Ikarus” 

from Mathias Prenzlow from Königslutter in the Helmstedt 

district and the “Allround” from Uwe Rodloff from 

Salzgitter still under construction, two fully-functional 

1:14.5-scale models were presented. Additionally, 

Ralph Walter from Heidelberg enthralled visitors with 

1:32-scale models of a Ferris Wheel, a Rainbow, a 

Breakdance and a Ranger, all making their rounds 

framed by a part of an original Breakdance backflash. 

Models of “Power Tower 2” and the “Space Party”, the 

originals of which were presented at the Frühlingsfest 

in Nürnberg at the same time, could be admired on the 

model fairground from Thomas Peter from Roßtal / 

Fürth district. These models are scaled down by 160 

times and fit in the palm of a hand. The model builder 

also presented a Ferris Wheel, a Breakdance, the 

“Imperator”, “Magic Mountain”, “Santa Maria” and a 

number of concession stalls; all of them fully-functional 

The “Imperator” (1:160) from Thomas Peter 

and elaborately illuminated 1:160-scale models. 

Stephan and Uwe Hirschfeld from Bad Arolsen came 

to Nürnberg with a true-to-detail and lovingly laid out 

H0-scale fairground and presented, among other 

exhibits, the elaborately illuminated and fullyfunctional 

models of the “Commander”, “Hexentanz”, 

“Daemonium”, Ferris Wheel, “Booster Maxx”, “Höllentaxi” 

and “Octopussy”, as well as a number of 

concession stalls built by small series manufacturers. 

Andreas Ciupek from Rüsselsheim displayed a 1:87- 

scale section from the Cannstatt Wasen with the fruit 

column, three true-to-original beer tents reproduced 

down to the smallest detail, the “Carat 2000” dodgem 

track, “Revolution” Top Spin, “Geheimnisse des 

Orients” Labyrinth, Cannstatt Wave-Swinger, and 

several other attractions. From Frank Müller from 

Moers in North-Rhine Westphalia visitors learnt that he 

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had brought his fully-functional 1:24-scale Musik 

Express and dodgem track models to Nürnberg, 

completely dismantled and loaded on the appropriated 

baggage vans. He also had short stories to 

tell them about the different scenes lovingly laid out 

with Preiser figures. 

On the H0-scale fairground from Martin Jakubith, 

visitors were able to admire the elaborately designed 

Faller models “Piraten Insel”, “Mammut Höhle”, Roller 

Coaster, “Flipper”, “Freefall Tower”, the latter equipped 

with brand new drive systems, and much more. It was 

well worth taking the time to discover all the small 

details at the attractions, on the fairground and behind 

the scenes of the colourful facades. Moreover, 

Thorsten Rodriguez-Fernandez from Fürth presented 

his model fairgrounds in the large exhibition tent 

throughout the Frühlingsvolksfest. On a space of 

about 16 m 2 , he displayed a perfectly laid out street fair 

event. Music played on all fairground models and live 

announcements over the microphone enhanced the 

atmosphere. The ride chip collections from Martin 

Jakubith, Stephan & Uwe Hirschfeld, as well as 

Thomas Peter, rounded off the interesting exhibition. At 

the close of the exhibition, the model builders expressed 

a decidedly positive assessment of the event. 

The combination of the Nürnberg Volksfest, the 

nostalgic park and the model fair exhibition was 

perfectly organised by the Showman Association. Due 

to the positive response, the South German Showman 

Association announced their decision to stage the fairground 

model exhibition again in the future. ■ 

“Commander” and 

“Daemonium” on the 

fairground model from 

Stephan Hirschfeld 

1:14.5-scale models 

“Ikarus” and “Allround” from 

Mathias Prenzlow and 

Uwe Rodloff 

Group photo of the 

exhibitors in Nürnberg (f.l.t.r.): 

Standing: Ralph Walter, Uwe 

Rodloff, Mathias Prenzlow, 

Frank Müller, Thomas Peter, 

Uwe and Stephan Hirschfeld. 

Kneeling: Andreas Ciupek and 

Martin Jakubith 

“Cannstatt Wasen” impressions (1:87) 

from Andreas Ciupek and a section from Frank 

Müller’s 1:24-scale miniature fairground 

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European Showmen’s Union 

Europäische Schausteller-Union 

Union Foraine Européenne 

International non-government organisation (NGO) • Established in 1954 

President Albert Ritter 

Successful Conclusion for EU-Project “ett-edu” 

Better Educational Chances for European Showman Youth 

 

Consultation about the education of showman youth in Europe. 

Education means the future. It's only those 

who have a good education who have the 

best chances in life. For this reason it's important 

that the general conditions are extended 

and improved also in the area of 

the showman profession in Europe. The 

unique European project "ett-edu" for professional 

qualification for show-persons, 

has successfully concluded after a two year 

duration. 

In Germany the school project BeKoSch (professional 

competence for show-persons) has 

been a successful model for many years. It 

comprises of a combination of (career) school 

attendance in winter and E-Learning in the 

summer. During the season break participants 

absolve an optimal-content programme 

for the showman profession. The training 

course can be continued during touring time 

by way of E-Learning. Showman youth in 

France and England will benefit from the positive 

experience of their German colleagues. 

The European Union patronised project “ettedu“ 

(European transfer of travellers' vocational 

education) was founded in 2011. Its target 

was the development of a European wide 

concept for the professional education of 

travelling youth. In this framework there are 

already offers such as the adapted German 

BeKoSch-courses that can also be also used in 

France and England. 

As a result during the last two years countryspecific 

adaptations have been made in Lycée 

Peltier in Ham, France, as well as at the Gloucestershire 

College in England. Practical tests 

have already been undertaken in Gloucester, 

Herne und Bielefeld, and in January 2014 a 

pilot course took place for travelling youth in 

Bielefeld. Future expectations from participating 

European countries France, England 

and Germany, are the extension and promotion 

of the communication and cooperation 

structures. 

The “ett-edu“ project is a part of the European 

representation of showman associations, 

schools and educational institutions. The German 

ESU associations were represented by 

Managing Director Frank Hakelberg (DSB) 

und Werner Hammerschmidt (BSM). Following 

the successful completion, the project 

team is in complete agreement that there 

should also be a continued exchange in the 

future, and that the coordinated action over 

national borders will have a long term effect 

on the education of travelling children and 

youth in Europe. 

Further information in internet: 

www.berid.de and www.ett-edu.eu. ■ 

The “ett-edu“-Project Team 2013 in front 

of the Reichstag in Berlin. Photos: ESU

European Showmen’s Union • Europäische Schausteller-Union • Union Foraine Européenne 

“Sinksenfoor”: ESU Substantiates Solidarity with 

Belgian Showman Colleagues 

Presidium meeting in Antwerp 

Many showman problems on the agenda 

Huge media interest during the press conference 

The European Showman Union will continue 

to battle intensively for the saving of 

the “Sinksenfoor“. „Our fight is about the 

safeguarding of the European Volksfest culture. 

Our solidarity is with our Belgian colleagues“ 

said President Albert Ritter during 

a presidium conference on the 15 th May 

2014. The traditional fair “Sinksenfoor“ is 

banned from the Antwerp inner city, and 

from 2015 will be presented on a railway 

property far away from the centre. Demonstrations 

against this situation were made 

by the Belgian showmen from March on. 

President Albert Ritter (left) during the interview 

with Belgian TV-station AVT. Centre: General 

Secretary Steve Severeyns. 

During the occasion the future regular presidium 

meeting was chosen to be Antwerp. 

Albert Ritter, Vice President Nicole Vermolen, 

Franck Delforge, as well as the General Secretary 

Steve Severeyns took part in the decision 

making. 

President Ritter appeared to be satisfied with 

the formation of a commission comprising of 

representatives of the city and the showmen. 

It is time for mutual discussions “at eye-level“ 

in order to find a permanent solution, said 

Ritter. The basic demand of the European 

Countless journalists getting information during 

the press interview of the ESU in Antwerp. Front left: 

Vice President Franck Delforge. 

Showman Union is still the fact that the fair 

belongs in the city centre and not on the 

perimeters of the city. 

However there were also quite a number of 

other current themes as well, such as the implementation 

of the Europanorm 13814 for 

ride constructions, the situation regarding the 

European Volksfests as cultural heritage, the 

education of showman children, transport 

problems in Europe, reduced VAT, and the 

entrance of showman vehicles into European 

environmental zones. 

“Sinksenfoor“ Top Theme at Press Conference 

In the run-up to the presidium meeting, the 

European Showman Union invited countless 

press representatives from the media, radio 

and television sectors for a press conference. 

In addition to the current European showman 

industry problems the main theme was naturally 

the Sinksenfoor situation. Presidium 

members had enough opportunities to present 

the ESU position. President Ritter declared 

in an interview with the Belgian TV channel 

AVT: “The fairground tradition in Europe is 

over 1200 years old and it can't be attacked by 

simply casting it out from the city walls for no 

good reason. We are fighting for a European 

guideline for the protection of this old cultural 

heritage, naturally also orientated on the city 

of Antwerp in order to retain its fair and to protect 

it.“ 

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Vice President Nicole Vermolen during talks 

with a press representative Photos: ESU 

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PORTRAIT 

Unusual park fun for 

both children and fans 

begins behind the 

Playmobil castle gates 

The 40-year anniversary of Playmobil 

is a great opportunity to 

introduce the Playmobil FunPark 

that opened at the turn of the 

century, and has in the meantime 

grown to a 90,000 square metres 

size. 

Text: 

Photos: 

Sacha Szabo 

Frank Lanfer 

Playmobil FunPark 

The Playmobil building 

site is particularly popular 

Located directly next to the company head office 

in Zirndorf, it offers visitors the possibility to 

plunge into the world of plastic figures. Whereas 

the Geobra Brandstätter firm that produces 

Playmobil can look back on a much longer and 

older company history: the firm was founded in 

1876, and in the early years it produced fittings but 

already at the beginning of the twentieth century 

the company concentrated on tin toys, which even 

today are a collector's item. At the beginning of the 

1950s, the young Horst Brandstätter joined the 

firm and began to use the new material plastic 

consistently. 

In addition to large toys such as tractors, the hulahoop 

rings (in concession from the Californian toy 

manufacturer Wham-O Corp) became the first 

large economic success. But there were also other 

(useful) articles manufactured, such as for example 

water-skis and flower pots. 

The oil crisis at the beginning of the seventies 

required a new direction. This time the product 

had to be small, using little raw material. This was 

the birth of the system-toy Playmobil, which was 

created by Development Manager Hans Beck, 

and presented for the first time at the toy exhibition 

in Nürnberg in 1974. Within only a few months, 

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several million D-Marks turnover was achieved 

with this new production line. One year later the 

company began to export; these days around 

70% goes abroad – since 1974 up to now, more 

than 2.7 billion figures have been produced. 

These historic points are helpful in discovering 

and understanding some of the less prominent aspects 

of the park – such as the Lechuza-plant 

shop. 

The main attraction however, around which everything 

focuses at the Playmobil FunPark that 

opened in 2000, is the 7.5 centimetres sized Playmobil 

figures...or more precisely: everything 

focuses on the small visitors who visit because of 

these figures. The park is considerably different to 

other amusement or theme parks, so there are no 

large attractions, and ride constructions are 

searched for in vain. The park has the charm of a 

huge adventure playground with Playmobil theming, 

which makes it also remarkable in another 

aspect: there are almost no supervisory personnel. 

Supervision is left to the parents – as is the 

case on normal playgrounds. Insofar children less 

than 12 years of age are only allowed entry in the 

company of an adult. Due to the many attractive 

water areas and water playgrounds in the park, 

this can be considered as a little reckless. Nevertheless 

it all appears to function well: children have 

a lot of fun at the park and happily there has never 

been any unusual accident to report in the 14-year 

history of FunPark. 

Visitors enter the park through a castle gate next 

to the huge glass Playmobil-city where small visitors 

can play with the Playmobil-sets, and arrive 

first in an area where large construction machines 

stand, which the children can take over. From 

there the tree house can be reached, and also the 

three core areas with which Playmobil FunPark 

began: the pirate ship, the knight's castle, and 

Western City. Everything in these areas can be 

entered and climbed on, and it's here that the 

distinctive features of park can be seen, laid out 

especially for children. The knight's castle or the 

pirate ship can be explored, which already stand 

in children's rooms as a Playmobil model. Whether 

as pirate captain on the lookout of the pirate ship 

or as rival knight climbing the knight's castle, at 

FunPark children can experience great adventures 

in the XXL-playground world that they know from 

home. Additionally the life-sized Playmobil figures 

are a great atmospheric decoration that can be 

well integrated into their games, although life-sized 

in this case means the size of a child. There are 

many lovingly created details that are a feast for 

the eyes such as the crocodile in the castle moat, 

the cute dinosaur baby or even the life-sized Playmobil 

cow that can even be milked. 

The king and queen reside 

in the knight's castle 

The large HOB-Centre 

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Horses have to be 

groomed and cows have to be 

milked at the Playmobil farm 

Cowboys and Indians on 

the loose in the Wild West / 

Photo right: the 12 metres 

long Noah's Ark 

In addition to these specific 

Playmobil-themes there is also 

an area that has been designed 

to promote the motor skills of 

children, with a particularly 

large example of the well-known 

Okta-climbing nets, a balancing 

course, a sliding slope, and 

even a water playground area. 

Newly added in 2013 were the 

power-paddleboats that have to 

be brought into action by the 

guests themselves. 

Also remarkable: apart from the 

18-hole mini-golf course everything on offer can 

be used free of charge, even those type of attractions 

that cost extra at other parks. This means 

specifically that even the gold mine where small 

gemstones and "gold nuggets" are sifted out of the 

sand can be played in without any prior booking. 

Even the vending machines that produce the popular 

squeezed coins are free. Horst Brandstätter 

described this park philosophy on the occasion of 

his 80 th birthday in an interview: "With the family 

friendly prices at FunPark I can give the kiddies 

and their families something back, and simultaneously 

work against the omnipresent lack of 

exercise." This concept is one of the reasons why 

the park last season was able to entice over 

710,000 visitors! The Playmobil-Aparthotel also 

belongs to the park since 2002, and offers 28 

family rooms, an active-park with board games in 

XL format, and mini-golf. Another facility is the 

HOB-Centre (named after the Manager of the firm 

Horst Brandstätter), which is a 5,000 square 

metres sized large light-flooded indoor hall with 

café, a large play and climbing area, a disco and 

a small exhibition that rounds off what's on offer, 

so that even adults can enjoy a programme while 

the children discover "their" toy worlds. This indoor 

area is open until 10 p.m. and together with the 

bordering beer garden offers a varied programme 

also in the evenings – for example the WM-football 

transmission on a large screen. 

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It is a park that is of a distinctive character when 

compared to others, and caters to the wants and 

wishes of children. For adults whose children have 

fallen victim to Playmobil fever, FunPark is a must! 

But a visit to the park is also recommended for 

adults who simply want to go back to enjoy the 

playing world of their childhood. It is simply 

delightful for example to discover the Noah's Ark 

theme area and to experience the small toy figures 

in a large size for once. 

Playmobil FunPark is less ideal for the thrill seeker 

– until now at least. The new product row "Amusement 

Park" was introduced in April with a Ferris 

Wheel, chain ride, Swing Boat and Breakdance, 

so it's an appealing thought that these types of real 

ride constructions may well move into FunPark 

very soon. Whether or not this series is to be continued 

with perhaps a Playmobil coaster that was 

produced as a licensed product for the Japanese 

market in 1989, is still unknown. 

The Playmobil FunPark located near Nürnberg 

may be the largest, but it's not the only one: other 

(indoor) FunParks are located in the USA, France, 

Greece, and Malta. In some cases entrance is 

even free; in Germany a day ticket can cost up to 

11 Euro, depending on the season. ■ 

There are lovingly 

designed water playgrounds 

all over the park 

The pirate ship anchored 

in the middle of a lake can only 

be reached by raft or over foot 

and rope bridges 

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MEETING 

Mario Mammon (IAAPA 

Chairman of the Board) 

handing over a present to 

Andreas Andersen (Liseberg’s 

CEO and President) 

The 3 rd spring meeting of IAAPA 

Europe took place from the 3 rd to 

4 th June in the Swedish theme 

park Liseberg. Invitations were 

issued by the Association Manageress 

Karen Staley, and Park 

Manager Andreas Andersen. 

Text: 

Photos: 

Frank Lanfer 

Frank Lanfer, 

IAAPA Europe 

IAAPA Europe Forum 

From left: Maxime Didierlaurent 

and Clement Fleurent 

(both Fraispertuis City) / Nico 

Rössler (Bavaria Filmstadt) and 

Werner Nowotny (Legoland) / 

Nick Hastrup (SMAPS) and 

Andrea Kolar (IAAPA Europe) 

More than 110 members from 20 countries responded 

to the invitation and enjoyed the carefree 

park atmosphere in the best of summer weather 

until late in the evening hours – and naturally also rides 

on the new Looping-Launch-Coaster "Helix" from Mack 

Rides (see KPR 6/2014). 

This year's forum was entirely dedicated to the subject 

safety with the IAAPA Europe Safety Committee under 

the management of Paul Chatelot, the Director Prevention 

& Safety at Disneyland Resort Paris, informing 

all participants about the latest results and experiences 

of the importance of safety in the theme park 

branch. In a number of brief presentations various 

methods for the resolution of problems were offered. 

The start was made by Kenneth Berndtsson (Liseberg’s 

Head of Technical & Safety Operations) and 

Daniel Lindberg (Liseberg’s Attractions Manager), 

who reported about the safety measures undertaken 

during the construction of the new "Helix" coaster 

during ongoing park operation. 

Janne Wahlstedt is the expert regarding kiddie playgrounds 

and was responsible for the safety of last 

year's Liseberg novelty "Kaninlandet". He pointed out 

the dangers, precautionary methods, and test criteria 

in order to make kiddie playgrounds safe. He advised 

that playgrounds in a theme park have, legally seen, 

not as stringent safety requirements to comply to, as 

publicly accessible areas. Therefore there are many 

possibilities to create a lot of fun for the kids. However, 

he suggested another alternative, namely that parks 

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should be considerably safer than city playgrounds. 

David Bomilow (Drayton Manor’s Park Operations 

Manager) and Anders Fridehall (Liseberg’s Director of 

Safety) reported about the precautions and preparations 

for large (musical) events, the so-called 

"Crowd Management". 

Thomas Rydahl (Tivoli Garden’s Security Director) introduced 

as an example the safety and evacuation 

plans for Copenhagen's Tivoli, well known as an inner 

city evening event location. 

The concluding "Learning Session" informed about the 

technical prerequisites and measures taken, in order 

to make it possible for people with disabilities to 

participate in theme park amusement. 

Andreas Andersen (Liseberg’s CEO) lectured about 

the accessibility to his park. He emphasised also the 

special status of the "Liseberg Model" that is a company 

owned by the city of Göteborg under public law, 

and which is aware of its social responsibility towards 

its fellow man. 

Jan Maarten de Raad (Joravision), Har 

Kupers and Charlotte van Etten (Vekoma) 

A new projekt team (from left): Siegfried 

Gerstlauer, Andreas and Claudia Leicht 

(Hansa-Park), Alex Korting (Designer) 

Fernando Aldecoa (PortAventura) 

and Thomas Mack (links) testing „Helix” 

Jeroen Nijpels (JN 

Entertainment / Zierer), 

Christian Angenvoort 

(TAA) and Francois 

Mayné (Tejix) 

From left: John Davies (Omniticket), 

Edward Pawley (Simworkx), Steve Drake 

(Lo-Q) and Sascha Czibulka (Intamin) 

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Kenneth Berndtsson and Daniel 

David Bromilov (Drayton Manor) 

Janne Wahlstedt 

Thomas Rydahl 

Lindberg (both Liseberg) 

and Anders Fridehall (Liseberg) 

(Utetjänst) 

(Tivoli Gardens) 

Gianni Chiari (EAASI) Har Kupers (Vekoma) Paul Chatelot (Disneyland Resort Paris) 

Gianni Ghiari (EAASI, the European 

Association Amusement Supplier 

Industry, and ANCASVI, the 

Italian association of the amusement 

industry) reported about the 

practical implementation by the 

Italian manufacturers. He also 

stressed the correctness and importance 

of an international uniform 

standard norm in the amusement 

area, and the difficulties 

along the way. The final result 

should be presented during the 

upcoming EAS Expo 2014 in Amsterdam. 

Har Kupers (COO Vekoma Rides) 

Paul Chatelot (Disneyland Resort 

Paris) emphasised that his company 

as market leader has a particularly 

large responsibility in relation 

to safety questions: "We reinvest 

in protection. Safety is our 

governance and part of our culture." 

He brought attention to the 

fact that there is a responsibility to 

the Walt Disney ideals, which even 

informed shortly about the different national and international 

standards such as ASTM, EN 13814, DIN and 

ISO, and the necessity for international harmonisation. 

He emphasises in particular the new and very 

controversial in Germany EN 13814, which replaces 

the usual DIN 4112. It was compiled over a 12-year 

working period with 28 European countries participating 

under the supervisory chairing of Gianni Chiari 

(EAASI) and Vice-President Mike Withers (Disney). 

Kupers also mentioned the prospect that each 

in those days welcomed all country could have it own "National Deviations" – probably 

people, in particular children and 

also in relation to the current lively resistance of 

the disabled. 

the German showmen. 

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TEA/AECOM THEME INDEX 2013 

Text: 

Graphics: 

Margreet Papamichael 

(AECOM Europe) 

TEA / AECOM 

Theme park, water park and museum numbers 

for the calendar year 2013 showed substantial 

growth internationally, with the top Northern 

American parks surpassing pre-recession 

days, water parks emerging in Latin America, 

Asia continuing to surge forward in numbers, 

and the Middle East resuming development 

activity. 

In Europe, 2013 shows a divide between the 

performance of Northern European parks and 

Southern European parks. The former were in a 

better position largely due to a strengthening 

economy and good weather. The United Kingdom 

tourism sector had a fantastic year, but Southern 

European parks were prevented from reaching 

their full potential due to the ongoing challenging 

economic situation there (tax increases, salary 

cuts, Euro uncertainty, etc). 

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TEA and AECOM 

Methodology 

This is the seventh annual Theme Index collaboration 

between the Themed Entertainment Association 

(TEA) and AECOM, although the study 

itself has been in existence for much longer. It 

began as an attendance report of major US theme 

parks, produced by ERA (now part of AECOM) 

and a no longer existing trade magazine. Over the 

years, this study evolved to add water park figures, 

address the international scope of the 

industry, and include the Museum Index. 

AECOM starts by asking the individual parks, 

museums and multi-park-attraction operators to 

provide us with their attendance figures and many 

of them provide us with this information. We ask 

for the number of paid (!) visits to the park in that 

calendar year. Clearly, this is different for the 

museums where we ask for the number of visits 

(regardless whether paid or not). 

Where we do not receive specific park-museumlevel 

figures from the operator, we use a detailed 

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methodology that considers the following: historic 

attendance trends, generally available information 

on the park/museum, park changes, (such 

as new rides, areas, shows, ticket prices, intellectual 

property connections, etc), general economy 

of the nation and the metro area, tourism trends 

nationally and in the metro area, weather trends in 

the area, (particularly during peak periods), the 

performance of nearby parks/museums and other 

attractions. 

Finally operators are also given the opportunity to 

review and comment on AECOM’s estimate before 

the Theme and Museum Index is finalized and published. 

Of those that don’t provide official figures at 

the park level, many do provide us with general 

feedback on our estimates in order to keep them 

in the general ballpark of actual performance, even 

if they won’t go on the record as doing so. 

As the leading provider of business planning studies 

worldwide for attractions with a 50 year history, 

we also work frequently with all of the major operators, 

parks, and museums, providing us with 

the opportunity to periodically update our estimates 

with actual figures. 

All results and detailed information of the entire 

“TEA/AECOM Global Attractions Attendance Report 

2013” can be downloaded free of charge as 

PDF under: 

http://www.aecom.com/themeindex 

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LAS VEGAS HIGH ROLLER 

Las Vegas is considered to be a 

city of the superlative, so it was 

only a question of time that a 

Ferris Wheel would also be 

erected there with unimaginable 

dimensions. 

Text & Photos: Ton Koppei 

The gondolas almost have 

the elegance of the London Eye 

– no wonder as they were also 

produced by Leitner-Poma firm 

During the past years there were projects presented 

repeatedly – and sometimes there was 

even talk of two huge wheels for Las Vegas. Definite 

until now however is only the "High Roller" wheel that 

opened in March 2014, which with a height of 167 

metres is currently the world's highest. 

As comparison: the world record up until now is 165 

metres for the "Singapore Flyer", whilst the famous 

"London Eye" measures 135 metres. 

Responsible for the planning was the London firm 

Arup Engineering, and the complete project was 

realized by The Hettema Group. Companies involved 

in the construction came from France, 

Sweden, the USA, Germany and the Netherlands. 

The wheel offers 28 cabins, each of which can 

accommodate up to 40 (!) passengers, with eight 

drives providing the rotation. For a 30 minute ride 

on the new "High Roller" passengers currently pay 

27 US dollars during the day and 37 dollars in the 

evening. 

The wheel that is visible from quite a way away is 

located not far from the world famous Las Vegas 

Strip, which is filled with huge hotels and casinos. 

As the wheel is however around 200 metres from 

the Strip, a new access street has been built. There 

are countless bars, restaurants and shops located 

in "The Ling". Operator of the complete complex is 

the Caesars Entertainment Corporation. 

Currently Ferris Wheel projects are a hot subject in 

the USA. As a result the huge wheel in Orlando, 

operated by the Merlin-concern will also open this 

year, and the next world record will apparently be 

set by a wheel in New York very soon. 

At the moment there is a construction stop for the 

time being for another large Ferris Wheel project in 

Las Vegas: the two huge supports of the "SkyVue" 

are already standing directly opposite the casino 

Mandalay Bay at the southern end of the Strip near 

the airport. However for more than a year now the 

local project developer Howard Bulloch has 

stopped building, apparently due to financial 

difficulties. The latest announcement is that the 152 

metres high wheel will however be completed by 

the middle of 2015. 

Directly next to the "SkyVue" construction site the 

LIM-Shuttle-Coaster "Speed The Ride" from Premier 

Rides, intended originally to be an outstanding 

attraction for the Sahara Hotel between 2000 and 

2011, should to reopen in 2013. However as the 

projected shopping complex Atika Plaza for which 

the almost 70 metres high coaster was to be an eye 

catcher has also not been realized yet. Currently 

the individual coaster track parts are rusting in a 

parking area. 

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AQUALAND MASPALOMAS 

Text: 

Photos: 

Frank Lanfer 

Polin 

There are two water parks on Gran Canaria – and 

another will be erected in 2016 by the Kiessling 

family, owner of the Loro Parque and Siam 

Park. Reason enough therefore for the Spanish 

Grupo Aspro-Ocio S.A. (Aspro Parks), in existence 

since 1991 and operator of 41 attractions 

in Europe (for example the Alpamare taken over in 

2000), to extend its own water park on the Canary 

Island. 

New since this season is the "Racer Twin Turbulence" 

water slide from manufacturer Polin, which 

is a double construction of the well known and 

breathtaking Halfpipe similar slide, placed next to 

each other, and affords an attractive racing 

character. 

The starting platform has a height of 19.3 metres, 

and during the simultaneous start the two-seat 

tubes initially disappear into a black-hole sequence. 

In this dark figure-8-element the slide ends 

already deliver a race that flows into a grandiose 

almost 40° steep launch into the daylight. On the 

other side the rafts climb the steep wall before sliding 

down with airtime, landing in the basin after an 

airtime hill. Each side has a 156 metres length and 

a top speed of up to 52 km/h. The theoretic capacity 

is 480 passengers per hour. 

In addition to a dozen water slides, Aqualand 

Maspalomas also offers a large wave pool, the almost 

one kilometre long Lazy River "Congo River", 

and a bathing landscape for children. 

The daily admittance price into Aqualand Maspalomas 

is relatively high: in addition to the ticket for 

25 Euro there are additional costs such as for 

example 4 Euro for a locker, and 6.50 Euro for a 

lounger with umbrella. Swimming with a seal is 

offered as an up charge-attraction and costs 52 

Euro including a souvenir photo. 

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HOLIDAY PARK 

The theme Angry Birds continues 

to boom and is very popular 

with children in almost all age 

groups. Even young adults don't 

evade this motive and so it's almost 

developed to a necessity to 

allow these birds to fly into 

theme parks. Surprisingly however 

even Thorpe Park, known 

up until now as a thrill park, has 

also decided to use this theme. 

Text & Photos: Wolfgang Payer 

Thorpe Park located near London aims to entice 

children with this action, as the typical age 

group of other parks within the Merlin Group – 

Legoland Windsor and Chessington World of 

Adventures – are already adults. 

As a result the "Angry Birds 

Land" opened on the 24 th of May. 

The new area is located at the 

rear end of the park. Those who 

enter "Angry Birds Land" can 

also discover a game of skill in 

Angry-Birds outfit to the left and 

right of the entrance. On the left 

side there is a shop and a 35 m 

Freefall Tower. 

The Drop Tower from Italian firm 

Fabbri that opened in 2001 has 

been re-themed and has been 

given a fitting name: "Detonator: 

Bombs Away". To the right of "Angry Birds Land" 

there is a dodgem from Italian manufacturer 

Bertazzon with the name "King Pig’s Wild Hog 

Dodgems". 

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The main attraction "Angry Birds 4D" from Simworx 

is located in the centre of the new area. Although 

the theme contents don't basically offer a lot of 

opportunity for a film, the overall concept of the 

attraction has been very successfully implemented. 

At the beginning of the film viewers are made 

to take note of the water effects. 

And rightly so, as there is no other 3D or 4D film, 

typically English, that uses water effects so extensively 

than this one. The seat rows can be 

tipped forwards and backwards, in order to emphasise 

downed birds in a sling. Light, wind, and 

soap bubble effects round off the very action 

packed film. The new "Angry Birds Land" is without 

a doubt a very good and successful investment 

for Thorpe Park. 

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EFTELING 

Text: 

Frank Lanfer 

Photos: Efteling 

The position of Park Manager remained vacant 

for seven months, and it's only now that the successor 

to Bart de Boer, who has shown the door 

in September 2013, has been newly appointed. 

And he wants to signal a new era for the already 

successful theme park. Fons Jurgens is his 

name, and he is 44 years old. Before taking up 

his new office in April 2014, he was Marketing 

Manager of the park in the Netherlands. 

Under his management Efteling is planning a stepby-step 

extension into an international destination 

with five million visitors annually. To implement these 

plans Efteling is investing around 36 million Euro in 

the first phase, amongst others for the extension of 

the 2009 opened holiday park "Bosrijk". "Efteling is 

one of the largest theme parks in Europe and has 

set a target to remain among the top parks in the upcoming 

years. Therefore a continued increase in our 

visitor numbers is necessary" explained Jurgens. 

"Hence we will be making further purposeful investments 

in the park. The improvement of already 

existing attractions and shows, the merchandising 

offers, and the gastronomy are central aspects. 

Additionally we will be opening a 37.5 metres high 

Dive Coaster in the summer of 2015 from B&M." 

Last year there were around 4.2 million visitors to 

Efteling, and there will also be a number of novelties 

for them this year as well: Cinderella and a dragon 

Apps will accompany guests through the park in a 

number of languages. And the Intamin water 

attraction "Piraña" existing since 1982, and which 

carries off visitors to the world of the Aztecs, Mayas, 

and Incas, has been radically renovated and 

extended for 2 million Euro; among others there are 

now a new course network and interactive elements 

to spray the riding guests. Earlier the Darkride 

"Droomvlucht" as well as a restaurant were generally 

overhauled. 

In addition to the appointment of Fons Jurgens to 

Chairman of Efteling, Saskia van Opijnen-Zwart und 

Heleen Dura-van Oord join the Supervisory Board; 

the last mentioned is also partner of the financial 

investor Peak Capital. 

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Fons Jurgens is Efteling's 

new Park Manager 

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EURO PARK IDROSCALO 

In April, Euro Park Idroscalo, a 

small amusement park located 

at the gates of Milan, opened the 

World's first "Condor Starflyer" 

to the public. 

Text & Photos: Matteo Crepaldi 

The famous ride, which first opened as a classic 

32 metres high Huss "Condor" at German 

Phantasialand in 1986, was then relocated to the 

Italian amusement park in 2009. The name “Condor” 

and the original Mexican theme remain the 

same, as well as the giant Phantasialand logo on 

the thin tower shaft. 

In November 2013, a group of small Italian companies, 

led by Metalpark and including Nuova 

Elektron and Safety Attraction, started work to give 

new life to this old classic. The gondolas were 

removed in order to affix a gondola cross with 12 

double "Starflyer" type of suspended seats (and 

with the option of up to 24 double seats). Additionally 

the rotational speed has been slightly 

increased. 

The ride cycle begins with a slow ascent up to 

about a third of the overall height. After a few seconds, 

rotation starts and the ride begins to move 

upwards again. Once the highest level is reached, 

the rotational speed increases to its maximum. 

After about a minute, the rotation decreases to its 

initial level and descent begins. At approximately 

one third of the height there is another pause to 

allow rotation to stop, and finally the seats are 

lowered back into the station. 

The restraint system comprises of a horizontal 

metal bar affixed to the seat by a rubber covered 

steel chain, and by a three point seat belt. An 

interesting fact is that this is the only ride of its kind 

to have a clockwise rotation whilst all other existing 

"Starflyer"-similar constructions spin counter 

clockwise. 

All in all, the "Condor Starflyer" offers ride fun for 

the whole family. Due to its height and the high 

rotational speed, it can be quite a thrilling experience, 

however it is still not too intense. 

2014 will certainly be an important year for Euro 

Park Idroscalo, which is celebrating its ten year 

anniversary of new ownership, and in addition to 

the "Condor Starflyer", is also operating another 

new ride (Haunted Walkthrough), as well as 

undertaking many improvements to existing attractions. 

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PREVIEW 

A calendar of events can be found here for the month of July in 

alphabetical order. Additional information about individual 

events is listed below. 

■ 

A■ Aichach 18.07.-28.07. 

■ Alfter 25.07.-28.07. 

■ Allersberg 25.07.-28.07. 

■ Allershausen 24.07.-27.07. 

■ Allstedt 04.07.-07.07. 

■ Altdorf 30.07.-04.08. 

■ Altenkirchen 04.07.-07.07. 

■ Andernach 04.07.-06.07. 

■ Ansbach 11.07.-16.07. 

■ Ascheberg 26.07.-28.07. 

■ Ascheberg-Herbern 11.07.-13.07. 

■ Attendorn/Sauerland 04.07.-07.07. 

■ Aue/Sachsen 18.07.-20.07. 

■ Augsburg 24.07.-27.07. 

■ Au/Hallertau 24.07.-28.07. 

B■ Bad Buchau 04.07.-07.07. 

■ Bad Laer 18.07.-21.07. 

■ Bad Münstereifel 18.07.-21.07. 

■ Bad Nauheim-Steinfurt 18.07.-21.07. 

■ Bad Nenndorf 25.07.-27.07. 

■ Bad Sachsa 18.07.-20.07. 

■ Bad Saulgau 17.07.-21.07. 

■ Bad Urach 04.07.-07.07. 

■ Bad Wildungen 16.07.-19.07. 

■ Bad Wimpfen 26.06.-01.07. 

■ Barth 31.07.-03.08. 

■ Baunach 18.07.-21.07. 

■ Bechhofen an der Heide 25.07.-28.07. 

■ Beerfelden 11.07.-14.07. 

■ Beratzhausen 11.07.-14.07. 

■ Bergen/Niedersachsen 02.07.-06.07. 

■ Bergisch Gladbach 04.07.-06.07. 

■ Berlin-Mitte-Moabit 25.07.-17.08. 

■ Berlin-Mitte-Wedding 20.06.-20.07. 

■ Biberach/Riss 18.07.-27.07. 

■ Bitburg/Eifel 11.07.-14.07. 

■ Blieskastel-Webenheim 11.07.-21.07. 

■ Bodenkirchen 10.07.-14.07. 

■ Böblingen 04.07.-06.07. 

■ Bogen 11.07.-15.07. 

■ Bopfingen 04.07.-08.07. 

■ Braunlage 25.07.-28.07. 

■ Breckerfeld 25.07.-28.07. 

■ Breidenbach 25.07.-28.07. 

■ Bretten 04.07.-07.07. 

■ Bruckmühl 11.07.-20.07. 

■ Brüggen 27.06.-01.07. 

■ Brühl 18.07.-21.07. 

C■ Celle 18.07.-22.07. 

■ Cham 25.07.-04.08. 

■ Chemnitz 04.07.-06.07. 

■ Clausthal-Zellerfeld 18.07.-21.07. 

■ Cunewalde 04.07.-06.07. 

D■ Dannenberg/Elbe 03.07.-06.07. 

■ Darmstadt 03.07.-07.07. 

■ Deizisau 26.07.-28.07. 

■ Dessau 04.07.-06.07. 

■ Diemelsee-Adorf 25.07.-27.07. 

■ Dießen/Ammersee 25.07.-28.07. 

■ Dietfurt/Altmühl 25.07.-29.07. 

■ Dinkelsbühl 18.07.-23.07. 

■ Dinklage 05.07.-07.07. 

■ Donauwörth-Nordheim 25.07.-27.07. 

■ Dortmund 05.07.-07.07. 

■ Dortmund-Marten 25.07.-28.07. 

■ Dranske/Rügen 25.07.-27.07. 

■ Dresden 11.07.-21.07. 

■ Duderstadt 11.07.-15.07. 

■ Düren 26.07.-03.08. 

■ Düsseldorf-Derendorf 04.07.-07.07. 

■ Düsseldorf-Flingern 28.06.-01.07. 

■ Düsseldorf-Kaiserwerth 05.07.-07.07. 

■ Düsseldorf-Oberkassel 11.07.-20.07. 

■ Duisburg-Homberg 12.07.-14.07. 

E■ Ebstorf 02.07.-06.07. 

■ Eckernförde 11.07.-13.07. 

■ Eging am See 25.07.-29.07. 

■ Ehingen/Donau 25.07.-28.07. 

■ Eichendorf-Adldorf 18.07.-22.07. 

■ Ellingen 04.07.-07.07. 

■ Eltville/Rhein 04.07.-07.07. 

■ Emden 18.07.-20.07. 

■ Emmerich 04.07.-07.07. 

■ Erbach/Odenwald 18.07.-27.07. 

■ Erkheim 11.07.-14.07. 

■ Eschborn 25.07.-28.07. 

■ Eschwege 03.07.-07.07. 

■ Esens 11.07.-15.07. 

■ Essen-Rüttenscheid 11.07.-20.07. 

F■ Feucht 18.07.-23.07. 

■ Finnentrop 05.07.-07.07. 

■ Forchheim 25.07.-04.08. 

■ Frankfurt/Oder 11.07.-13.07. 

■ Frankfurt/Oder 11.07.-13.07. 

■ Freyung 27.06.-02.07. 

■ Friedrichshafen 17.07.-21.07. 

■ Fritzlar 10.07.-13.07. 

■ Fürstenfeldbruck 27.06.-06.07. 

■ Fürth-Burgfarrnbach 25.07.-30.07. 

■ Fürth-Eigenes Heim 18.07.-21.07. 

■ Fürth-Hardhöhe 04.07.-09.07. 

■ Fulda 25.07.-03.08. 

G■ Gangkofen 03.07.-08.07. 

■ Garching 12.07.-21.07. 

■ Garmisch-Partenkirchen 26.07.-03.08. 

■ Geisenheim/Rhein 18.07.-21.07. 

■ Geislingen/Steige 27.06.-06.07. 

■ Gemünden/Main 28.06.-06.07. 

■ Geretsried 25.07.-03.08. 

■ Gernsheim/Rhein 31.07.-04.08. 

■ Gerolstein 25.07.-28.07. 

■ Gescher-Hochmoor 18.07.-20.07. 

■ Gevelsberg 27.06.-01.07. 

■ Gladenbach 03.07.-06.07. 

■ Goch 28.06.-01.07. 

■ Göttingen 18.07.-21.07. 

■ Goslar/Harz 04.07.-13.07. 

■ Grafenau 04.07.-09.07. 

■ Grebenstein 11.07.-14.07. 

■ Greding 25.07.-28.07. 

■ Greifswald-Wieck 18.07.-20.07. 

■ Großschönau 18.07.-21.07. 

H■ Hadamar 25.07.-28.07. 

■ Hagenburg/Sachsenhagen 12.07.-14.07. 

■ Hamburg 25.07.-24.08. 

■ Hannover 04.07.-13.07. 

■ Havixbeck 11.07.-13.07. 

■ Hechingen 18.07.-21.07. 

■ Heidelberg-Ziegelhausen 19.07.-21.07. 

■ Heiligenstadt 04.07.-06.07. 

■ Hennweiler 24.07.-28.07. 

■ Hermeskeil 11.07.-20.07. 

■ Hersbruck 11.07.-20.07. 

■ Herzogenaurach 04.07.-13.07. 

■ Heusweiler 05.07.-07.07. 

■ Höchstadt/Aisch 04.07.-08.07. 

■ Hof 25.07.-03.08. 

■ Hohenwart 18.07.-21.07. 

■ Homburg/Saar 04.07.-07.07. 

■ Hückeswagen 25.07.-28.07. 

I■ Ibbenbüren-Laggenbeck 26.07.-28.07. 

■ Idar-Oberstein 27.06.-01.07. 

■ Ingelheim-Frei Weinheim 25.07.-28.07. 

■ Iserlohn-Letmathe 18.07.-21.07. 

■ Iserlohn-Sümmern 26.07.-28.07. 

■ Isny/Allgäu 11.07.-14.07. 

K■ Kalkar 26.07.-29.07. 

■ Karlsfeld 27.06.-06.07. 

■ Karlshagen/Usedom 25.07.-27.07. 

■ Kaufbeuren 11.07.-21.07. 

■ Kirchenlamitz 11.07.-14.07. 

■ Kleve 12.07.-20.07. 

■ Kleve-Materborn 26.07.-29.07. 

■ Köln-Deutz 18.07.-20.07. 

■ Königsbrunn 27.06.-06.07. 

■ Konz 18.07.-21.07. 

■ Krefeld-Uerdingen 26.07.-29.07. 

■ Kroppenstedt 04.07.-06.07. 

■ Küps 24.07.-28.07. 

L■ Lambsheim 05.07.-07.07. 

■ Landau/Isar 27.06.-02.07. 

■ Langenaltheim 04.07.-07.07. 

■ Langenhagen 18.07.-20.07. 

■ Langenstein 04.07.-06.07. 

■ Lauf/Pegnitz 04.07.-08.07. 

■ Laupheim 03.07.-07.07. 

■ Lehesten 04.07.-06.07. 

■ Lehrte 31.07.-03.08. 

■ Leipheim 12.07.-14.07. 

■ Leutkirch 19.07.-22.07. 

■ Leverkusen-Opladen 25.07.-28.07. 

■ Lichtenfels 11.07.-20.07. 

■ Lilienthal 26.07.-28.07. 

■ Limbach-Oberfrohna 11.07.-20.07. 

■ Löningen 19.07.-21.07. 

■ Lohr/Main 25.07.-03.08. 

■ Losheim am See 12.07.-15.07. 

■ Ludwigshafen/Rhein 11.07.-13.07. 

■ Ludwigsstadt 18.07.-22.07. 

■ Lübbenau 04.07.-06.07. 

■ Lübeck 27.06.-13.07. 

M■ Mainburg 11.07.-14.07. 

■ Marienheide 05.07.-07.07. 

■ Marklkofen-Steinberg 25.07.-28.07. 

■ Markranstädt 10.07.-14.07. 

■ Marktredwitz 26.06.-01.07. 

■ Marktschorgast 26.07.-28.07. 

■ Mengkofen 27.06.-01.07. 

■ Metelen 26.07.-28.07. 

■ Miesbach 27.06.-06.07. 

■ Mönchengladbach 28.06.-01.07. 

■ Mönchengladbach 12.07.-14.07. 

■ Morbach 25.07.-29.07. 

■ Morsbach/Sieg 11.07.-14.07. 

■ Mücheln/Geiseltal 04.07.-06.07. 

■ Mühlheim/Main 28.06.-01.07. 

■ Mülheim/Ruhr 28.06.-06.07. 

■ Münchberg 11.07.-14.07. 

■ München 31.07.-24.08. 

■ München-Au 26.07.-03.08. 

■ München-Nymphenburg 12.07.-20.07. 

■ Münster 17.07.-21.07. 

■ Muggensturm 18.07.-21.07. 

■ Murnau/Staffelsee 11.07.-20.07. 

N■ Naila 12.07.-14.07. 

■ Nalbach 28.06.-01.07. 

■ Neuburg/Donau 25.07.-03.08. 

■ Neuenrade 25.07.-28.07. 

■ Neufahrn/Freising 15.07.-20.07. 

■ Neugersdorf 25.07.-30.07. 

■ Neuhaus/Elbe 25.07.-27.07. 

■ Neuss-Holzheim 05.07.-08.07. 

■ Neuss-Reuschenberg 12.07.-15.07. 

■ Nienburg/Weser 27.06.-04.07. 

■ Nürnberg-Almoshof 11.07.-15.07. 

■ Nürnberg-Buch 11.07.-16.07. 

■ Nürnberg-Gartenstadt 27.06.-01.07. 

■ Nürnberg-Großreuth 04.07.-08.07. 

■ Nürnberg-Reichelsdorf 25.07.-29.07. 

■ Nürnberg-Ziegelstein 25.07.-03.08. 

O■ Oberasbach-Altenberg 18.07.-22.07. 

■ Oberkotzau 26.07.-28.07. 

■ Obernburg 19.07.-21.07. 

■ Oberndorf/Lech 31.07.-03.08. 

■ Oelde 18.07.-20.07. 

■ Östringen 05.07.-08.07. 

■ Oettingen 25.07.-28.07. 

P■ Paderborn 26.07.-03.08. 

■ Pappenheim 25.07.-28.07. 

■ Peine 04.07.-08.07. 

■ Perlesreut 18.07.-21.07. 

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■ Plüderhausen 24.07.-28.07. 

■ Poing 11.07.-20.07. 

■ Putbus-Lauterbach 24.07.-27.07. 

U■ Ueckermünde 25.07.-27.07. 

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R■ Radolfzell 18.07.-21.07. 

■ Ravensburg 25.07.-29.07. 

■ Rees 05.07.-07.07. 

■ Regen 25.07.-30.07. 

■ Rehau 04.07.-08.07. 

■ Reichertshofen 25.07.-28.07. 

■ Reisbach 11.07.-15.07. 

■ Reken 05.07.-07.07. 

■ Remscheid 04.07.-08.07. 

■ Rendsburg 04.07.-07.07. 

■ Rheine-Mesum 04.07.-06.07. 

■ Rochlitz 18.07.-20.07. 

■ Rodewisch 25.07.-28.07. 

■ Roding 27.06.-07.07. 

■ Rotenburg/Fulda 03.07.-07.07. 

■ Rothenburg/Tauber 27.06.-02.07. 

■ Rottenburg/Laaber 26.06.-30.06. 

■ Ruhmansfelden 18.07.-21.07. 

S■ Saalfeld 12.07.-21.07. 

■ Saarlouis-Roden 12.07.-15.07. 

■ Salzkotten 18.07.-21.07. 

■ Sande 11.07.-14.07. 

■ Saßnitz 11.07.-13.07. 

■ Schermbeck 11.07.-15.07. 

■ Schiffweiler 19.07.-22.07. 

■ Schlieben 04.07.-06.07. 

■ Schnaittach 11.07.-14.07. 

■ Schorfheide-Finowfurt 04.07.-06.07. 

■ Schrozberg 18.07.-21.07. 

■ Schüttorf 12.07.-14.07. 

■ Schwäbisch Hall 25.07.-28.07. 

■ Schwaig/Nürnberg 18.07.-22.07. 

■ Schwalbach-Bous 27.06.-01.07. 

■ Schwalbach-Ensdorf 05.07.-08.07. 

■ Schwarzenbach/Saale 18.07.-21.07. 

■ Schweinitz/Jessen 11.07.-13.07. 

■ Selb 12.07.-14.07. 

■ Selbitz 19.07.-22.07. 

■ Sinsheim/Elsenz 19.07.-20.07. 

■ Soltau 10.07.-13.07. 

■ Sonneberg 05.07.-13.07. 

■ Sonneberg-Oberlind 18.07.-21.07. 

■ Sonsbeck 18.07.-21.07. 

■ Sonthofen 27.06.-06.07. 

■ Speyer 10.07.-15.07. 

■ Spiesen-Elversberg 26.07.-29.07. 

■ Spremberg 04.07.-06.07. 

■ Stadthagen 16.07.-20.07. 

■ Stadtlohn 05.07.-07.07. 

■ Stolberg/Rheinland 04.07.-07.07. 

■ Stralsund 24.07.-27.07. 

■ Stromberg 25.07.-28.07. 

■ Süderbrarup 25.07.-29.07. 

■ Südlohn-Oeding 26.07.-28.07. 

■ Sulzbach-Rosenberg 19.07.-27.07. 

■ Sundern 05.07.-07.07. 

T■ Taufkirchen/Vils 11.07.-20.07. 

■ Teisnach 11.07.-14.07. 

■ Tettnang 04.07.-06.07. 

■ Traben-Trarbach/Mosel 11.07.-14.07. 

■ Treuchtlingen 11.07.-20.07. 

■ Trier-Zurlauben 11.07.-14.07. 

■ Uelsen 10.07.-15.07. 

■ Ulm 11.07.-21.07. 

■ Unkel/Rhein 25.07.-28.07. 

■ Untergriesbach 11.07.-14.07. 

■ Unterhaching 04.07.-13.07. 

V■ Vaterstetten 17.07.-22.07. 

■ Veitsrod/Herrstein 11.07.-14.07. 

■ Viersen-Dülken 28.06.-01.07. 

■ Vilsbiburg 27.06.-06.07. 

■ Vohburg/Donau 18.07.-21.07. 

W■ Wadgassen 05.07.-08.07. 

■ Waldkraiburg 10.07.-21.07. 

■ Waldmünchen 10.07.-14.07. 

■ Wallenfels 25.07.-28.07. 

■ Wallerfangen 20.07.-22.07. 

■ Wangen/Allgäu 24.07.-27.07. 

■ Waren/Müritz 11.07.-13.07. 

■ Wehretal 17.07.-21.07. 

■ Weingarten 11.07.-15.07. 

■ Weiskirchen 26.07.-28.07. 

■ Weißenfels 04.07.-06.07. 

■ Weißenstadt 18.07.-22.07. 

■ Werdohl 04.07.-07.07. 

■ Wernigerode/Harz 18.07.-20.07. 

■ Wertheim 25.07.-27.07. 

■ Wetzlar 01.07.-08.07. 

■ Wiek/Rügen 18.07.-20.07. 

■ Wiesbaden-Biebrich 04.07.-07.07. 

■ Wiesbaden-Hainerberg 27.06.-04.07. 

■ Wiesbaden-Schierstein 11.07.-14.07. 

■ Wilhelmshaven 03.07.-06.07. 

■ Willich 11.07.-15.07. 

■ Willich-Neersen 05.07.-07.07. 

■ Windsbach 11.07.-14.07. 

■ Winnenden 18.07.-21.07. 

■ Wissen 11.07.-14.07. 

■ Wittmund 18.07.-20.07. 

■ Wolfhagen 17.07.-20.07. 

■ Wolgast 04.07.-06.07. 

■ Würselen 28.06.-01.07. 

■ Würzburg 04.07.-20.07. 

■ Wulfen 11.07.-14.07. 

■ Wunsiedel 04.07.-08.07. 

■ Wuppertal-Barmen 04.07.-06.07. 

■ Wurzen 04.07.-06.07. 

Z■ Zapfendorf 04.07.-07.07. 

■ Zelting-Rachtig 18.07.-21.07. 

■ Zierenberg 25.07.-27.07. 

■ Zwiesel 12.07.-20.07. 

International 

■ A Altmünster 18.07.-21.07. 

■ A Ebensee 26.07.-28.07. 

■ A Eisenstadt 27.06.-06.07. 

■ A Guntramsdorf 16.07.-28.07. 

■ A Innsbruck 21.06.-13.07. 

■ A Villach 27.07.-03.08. 

■ B Antwerpen 07.06.-13.07. 

■ B Bastogne 30.07.-03.08. 

■ B Brüssel 19.07.-24.08. 

■ B Malmédy 28.06.-01.07. 

■ B Namur 04.07.-28.07. 

■ B Sint-Niklaas 05.07.-20.07. 

■ B Veurne 26.07.-30.07. 

■ B Wavre 27.06.-06.07. 

■ CH Aarau 03.07.-06.07. 

■ CH Adliswil 04.07.-06.07. 

■ CH Agno/Tessin 04.07.-03.08. 

■ CH Arbon 04.07.-06.07. 

■ CH Brunnen 18.07.-21.07. 

■ CH Genève=Genf 17.07.-10.08. 

■ CH Lenzburg 10.07.-13.07. 

■ CH Männedorf 11.07.-13.07. 

■ DK Vorbasse 17.07.-19.07. 

■ ES Pamplona 06.07.-15.07. 

■ F Abbeville 19.07.-03.08. 

■ F Aiguillon-sur-Mer 05.07.-31.08. 

■ F Amiens 20.06.-14.07. 

■ F Antibes-Biot 28.06.-31.08. 

■ F Argelès-sur-Mer 04.07.-31.08. 

■ F Barcarès, Le 05.07.-31.08. 

■ F Beauvais 20.06.-06.07. 

■ F Bourges 20.06.-14.07. 

■ F Bruay-la-Buissière 12.07.-20.07. 

■ F Calais 19.07.-17.08. 

■ F Canet-en-Roussillon 05.07.-31.08. 

■ F Cannes-la-Bocca 28.06.-31.08. 

■ F Cap d'Agde 05.07.-31.08. 

■ F Carcassonne 28.06.-14.09. 

■ F Carnon 28.06.-07.09. 

■ F Damgan 05.07.-31.08. 

■ F Dinard 05.07.-31.08. 

■ F Douai 04.07.-15.07. 

■ F Fos-sur-Mer 12.07.-24.08. 

■ F Fréjus 04.07.-31.08. 

■ F Frontignan 18.07.-31.08. 

■ F Grau-du-Roi, Le 28.06.-31.08. 

■ F Gruissan 28.06.-31.08. 

■ F Guérande 28.06.-31.08. 

■ F Hyères-les-Palmiers 28.06.-31.08. 

■ F Leucate-Plage 28.06.-31.08. 

■ F Marseillan 05.07.-31.08. 

■ F Mimizan 05.07.-31.08. 

■ F Mulhouse 19.07.-17.08. 

■ F Nevers 21.06.-06.07. 

■ F Palavas-les-Flots 01.07.-31.08. 

■ F Palmyre, la 05.07.-31.08. 

■ F Paris 27.06.-24.08. 

■ F Pontarlier 28.06.-06.07. 

■ F Rethel 26.07.-03.08. 

■ F Sables d'Olonne 05.07.-31.08. 

■ F Saint-George 05.07.-31.08. 

■ F Saint-Germain-en 27.06.-17.08. 

■ F Saint-Gilles-Croix 05.07.-31.08. 

■ F Saint-Hilaire 05.07.-31.08. 

■ F Saint-Tropez 05.07.-31.08. 

■ F Saint-Vincent 05.07.-31.08. 

■ F Strasbourg 21.06.-14.07. 

■ F Valras-Plage 05.07.-07.09. 

■ F Vias-Plage 05.07.-31.08. 

■ GB Bedford 19.07.-20.07. 

■ GB Buckley 08.07.-08.07. 

■ GB Burnley, Lancs 09.07.-13.07. 

■ GB Buxton, Derbys 09.07.-13.07. 

■ GB Cambridge 04.07.-07.07. 

■ GB Glasgow 24.07.-03.08. 

■ GB Gloucester 18.07.-03.08. 

■ GB Hayes, London 10.07.-13.07. 

■ GB Holsworthy, Devon 09.07.-12.07. 

■ GB Kettering, Northants 27.06.-05.07. 

■ GB Kingsbridge, Devon 19.07.-26.07. 

■ GB Leicester 12.07.-31.08. 

■ GB Littlehampton 10.07.-14.07. 

■ GB London 25.07.-07.09. 

■ GB London-West 25.07.-03.08. 

■ GB Maldon, Essex 30.07.-02.08. 

■ GB Margate 31.07.-10.08. 

■ GB Rathven, Banff. 23.07.-25.07. 

■ I Brescia 14.06.-20.08. 

■ I Rimini 24.05.-24.08. 

■ L Dudelange 27.06.-06.07. 

■ NL Asten 11.07.-15.07. 

■ NL Best 04.07.-08.07. 

■ NL Den Helder 04.07.-13.07. 

■ NL Dongen 11.07.-15.07. 

■ NL Etten-Leur 27.06.-02.07. 

■ NL Franeker 29.07.-04.08. 

■ NL Goirle 28.06.-02.07. 

■ NL Harderwijk 08.07.-19.07. 

■ NL Helmond 11.07.-16.07. 

■ NL Kerkrade 27.06.-01.07. 

■ NL Laren ('t Gooi) 05.07.-10.07. 

■ NL Meppel 17.07.-24.07. 

■ NL Nieuwegein 02.07.-06.07. 

■ NL Oisterwijk 11.07.-16.07. 

■ NL Panningen 12.07.-16.07. 

■ NL Renesse 25.07.-30.07. 

■ NL Rhenen 04.07.-12.07. 

■ NL Schijndel 12.07.-16.07. 

■ NL Texel-De Koog 16.07.-20.07. 

■ NL Tilburg 18.07.-27.07. 

■ NL Uden 18.07.-27.07. 

■ NL Uitgeest 05.07.-09.07. 

■ NL Utrecht 11.07.-16.07. 

■ NL Valkenswaard 18.07.-23.07. 

■ NL Vlissingen 18.07.-27.07. 

■ NL Zevenaar 04.07.-08.07. 

24. MAY (SATURDAY) 

I Rimini 

■ Luna Park Fiabilandia 

until 24.08. 

7. JUNE (SATURDAY) 

B Antwerpen=Anvers 

■ Sinksenfoor until 13.07. 


I Brescia 

■ Luna Park San Polo until 20.08. 

20. JUNE (FRIDAY) 

13405 Berlin-Mitte-Wedding 

■ Deutsch-Französisches 

Volksfest until 20.07. 

Schaustellerverband Berlin e.V. 

Riesenrad, Eclipse, Around the World, Achterbahn, 

Breakdance, Frisbee, Melodie Star, 

Tanz der Vampire, Wildwasserbahn, Rutsche, 

Rocket, Tal der Könige, Labyrinth 

Participants: ca. 90 

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NL Kerkrade 

■ Voorjaarskermis until 01.07. 

1. JULY (TUESDAY) 

F Amiens 

■ Foire de St. Jean until 14.07. 

F Beauvais 

■ Foire aux Manèges 

until 06.07. 

F Bourges 

■ Les Foires Jacques Coeur 

until 14.07. 


A Innsbruck 

■ Olympia World Vergnügungspark 

until 13.07. 

F Nevers 

■ Fête Foraine et Fête Mendes 

France until 06.07. 

F Strasbourg 

■ Foire de la Saint-Jean until 14.07. 

26. JUNE (THURSDAY) 

74177 Bad Wimpfen 

■ Wimpfener Talmarkt until 01.07. 

Stadt 

Breakdance, Frisbee, Wilde Maus, Masgic, 

Flip Fly, Riesenrad, Fun House XXL, Kickdown 


84056 Rottenburg/Laaber 

■ Volksfest until 30.06. 

Stadt 

95615 Marktredwitz 

■ Volks- und Schützenfest 

until 01.07. 

Renner GbR/Grafenwöhr 

Polyp, Geisterbahn, Simulator, Maxximum, 

Street Style, Wellenflug 


27. JUNE (FRIDAY) 

23568 Lübeck 


Lübecker Veranstaltungs GmbH 

31582 Nienburg/Weser 


until 04.07. 

Stadt 

Twister 

41379 Brüggen 

■ Schützenfest until 01.07. 

55743 Idar-Oberstein 

■ Spießbratenfest until 01.07. 

Stadt 

Freddy’s Company, Taiga Jet, Breakdance, 

Chaos 


58285 Gevelsberg 

■ Sommerkirmes until 01.07. 

Stadt 

Simulator, High Impress, Circus Circus, Shaker, 

Salto Mortale, Verrückte Farm, Schlittenfahrt, 

Riesenrad, Breakdance, Jekyll & Hyde, 

Kettenflieger 


65189 Wiesbaden-Hainerberg 

■ Deutsch-Amerikanisches 

Freundschaftsfest until 04.07. 

Fa. A.Schramm/Rodenbach 

66359 Schwalbach-Bous 

■ Kirmes until 01.07. 

73312 Geislingen/Steige 

■ Frühlingsfest until 06.07. 

Karl Kritz KG/Stuttgart 

82256 Fürstenfeldbruck 


Stadt 

Bungee-Trampolin, XXL-Krake 

83714 Miesbach 


84137 Vilsbiburg 


Stadt 

Power Dancer, Super-Gaudi 

84152 Mengkofen 

■ Aitrachtaler Volksfest until 01.07. 

85757 Karlsfeld 

■ Siedler- und Seefest until 06.07. 

Siedlergemeinschaft Karlsfeld-Nord 

Pirates Adventure, Swing Time, G-Force, Route 

66 


86343 Königsbrunn 

■ Gautsch, Volksfest until 06.07. 

Stadt 

87527 Sonthofen 


Stadt 

90469 Nürnberg-Gartenstadt 

■ Kirchweih until 01.07. 

91541 Rothenburg/Tauber 


Stadt 

Riesenrad, Twister, Schlittenfahrt 


93426 Roding 


Stadt 

Alpha 1, Bavaria Dance 


94078 Freyung 


94405 Landau/Isar 


Stadt 

Top Spin, Magic, Drop Zone 


A Eisenstadt/Burgenland 

■ Kleinhöfleiner Winzerkirtag 

until 06.07. 

B Wavre 

■ Foire d'Eté until 06.07. 

F Paris 

■ Fête Foraine des Tuileries 

until 24.08. 

F Saint-Germain-en-Laye 

■ Fêtes dés Loges until 17.08. 

GB Kettering, Northants 

■ Feast until 05.07. 

L Dudelange 

■ Summerkiermes until 06.07. 

NL Etten-Leur 

■ Kermis until 02.07. 


40233 Düsseldorf-Flingern 


41189 Mönchengladbach-Wickrath 

■ Frühkirmes until 01.07. 

Stadt 

41747 Viersen-Dülken 

■ Frühkirmes until 01.07. 

Stadt 

45481 Mülheim/Ruhr 

■ Saarner Kirmes until 06.07. 

Stadtmarketing & Tourismus GmbH (MST) 

Breakdance, Big Monster, Disco Jet, Flash, Simulator, 

Villa Wahnsinn, Euro-Coaster, Geisterbahn, 

Jump Street 


47574 Goch 


Stadt, S.V. Niederrhein 

Amazonas, X-Factor, Simulator, Speedy Gonzales, 

Rock Express, Wilder Clown, Bungee- 

Trampolin 


52146 Würselen 

■ Groß-Kirmes until 01.07. 

Stadt 

63165 Mühlheim/Main 


Ferling GbR/Offenbach 

66809 Nalbach 

■ Peter-und-Paul-Kirmes 

until 01.07. 

97737 Gemünden/Main 

■ Kichweih und Heimatfest until 

06.07. 

R.Bergmann/Feucht 

B Malmédy 

■ Kermesse Saint-Pierre until 01.07. 

F Antibes-Biot 

■ Antibes Land until 31.08. 

F Cannes-la-Bocca 

■ Luna Park Stade Pierre de 

Coubertin until 31.08. 

F Carcassonne 

■ Herisson Land until 14.09. 

F Carnon 

■ Luna Park until 07.09. 

F Grau-du-Roi, Le 

■ Luna Park Amigoland until 31.08. 

F Gruissan 

■ Pirat Parc until 31.08. 

F Guérande 


F Hyères-les-Palmiers 

■ Magic World Luna Park 

until 31.08. 

F Leucate-Plage 

■ Park d'Attractions until 31.08. 

F Pontarlier 

■ Foire Attractive de la Saint Pierre 

until 06.07. 

NL Goirle 


35579 Wetzlar 

■ Ochsenfest until 08.07. 

F Palavas-les-Flots 

■ La Fête des Arènes until 31.08. 

2. JULY (WEDNESDAY) 

29303 Bergen 


Stadt 

29574 Ebstorf 

■ Schützen- und Volksfest 

until 06.07. 

NL Nieuwegein 


3. JULY (THURSDAY)) 

26352 Wilhelmshaven 

■ Stadt- und Hafenfest until 06.07. 

Wilhelmshavener Projekt GmbH 

Riesenrad, Take Off, Musik Express, Breakdance 

29451 Dannenberg/Elbe 


35075 Gladenbach 

■ Kirschenmarkt until 06.07. 

36199 Rotenburg/Fulda 

■ Heimat- u. Strandfest until 07.07. 

Stadt 

High Impress, Simulator, Star Club, Aqua Velis 


37269 Eschwege 

■ Johannisfest until 07.07. 

Stadt 

Amazonas, Breakdance, Happy Family, Avenger, 

Nessy, Starlight, Top Spin, Jekyll & Hyde, 

High Explosive, Wellenflug 


64283 Darmstadt 

■ Heinerfest until 07.07. 

Heimatverein Darmstädter Heiner e.V. 

Power Tower, Wilde Maus, Top Spin, Geisterbahn, 

Shake, Cyber Space, Wellenflug, Happy 

Sailor, Konga, Take Off, Riesenrad, Aqua 

Labyrinth, Magic House 


84140 Gangkofen 


88471 Laupheim 

■ Kinder- und Heimatfest 

until 07.07. 

H.Gebauer/Konstanz 

Riesenrad, Breakdance, Cobra, Transformer, 

Silbermine, Sky Trip, Big Spin, Freddy’s Circus, 

Wellenflug, Simulator, Bungee-Trampolin 


CH Aarau 

■ Jugendfest/Maienzug until 06.07. 

4. JULY (FRIDAY) 

02733 Cunewalde 


03130 Spremberg 

■ Brandenburgtag 

until 06.07. 

T.Krämer/Rothstein 

Riesenrad, Jet Force, Raupenbahn, Geisterbahn, 

Magic, Drop Attack, Tornado 

86

03222 Lübbenau 

■ Spreewaldfest until 06.07. 

Lausitzer Schaustellerverband/H.Probst 

04808 Wurzen 

■ Parkfest until 06.07. 

T.Krämer/Rothstein 

Breakdance, Geisterbahn, Comic Trip 

04936 Schlieben 

■ Moienmarkt until 06.07. 

06249 Mücheln/Geiseltal 

■ Stadt- und St.-Jakobusfest 

until 06.07. 

Stadt 

06542 Allstedt 

■ Lindenmarkt until 07.07. 

H.Sobczyk 

Riesenrad, Breakdance, Kettenflieger, Rutsche, 

Simulator 

06667 Weißenfels 

■ Sommerfest until 06.07. 

Fa.Hadlok/Pegau 

06844 Dessau 

■ Leopoldsfest until 06.07. 

07349 Lehesten 

■ Bergmannsfest until 06.07. 

09111 Chemnitz 

■ Pressefest until 06.07. 

16244 Schorfheide-Finowfurt 

■ Flösserfest until 06.07. 

Laubinger/Fredersdorf 

17438 Wolgast 

■ Hafentage until 06.07. 

Großmarkt Rostock GmbH 

Hyper X, Breakdance, Rutsche, House of Horror 


24768 Rendsburg 

■ Sommermarkt until 07.07. 

Stadt 

30169 Hannover 


Hannoversches Schützenfest eV. 

Riesenrad, Wilde Maus, Kick Down, Gladiator, 

Der Burner, Wildwasserbahn, Teststrecke, 

Wellenflug, Breakdance, Musik Express, Polyp, 

Shaker, Go-Kartbahn, Artistico, Mäusestadt, 

Hot Shot, Altweibermühle, Live Boxen, 

Fun Street, Down Town, Crazy Outback, Omni, 

Geisterschlange, Panic Room, Piratenrutsche 


31224 Peine 

■ Freischießen until 08.07. 

Bürgerschaffer 

Riesenrad, Sky Dance, Chaos Airport, Nightstyle,Breakdance, 

Troika 


37308 Heiligenstadt 


38640 Goslar 


until 13.07. 

Volksfest Goslar e.V. 

Mega King Tower, Riesenrad, Krake, Breakdance, 

Jaguar, Wildwasserbahn, Crazy Mouse, 

Magic, Volare, Monster, Hawaii Swing, 

Flipper, Tom der Tiger, Psycho, U 3000, Gaudi-Hütt’n, 

Horror-Lazarett, Spukschloss 


38895 Langenstein 


39397 Kroppenstedt 


until 06.07. 

40468 Düsseldorf-Derendorf 


42287 Wuppertal-Barmen 

■ Barmer City-Kirmes until 06.07. 

42859 Remscheid 

■ Kirmes mit Schützen- und 

Heimatfest until 08.07. 

Schützenverein von 1816/Remscheid 

46446 Emmerich 


Stadt 

Remmi Demmi, Salto Mortale, Phoenix, Musik 

Express, Bungee-Trampolin 


48432 Rheine-Mesum 


51429 Bergisch Gladbach 

■ Moitzfelder Platzer Kirmes 

until 06.07. 

52222 Stolberg 

■ Kupferstädter Stadtkirmes 

until 07.07. 

SDSA GmbH/Aachen 

56626 Andernach 

■ Europafest until 06.07. 

Stadt 

Beach Party, Riesenrad, G-Force 

57439 Attendorn/Sauerland 


57610 Altenkirchen 


ArGe Müller-Klinge/Urmitz 

58791 Werdohl 


until 07.07. 

Schaustellerbetr. H.Langhoff/Plettenberg 

65203 Wiesbaden-Biebrich 

■ Gibber Kerb mit Mosbacher 

Markt until 07.07. 

Gibber Kerbegesellschaft 

Taiga Jet, Geisterbahn, Go-Kartbahn, Disco 

Fieber, Katz & Maus, Kinder-Achterbahn, Booster, 

Musik Express, Hip Hop Fly, Fantastic 

World, Water-Walkingballs, Bungee-Trampolin, 

Rio, Breakdance, Air-Crash 


65343 Eltville/Rhein 

■ Sekt- und Biedermeierfest 

until 07.07. 

66424 Homburg/Saar 

■ Jägersburger Strandfest 

until 07.07. 

Stadt 

71032 Böblingen 


72574 Bad Urach 


73441 Bopfingen 

■ Ipfmesse until 08.07. 

Stadt 

Devil Rock, Irrgarten, Dschungel Train, Wellenflug 

75015 Bretten 

■ Peter-und-Paul-Fest until 07.07. 

82008 Unterhaching 

■ Bürgerfest until 13.07. 

88069 Tettnang 

■ Monfortfest until 06.07. 


Tornado, Disco-Flyer, Adrenalin 

88422 Bad Buchau 

■ Kinder- und Heimatfest 

until 07.07. 

R.Vogt/Ravensburg-Oberzell 

90431 Nürnberg-Großreuht 

■ Großreuther Kärwa until 08.07. 

Zelte Schuhmann Cadolzburg 

90766 Fürth-Hardhöhe 


Stadt 

91074 Herzogenaurach 

■ Sommerkirchweih until 13.07. 

Stadt 

91207 Lauf/Pegnitz 

■ Kunigundenfest until 08.07. 

Stadt 

91315 Höchstadt/Aisch 


Stadt 

Star Dancer, Simulator 

91792 Ellingen 

■ Brauereifest until 07.07. 

91799 Langenaltheim 


94481 Grafenau 


Stadt 

Sky Rocker, Roll Over, Irrgarten 

95111 Rehau 

■ Wiesenfest until 08.07. 

95632 Wunsiedel 

■ Volks- und Wiesenfest until 08.07. 

96199 Zapfendorf 


97076 Würzburg 

■ Kiliani-Volksfest until 20.07. 

Stadt 

Riesenrad, Sky Fall, The King, Predator, Techno 

Power, Breakdance, American Swing, 

Wildwasserbahn, Wilde Maus, Freddy’s Company, 

Old Shining House, Fahrt zur Hölle 


B Namur=Namen 

■ Foire Foraine de Juillet until 28.07. 

CH Adliswil 

■ Chilbi until 06.07. 

CH Agno/Tessin 

■ Luna-Park until 03.08. 

CH Arbon 

■ Seenachtsfest until 06.07. 

F Argelès-sur-Mer 


F Douai 

■ Fête Foraine de Gayant 

until 15.07. 

F Fréjus 


GB Cambridge 

■ Big Weekend until 07.07. 

NL Best 


NL Den Helder 

■ Zomerkermis until 13.07. 

NL Rhenen 

■ Rijnweekkermis until 12.07. 

NL Zevenaar 


5. JULY (SATURDAY) 

40489 Düsseldorf-Kaiserwerth 


H.Bruch/Düsseldorf 

41414 Neuss-Holzheim 


44357 Dortmund-Bodelschwingh 


Stadt 

Schwanenflieger, Simulator, Riesenrad, X- 

Factor, Shaker, Breakdance 


46459 Rees 


Bürgerschützenverein 

47877 Willich-Neersen 


48703 Stadtlohn 


48734 Reken 

■ Schützenfest mit Kirmes 

until 07.07. 

49413 Dinklage 


Stadt 

51709 Marienheide 

■ Kirmes und Schützenfest 

until 07.07. 

Löbach-Radermacher-Umland/Lohmar 

57413 Finnentrop 


59846 Sundern 


66265 Heusweiler 


Gemeinde 

66773 Schwalbach-Ensdorf 


66787 Wadgassen 


67245 Lambsheim 


Gemeinde 

76684 Östringen 

■ Jahrmarkt until 08.07. 

Stadt 

96515 Sonneberg 

■ Vogelschießen until 13.07. 

Stadt 

Magic, Breakdance, Kettenflieger 


B Sint-Niklaas=St.Nicolas 


F Aiguillon-sur-Mer, L' 

■ Adventure Park until 31.08. 

F Barcarès, Le 


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F Canet-en-Roussillon 

■ American Park until 31.08. 

F Cap d'Agde, le 


F Damgan 


F Dinard 

■ Luna Park de la Côte 

d' Emeraude until 31.08. 

F Marseillan 

■ Parc d'Attractions until 31.08. 

F Mimizan 

■ Luna Parc until 31.08. 

F Palmyre, la 

■ Lunapark until 31.08. 

F Sables d'Olonne, Les 

■ Luna Park Baie de Cayola 

until 31.08. 

F Saint-George d'Oleron 

■ Luna Park l'île d'Oleron 

until 31.08. 

F Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie 

■ Fête Foraine until 31.08. 

F Saint-Hilaire-de-Riez 

■ Beau Land Luna Park until 31.08. 

F Saint-Tropez 

■ Azur Park until 31.08. 

F Saint-Vincent-sur-Jard 

■ Festy Park until 31.08. 

F Valras-Plage 

■ Luna Park, Azuriland until 07.09. 

F Vias-Plage 

■ Euro-Park until 31.08. 

NL Laren ('t Gooi) 


NL Uitgeest 


6. JULY (SUNDAY) 

ES Pamplona 

■ Fiesta de San Fermin until 15.07. 


GB Buckley, North Wales 

■ Fun Fair until 08.07. 

NL Harderwijk 



GB Burnley, Lancs 

■ St. Peter's Wakes Fair 

until 13.07. 

GB Buxton, Derbys 

■ Well Dressing Fair until 13.07. 

GB Holsworthy, Devon 

■ St Peters Fair until 12.07. 

10. JULY (THURSDAY) 

04420 Markranstädt 

■ Kinder- und Stadtfest until 14.07. 

29614 Soltau 

■ Schützen-Volksfest until 13.07. 

34560 Fritzlar 

■ Pferdemarkt until 13.07. 

Stadt 

49843 Uelsen 


until 15.07. 

67343 Speyer 

■ Brezelfest until 15.07. 

Verkehrsverein 

Booster Maxxx, Riesenrad, Breakdance, Voodoo 

Jumper, Wellenflug, Taiga Jet, Sky Glider, 

Water-Walkingballs, Bungee-Trampolin, Rutsche, 

Chaos Airport 


84155 Bodenkirchen 

■ Volkfest until 14.07. 

84478 Waldkraiburg 


Stadt 

Riesenrad, Freak, Wildwasserbahn, Atlantis, 

Wellenflug, Water-Walkingballs, Bayern-Breaker 


93449 Waldmünchen 

■ Heimatfest until 14.07. 

CH Lenzburg 

■ Jugendfest mit Lunapark 

until 13.07. 

GB Hayes, London 

■ Carnival until 13.07. 

GB Littlehampton, W.Sussex 



01307 Dresden 

■ Vogelwiese until 21.07. 

Dresdner Schaustellerverband e.V. 

Riesenrad, Breakdance, Top In Express, Drop 

Attack, Geisterbahn, Big Wave 


06369 Wulfen 

■ Heimatfest until 14.07. 

C.Franzelius/Schkeuditz 

06928 Schweinitz/Jessen 

■ Schul- und Heimatfest until 13.07. 

Heimatfestverein Schweinitz 

09212 Limbach-Oberfrohna 

■ Stadtparkfest until 20.07. 

Stadt & MSV/Chemnitz 

15234 Frankfurt/Oder 

■ Bunter Hering until 13.07. 

BSV GmbH/Berlin 

17192 Waren/Müritz 

■ Müritzfest until 13.07. 

18546 Saßnitz 

■ Rügener Hafentage until 13.07. 


Riesenrad, Hyper X, Breakdance, Shaker, Rutsche, 

House of Horror 

24340 Eckernförde 

■ Sprottentage until 13.07. 

26427 Esens 


until 15.07. 

26452 Sande 

■ Sander Markt until 14.07. 

34393 Grebenstein 

■ Vieh- und Jahrmarkt until 14.07. 

37115 Duderstadt 


40545 Düsseldorf-Oberkassel 


until 20.07. 

St.Sebestianus Schützenver. Düsseldorf 

Wildwasserbahn, Kristallpalast, Geisterstadt, 

Kettenflieger, Lach+Freu-Haus, Spinning Racer, 

Rotor, Nessy, Flasher, Looping the Loop, 

Riesenrad, Schloss Dracula, Wilde Maus, Konga, 

Wellenflug, Höllenblitz, Happy Sailor, Fight 

Club, Alpina-Bahn, Breakdance, Daemonium, 

Circus Circus, Toboggan, High Energy, Breakdance, 

Super Chaos, Alex Airport, Big Bamboo, 

Rio Rapidos, Krumm & Schief Bau, Raupenbahn, 

Super-.Rutsche, Big Monster, City 

Skyliner, Shake, XXL Fun House, Power Tower, 

High Impress, Villa Wahnsinn 


45131 Essen-Rüttenscheid 

■ Gruga Sommerfest until 20.07. 

46514 Schermbeck 

■ Kirmes mit Schützenfest 

until 15.07. 

47877 Willich 

■ Schützenfest und Kirmes 

until 15.07. 

48329 Havixbeck 


Gemeinde 

51597 Morsbach/Sieg 


Löbach-Radermacher-Umland/Lohmar 

54295 Trier-Zurlauben 

■ Moselfest until 14.07. 

K.Sonnier/Sehlem 

54411 Hermeskeil 

■ Hermeskeiler Stadtwoche 

until 20.07. 

54634 Bitburg/Eifel 

■ Europäisches Folklore-Festival 

until 14.07. 

55758 Veitsrod/Herrstein 

■ Prämienmarkt until 14.07. 

56841 Traben-Trarbach 

■ Moselweinfestival until 14.07. 

57537 Wissen 


Schützenverein/Wissen 


Flip Fly, Achterbahn, Breakdance, Hollywood 

Star 

59387 Ascheberg-Herbern 

■ Benediktus-Kirmes until 13.07. 

Gemeinde 

64743 Beerfelden 

■ Pferdemarkt until 14.07. 

65029 Wiesbaden-Schierstein 

■ Schiersteiner Hafenfest 

until 14.07. 

Riesenrad, Polyp, Katz & Maus, Hip Hop Fly, 

Geistervilla, Breakdance, Air-Crash 

66640 Blieskastel-Webenheim 

■ Webenheimer Bauernfest 

until 21.07. 

Reiterverein Blieskastel 

Rio, Polyp, Breakdance, Chaos, Go-Kartbahn, 

Flipper, Achterbahn 


67063 Ludwigshafen 

■ Stadtfest until 13.07. 

LUKOM/Ludwigshafen 

82418 Murnau/Staffelsee 

■ Festwoche until 20.07. 

Fahrenschon/Rosenheim 

XXL-Krake, Kettenflieger, Doggy Dog 


83052 Bruckmühl 


B.Kollmann/Heimstetten 

84048 Mainburg 

■ Hopfenfest until 14.07. 

Stadt 

The Beast, Super-Hupferl, Happy Monster, 

Geisterhöhle 


84416 Taufkirchen/Vils 


Gemeinde 

85586 Poing 

■ Volksfest 

until 20.07. 

Furch Veranstaltungs GmbH/Haag i.OB 

87600 Kaufbeuren 

■ Tänzelfest 

until 21.07. 

Tänzelfestverein e.V. 

Kettenflieger, Free Style, Domino, Musik Express, 

Flipper, Mondlift 


87746 Erkheim 

■ Volksfest mit Krammarkt 

until 14.07. 

88250 Weingarten 

■ Welfenfest/Schüler- und Heimatfest 

until 15.07. 

Stadt & H.Gebauer/Konstanz 

Intoxx, Transformer, Hopser, Freddy’s Circus, 

Magic, Dschungel Train, Wellenflug, Simulator 


88316 Isny 

■ Volksfest, Kinder- und Heimatfest 

until 14.07. 

K.Grubart/Isny 

Adrenalin, Crazy Town, Shake, Silbermine, 

Kettenflieger 

89077 Ulm 

■ Ulmer Volksfest until 21.07. 

I.G. Ulmer Volksfest 

90427 Nürnberg-Almoshof 


90427 Nürnberg-Buch 


Closed on Tuesday 

91217 Hersbruck 


Closed from Tuesday to Thursday 

91220 Schnaittach 

■ Schnaittacher Kirchweih 

until 14.07. 

91522 Ansbach 

■ Kirchweih, Sommerfest 

until 16.07. 

ArGe der Stammbeschicker/Nürnberg 

Top Spin, Walk of Fame, Riesenrad 

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91575 Windsbach 


48465 Schüttorf 


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91753 Treuchtlingen 


Stadt 

93176 Beratzhausen 


94107 Untergriesbach 

■ Volkfest until 14.07. 

94244 Teisnach 


94327 Bogen 


Stadt 

94419 Reisbach 


95158 Kirchenlamitz 

■ Volks- und Wiesenfest 

until 14.07. 

95213 Münchberg 


96215 Lichtenfels 

■ Schützenfest 

until 20.07. 

Stadt/Platzmeister D.Brandmeier 

Space Party, Roll Over, High Explosive, Heisse 

Räder, Bayernwippe, Aqua Velis, Simulator, 

Water-Walkingballs 


CH Männedorf 


NL Asten 


NL Dongen 


NL Helmond 


NL Oisterwijk 


NL Utrecht 

■ Maliebaan-Festival-Kermis 

until 16.07. 


07318 Saalfeld 

■ Volksfest 

until 21.07. 

Stadt+Schaustellerfachverband Thüringen 

Breakdance, Jaguar, Happy Butterfly, Kettenflieger, 

Jump Street, Simulator, Crazy Trip 

31558 Hagenburg 


41198 Mönchengladbach-Wickrath 


Stadt 

41466 Neuss-Reuschenberg 


47198 Duisburg-Homberg 


47533 Kleve 

■ Großkirmes 

until 20.07. 

Stadt 

Skater, Love Express, Simulator, Ghost, Pharaos 

Rache, Salto Mortale, Riesenrad, Breakdance, 

Euro Coaster, Water-Walkingballs 

66679 Losheim am See 


66740 Saarlouis-Roden 

■ Donatuskirmes until 15.07. 

80639 München-Nymphenburg 

■ Magdalenenfest 

until 20.07. 

BLVMS & ArGe Magdalenenfest 

85748 Garching 

■ Bürgerfestwoche until 21.07. 

89340 Leipheim 

■ Kinderfest until 14.07. 

Stadt 

Breakdance, Street Style, Musik Express, X- 

Flight, Sweety Star, Water-Walkingballs 


94227 Zwiesel 

■ Grenzlandfest until 20.07. 

Stadt 

Sky Rocker, Super-Gaudi, Breakdance, Kettenflieger, 

Bavaria Dance 


95100 Selb 


95119 Naila 

■ Volks- und Wiesenfest 

until 14.07. 

F Bruay-la-Buissière 

■ Fête Foraine until 20.07. 

F Fos-sur-Mer 

■ Park d'Attractions 

until 24.08. 

GB Leicester 

■ Abbey Park Pleasure Beach 

until 31.08. 

NL Panningen 


NL Schijndel 



85375 Neufahrn/Freising 


Festzeltbetrieb G.Widmann GmbH/Freising 


31655 Stadthagen 


34537 Bad Wildungen 

■ Kram- und Viehmarkt until 19.07. 

Stadt 

Star Club, Breakdance, Take Off, Twister-Coaster, 

Adrenalin, Bungee-Trampolin 


A Guntramsdorf 

■ Jakobitage until 28.07. 

NL Texel-De Koog 



34466 Wolfhagen 

■ Vieh- und Krammarkt until 20.07. 

Stadt 

Ultimate, Airgate, Shaker, Top Spin, Muik- 

Shop, Spukschloss 


37287 Wehretal-Reichensachsen 

■ Wichtelfest until 21.07. 

48143 Münster 

■ Sommersend until 21.07. 

Stadt 

85591 Vaterstetten 


88045 Friedrichshafen 

■ Seehasenfest 

until 21.07. 

Seehasenfestausschuss 

Octopussy, Shake, Riesenrad, Booster Maxxx, 

Wellenflug, Safari Express, Phoenix, Future 

World, Intoxx, Swiss Tower 

88340 Bad Saulgau 

■ Bächtlefest until 21.07. 

CH Genève=Genf 

■ Fêtes de Genève 

until 10.08. 

DK Vorbasse 

■ Vorbasse Marked 

until 19.07. 

NL Meppel 



02279 Großschönau 

■ Grußschinner Schissn until 21.07. 

Gemeindeverwaltung 

08280 Aue 


Stadt 

09306 Rochlitz 

■ Inselfest until 20.07. 

C.Franzelius/Schkeuditz 

17489 Greifswald-Wieck 

■ Fischerfest until 20.07. 


Riesenrad, Hyper X, Breakdance, Rutsche, 

Drachen, House of Horror 


18556 Wiek/Rügen 

■ 700-Jahr-Feier 

until 20.07. 

Festwirt Thomas Holtz/Barth 

Tornado 

26409 Wittmund 

■ Bürgermarkt 

until 20.07. 

Bürger- und Verkehrsverein Wittmund e.V. 

26721 Emden 

■ Delft- und Hafenfest 

until 20.07. 

29223 Celle 


until 22.07. 

30836 Langenhagen 

■ Stadtfest 

until 20.07. 

33154 Salzkotten 


until 21.07. 

37073 Göttingen 


H.Theile/Bad Gandersheim 

37441 Bad Sachsa 


until 20.07. 

Schützengesellschaft Bad Sachsa 

38678 Clausthal-Zellerfeld 

■ Clausthaler Volks- und Schützenfest 

until 21.07. 

Schützengesellschaft Clausthal e.V. 

38855 Wernigerode/Harz 

■ Sachsen-Anhalt-Tage until 20.07. 

47665 Sonsbeck 


48712 Gescher-Hochmoor 

■ Kirmes und Schützenfest 

until 20.07. 

49196 Bad Laer 


Bürgerschützenverein 

50321 Brühl 

■ Margaretenkirmes until 21.07. 

Wepag Veranstaltangs GmbH/Brühl 

50679 Köln-Deutz 


GKS/Köln 

53902 Bad Münstereifel 


Stadt 

54329 Konz 

■ Heimat- und Weinfest until 21.07. 

Stadt 

54492 Zelting-Rachtig 

■ Rachtiger Weinkirmes 

until 21.07. 

Verkehrsbüro 

58642 Iserlohn-Letmathe 

■ Kiliankirmes until 21.07. 

Stadt 

Disco Dance, Flip Fly, Musik Express, Rutsche, 

Aqua King, Gladiator, Breakdance, Wellenflug, 

Berg & Tal, Gaudi-Hütt’n 


59302 Oelde 

■ Margaretenkirmes until 20.07. 

Stadt & A.Schneider/Lippstadt 

61231 Bad Nauheim-Steinfurt 

■ Rosenfest until 21.07. 

Andreas & Sandy Walldorf/Giessen 

64711 Erbach 

■ Wiesenmarkt, Eulbacher Markt 

until 27.07. 

Stadt 

Mega King Tower, Voodoo Jumper, Crazy 

Mouse, Avenger, Chaos Airport, Wellenflug, 

Riesenrad, Drop Zone, Mäusestadt 

65366 Geisenheim/Rhein 

■ Lindenfest until 21.07. 

71364 Winnenden 

■ City Treff until 21.07. 

Fa.Roschmann/Eislingen 

72379 Hechingen 

■ Irma-West Kinder- und Heimatfest 

until 21.07. 

Irma-West-Gemeinschaft e.V. 

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74575 Schrozberg 

■ Jacobifest 

until 21.07. 

Veranstaltungsbüro E.Gührer/Schrozberg 

76461 Muggensturm 

■ Volks- und Heimatfest 

until 21.07. 

78315 Radolfzell 

■ Hausherrenfest 

until 21.07. 

85088 Vohburg/Donau 


86551 Aichach 

■ Volksfest 

until 28.07. 

Brauerei Kühbach 

86558 Hohenwart 


Fa. Walter Neumüller/Holzheim 

88400 Biberach/Riss 


until 27.07. 

Schützendirektion Biberach 

Breakdance, Wellenflug, Riesenrad, Wilde 

Maus, Monsterhaus, X-Factory, Top Spin, Geheimnisse 

des Orients, Simulator, Schnee-Circus, 

Bungee-Trampolin 

90537 Feucht 


Markt Feucht 

Super-Hupferl, Happy Butterfly 

90571 Schwaig 


90587 Oberasbach-Altenberg 


90766 Fürth-Eigenes Heim 


Stadt 

91550 Dinkelsbühl 

■ Kinderzeche until 23.07. 

Stadt 

Cobra, Horror-World, Taumler, Around the 

World, Simulator 

94157 Perlesreut 

■ Schmalzlerfest 

until 21.07. 

J.& E.Braun GbR/Burgthann 

94239 Ruhmansfelden 


F.Kollmann/München 

94428 Eichendorf-Adldorf 

■ Parkfest until 22.07. 

Brauerei Arco Valley GmbH 

95126 Schwarzenbach/Saale 

■ Schützen- und Wiesenfest 

until 21.07. 

95163 Weißenstadt 

■ Wiesenfest 

until 22.07. 

Manfred Fertsch/Lauertal 

96148 Baunach 

■ Altstadtkirchweih 

until 21.07. 

96337 Ludwigsstadt 


96515 Sonneberg-Oberlind 

■ Oberlinder Kirchweih until 21.07. 

Stadt 

Magic, Kettenflieger 


A Altmünster 

■ Bierzeltfest und Kirtag 

until 21.07. 

CH Brunnen 


F Frontignan 

■ Luna Park 

until 31.08. 

GB Gloucester 

■ Summer Festival Carnival 

until 03.08. 

NL Tilburg 


2 x Achterbahn, Flying Jump, Hangover, Rutsche, 

Pirates Adventure, 2 x Polyp, Booster 

Maxxx, Water-Walkingballs, Riesenrad, Wildwasserbahn, 

Ice Jet, Monster, Sound Machine, 

Teststrecke, Booster, 2 x Breakdance, Inversion 

XXL, Jumper, Katapult, Pirates of the 

Carribean, Event Tower, X-Factory, Haunted 

Mansion, U 3000, Der Burner, Mini Racer, 

Snow Jet, Turbine, Cake Walk, Das Omen 

NL Uden 


NL Valkenswaard 


NL Vlissingen 



49624 Löningen 


until 21.07. 

63785 Obernburg 

■ Eisenbacher Mirabellenfest 

until 21.07. 

Wasser- und Bodenverband Hardt 

66578 Schiffweiler 


69118 Heidelberg-Ziegelhausen 

■ Kirchweih 

until 21.07. 

Stadt 

74889 Sinsheim/Elsenz 

■ Kerwe until 20.07. 

W.Lowinger/Wiesloch 

88299 Leutkirch/Allgäu 

■ Kinderfest 

until 22.07. 


Riesenrad, Schlittenfahrt, VIP, Bungee-Trampolin 

92237 Sulzbach-Rosenberg 

■ Sankt-Anna-Fest 

until 27.07. 

95152 Selbitz 

■ Heimat- und Wiesenfest 

until 22.07. 

Stadt 

B Brussel=Bruxelles=Brüssel 

■ Foor until 24.08. 

F Abbeville 

■ Foire de la Madeleine 

until 03.08. 

F Calais 

■ Foire d'Eté until 17.08. 

F Mulhouse 

■ Foire Kermesse 

until 17.08. 

GB Bedford 

■ River Festival until 20.07. 

GB Kingsbridge, Devon 

■ Charter Fair until 26.07. 


66798 Wallerfangen 



GB Rathven, Banff. 

■ Rathvan Market, Peter Fair 

until 25.07. 


18435 Stralsund 

■ Wallensteintage 

until 27.07. 

Meisel-Peters GbR/Anklam 

18581 Putbus-Lauterbach 

■ Hafenfest until 27.07. 

Thomas Holtz/Barth 

Riesenrad, Tornado 


55619 Hennweiler 

■ Hennweiler Markt 

until 28.07. 

73655 Plüderhausen 

■ Festtage until 28.07. 

Karl Kritz KG/Stuttgart 

84072 Au/Hallertau 


85391 Allershausen 


86156 Augsburg 

■ Jakober Kirchweih until 27.07. 

Stadt 

88239 Wangen/Allgäu 



Riesenrad, Tornado, Simulator, Bungee-Trampolin 

96328 Küps 

■ St. Jakobi Kirchweih until 28.07. 

GB Glasgow 

■ Green Fair until 03.08. 


02727 Neugersdorf 

■ Jakobimarkt, Gierschdurfer 

Schiss'n until 30.07. 

Linke GbR Neugersdorf 

Riesenrad, Jet Force, Eclipse, Rutsche, Wildwasserbahn, 

Breakdance, Shake, Musikladen, 

Geisterbahn, Drachen, Drop Attack. Fliegender 

Teppich, Crazy Outback, Crazy Trip 


08228 Rodewisch 


10557 Berlin-Mitte-Moabit 

■ Deutsch-Amerikanisches 

Volksfest until 17.08. 

Th.H.Wollenschläger/Falkensee 

Riesenrad, Hyper X, Around the World, Crazy 

Mouse, Booster, Commander, Breakdance, 

Melodie Star, Gaudi-Schunkler, Kettenflieger, 

Nessi, Tal der Könige, Gaudi Hütt’n, Mäuseschloss, 

Horror House, Water-Walkingballs 

17373 Ueckermünde 

■ Hafftage until 27.07. 


Riesenrad, No Limit, Breakdance, Speedy 

Gonzales, House of Horror 


17449 Karlshagen 



Shaker, Rutsche, Drachen 


18556 Dranske/Rügen 

■ 700-Jahr-Feier until 27.07. 

Festwirt Thomas Holtz/ 

Barth 

19273 Neuhaus/Elbe 


until 27.07. 

20359 Hamburg 

■ Dom-Hummelfest 

until 24.08. 

Behörde für Wirtschaft Verkehr Innovation 

Wellenflug, Airwolf, Wilde Maus XXL, Geisterhotel, 

Gladiator, Wildwasserbahn, Tanz der 

Vampire, Viva Mexico, Sky Dance, Action, 

Love Dream, Frisbee, Dom-Dancer, Riesenrad, 

Münchner Rutsch’n, Atlantis Rafting, Rock 

& Roller Coaster, Rocket, Shaker, Dom-Geister, 

Kuddel der Hai, Amazonas, Mäuse-Circus, 

Happy Family, Fun Street, Omni,, Alpen- 

Hotel, 2 x Irrgarten 


24392 Süderbrarup 

■ Brarup-Markt 

until 29.07. 

Gemeinde+Schaustellerverband 

Flash, Double Jump, Breakdance, Schlittenfahrt, 

Polyp 

31538 Bad Nenndorf 


until 27.07. 

34289 Zierenberg 

■ Viehmarktfest 

until 27.07. 

34519 Diemelsee-Adorf 

■ Adorfer Kram- und Viehmarkt 

until 27.07. 

Gemeinde Diemelsee Touristinf. 

35236 Breidenbach 

■ Zeltkirmes 

until 28.07. 

Swoboda GbR/Frankfurt 

36037 Fulda 


until 03.08. 

Distel GmbH Veranstaltungen/München 

Bungee-Trampolin, Top Spin, Mäusestadt, 

Flip Fly, Hot Shot, Time Factory, Psychodelic, 

Starlight, High Impress 

38700 Braunlage 


until 28.07. 

42499 Hückeswagen 


until 28.07. 

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44379 Dortmund-Marten 

■ MaVoFe, Martener Volksfest 

until 28.07. 

Schausteller-Verein Rote Erde 

51381 Leverkusen-Opladen 

■ Innenstadtkirmes mit Stadtfest 

until 28.07. 

W.Hoffmann/Leverkusen 

Love Express, Sky Trip, Simulator, Brasil, Riesenrad, 

Kettenflieger 

53347 Alfter 


Stadt 

53572 Unkel 

■ St.-Pantaleons-Kirmes 

until 28.07. 

54497 Morbach 

■ Sankt-Anna-Kirmes 

until 29.07. 

54568 Gerolstein 

■ Sankt-Anna-Kirmes 

until 28.07. 

Gemeinde 

55218 Ingelheim-Frei Weinheim 


Stadt 

55442 Stromberg 


Stadt 

58339 Breckerfeld 

■ Jakobus-Kirmes until 28.07. 

58809 Neuenrade 


65589 Hadamar 

■ Kerb until 28.07. 

65760 Eschborn 


W.Eiserloh/Hanau 

74523 Schwäbisch Hall 

■ Jakobimarkt until 28.07. 

P+L Event GmbH/Bechhofen 

The King, Walk of Fame, Space Party, Breakdance, 

Top Spin, Intoxx, Taiga Jet, Domino 


82538 Geretsried 


84163 Marklkofen-Steinberg 

■ Seefest until 28.07. 

85084 Reichertshofen 

■ Paarfest until 28.07. 

Gemeinde 

Bavaria Dance 


86609 Donauwörth-Nordheim 


A.Ehrenbogen/Memmingen 

86633 Neuburg/Donau 

■ Volksfest 

until 03.08. 

Stadt 

Freestyle, Flipper, Berg & Tal, Top Spin, Wellenflug, 

Simulator 


86732 Oettingen 


86911 Dießen/Ammersee 

■ Gautrachtenfest 

until 28.07. 


88212 Ravensburg 

■ Rutenfest until 29.07. 

Rutenfestkommission/Ravensburg 

Rio Rapidos, Transformer, Lach+Freu-Haus, 

Devil Rock, Riesenrad, Nessy, Musik Express, 

Wellenflug, Traumgenerator 


89584 Ehingen 



Joker, Schlittenfahrt, Freddy’s Circus 

90411 Nürnberg-Ziegelstein 


Closed on Tuesday 

90453 Nürnberg-Reichelsdorf 

■ Kirchweih 

until 29.07. 

90584 Allersberg 


90768 Fürth-Burgfarrnbach 


Stadt 

91171 Greding 


91301 Forchheim 

■ Annafest until 04.08. 

Stadt 

Black Out, Fahrt zur Hölle, Jumper, Wildwasserbahn, 

Riesenrad, Star Dancer, Disco Swing 


91572 Bechhofen an der Heide 

■ Kirchweih 

until 28.07. 

91788 Pappenheim 


92345 Dietfurt 


Heiko Perz/Fürth 

93413 Cham 


Volksfestverein Cham 

94209 Regen 

■ Pichelsteinerfest 

until 30.07. 

Verein Pichelsteiner e.V. 

Riesenrad, Maxximum, Route 66, Kettenflieger, 

Scheibenwischer, Simulator, The Beast, 

Brasil 


94535 Eging am See 

■ Volksfest 

until 29.07. 

95030 Hof 


Stadt 

Magic House, Hex’n Wippn, Wellenflug, Riesenrad, 

Wildwasserbahn, Kick Down, Breakdance, 

Artistico, Top Spin 


96346 Wallenfels 


97816 Lohr/Main 

■ Spessartfestwoche 

until 03.08. 

Stadt 

Wellenflug, XXL Fun House, G-Force, Big 

Wave, Wildwasserbahn, Bayern-Breaker 

97877 Wertheim 

■ Altstadtfest until 27.07. 

GB London 

■ Summer Season Fair 

until 07.09. 

GB London-West 

■ Sheperd's Bush Summer Fair 

until 03.08. 

NL Renesse 



28865 Lilienthal 


33098 Paderborn 

■ Libori-Kirmes until 03.08. 

Stadt 

Riesenrad, Jekyll & Hyde, Alex Airport, Skater, 

Take Off, Daemonium, Looping the Loop, Big 

Bamboo, Musik Express, Simulator, Bungee- 

Trampolin, Mäuse-Spektakel 


46354 Südlohn-Oeding 


Gemeinde 

47533 Kleve-Materborn 


Stadt Kleve 

47546 Kalkar 

■ Schützen-Kirmes until 29.07. 

Stadt 

47829 Krefeld-Uerdingen 


Stadt 

48629 Metelen 

■ Altstadtkirmes until 28.07. 

Stadt 

49477 Ibbenbüren-Laggenbeck 


Stadt 

52349 Düren 

■ Annakirmes until 03.08. 

Stadt 

Go-Kartbahn,1001 Nacht, Booster, Riesenrad, 

XXL, Geisterbahn, Willy der Wurm, Wellenflug, 

Wilde Maus, Sky Fall, Star Flyer, Fünfer-Looping, 

Remmi Demmi, The Game, Octopussy, 

Playball, Super Marci World, Fahrt ins Paradies 

58640 Iserlohn-Sümmern 


R.Isken/Dortmund 

59387 Ascheberg 

■ Jakobi-Kirmes until 28.07. 

Gemeinde 

Wellenflug, Spaßmobil, Adrenalin, Salto Mortale, 

Musik-Shop, Jump Street, Bungee-Trampolin, 

Wilder Clown, Water-Walkingballs 


66583 Spiesen-Elversberg 

■ Elversberger Kirmes 

until 29.07. 

66709 Weiskirchen 

■ Kurparkfest und Kirmes 

until 28.07. 

Gemeinde 

73779 Deizisau 


Fa.Roschmann/Eislingen 

Olympia-Bob, Schunkler, Geisterbahn 

81541 München-Au 

■ Sommer-Jacobidult until 03.08. 

Stadt, Referat für Arbeit und Wirtschaft 

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82467 Garmisch-Partenkirchen 

■ Festwoche Garmisch until 03.08. 

95145 Oberkotzau 

■ Sommerkirchweih until 28.07. 

95509 Marktschorgast 


A Ebensee 

■ Volksfest Trauneck until 28.07. 

B Veurne 

■ Boetefoor until 30.07. 

F Rethel 

■ Les Fêtes de la Sainte-Anne 

until 03.08. 


A Villach 

■ Kirchtag until 03.08. 

Amusement Park starts on Wednesday! 


NL Franeker 

■ PC-Kermis until 04.08. 


84032 Altdorf 

■ Altdorfer Wiesen until 04.08. 

W.Buch/Burgebrach 

B Bastogne=Bastenaken 

■ Kermes Annuelle until 03.08. 

GB Maldon, Essex 



18356 Barth 


Festwirt Thomas Holtz/Barth 

31275 Lehrte 


until 03.08. 

Schützencollegium/Lehrte 

64579 Gernsheim 

■ Rheinisches Fischerfest 

until 04.08. 

Rheinisches Fischerfest Gernsheim GmbH 

Telstar, Mäusestadt, Water-Walkingballs, Bungee-Trampolin, 

Riesenrad, Chaos Airport, Polyp, 

Wellenflug, Intoxx, Disco-Fieber, Flash 


81929 München 

■ Sommerfestival Olympiapark 

until 24.08. 

V.M.S./München 

86698 Oberndorf/Lech 

■ Bezirksmusikfest 

until 03.08. 


GB Margate 


No responsibility for accuracy! 

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im Oktober. Tel.: 0170-2333387 

•Simulator hat Termine frei. Tel.: 0157- 

83034461 

• Derby-Spiel frei am 3. und 4. Sonntag 

im September sowie 3. und 4. Sonntag 

im Oktober. Tel.: 0177-2826550 

• Water-Walkingballs hat Termine 

frei. Tel.: 0157-83034461 

• Breakdance frei am 3. und 4. Sonntag 

im August. Tel.: 0160-6035215 

• „Airgate” (Familien-Hochfahrgeschäft, 

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• Willy der Wurm (Familienachterbahn) 

hat noch Termine frei. Tel.: 0177- 

7976933 

• Sky Trip hat Termine frei. Tel.: 0178- 

5422939 

• Gladiator hat im September Termine 

frei. Tel.: 0031-629546133 

• Breakdance frei am 4. Sonntag im August. 

Tel.: 0178-5379375 

• Laufgeschäft „Ghost” frei am 1., 2., 

3. und 4. Sonntag im August. Tel.: 0178- 

4665744 

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Am Markt 14 

49565 Bramsche 

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Mobile +49 (0) 1 72 / 301 9694 

E-Mail: rae-auf-dem-berge@web.de 

Schausteller-Versicherungen 

Transport – Haftpflicht – Kfz 

Altersvorsorge – Unfall – Kranken 

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Hagener Straße 244 • 44229 Dortmund 

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Mobil: 0171 / 828 58 68 

E-Mail: vb-ruebenstrunk@t-online.de 

APPRAISAL-OFFICE 

Gerd Römgens 

Expert appraisal for the Showman Industry, Damages, 

Conservation of Evidence, and Appraisal Reports 

Tel. +49 (0) 171/ 264 89 29 and +49 (0) 2154/208308 

Fax: +49 (0) 2154 / 20 83 13 

Mail: sv-buero-roemgens@arcor.de 

www.sv-roemgens.de u. www.roemgens.de 

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✘ 10178 Berlin, Ladenzeile / Abgang S-Bahn 

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• 10623 Berlin, Fernbahnhof Zoo 

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• 12439 Berlin-Schöneweide, M.-Brückner-Str. 42 

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✘ 20099 Hamburg, Hbf., Glockengiesserwall 

• 20354 Hamburg, Bahnhof Dammtor, Theodor-Heuss-Platz 

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• 22335 Hamburg, Flughafenstr. 

✘ 22765 Hamburg, Paul-Nevermann-Platz 

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• 24114 Kiel, Sophienblatt 27-29 

• 24145 Kiel, Bunsenstr. 1c 

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• 26125 Oldenburg, Wilhelmshavener Heerstr. 32 

• 26382 Wilhelmshaven, Bahnhofsplatz 1 

• 26721 Emden, Bahnhofsplatz 

• 26789 Leer, Bahnhofsplatz 

• 27472 Cuxhaven, Bahnhof Haus 1 

• 27570 Bremerhaven, Friedrich-Ebert-Str. 73 

• 27749 Delmenhorst, Wittekindstr. 10/ZOB 

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• 28199 Bremen, im Flughafen, Flughafenallee 20 

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• 30159 Hannover, Ernst-August-Platz 1 

• 30669 Hannover, Flughafen, Terminal A 

• 31134 Hildesheim, Bahnhofsplatz 

• 31582 Nienburg, Bahnhofstraße 

• 32052 Herford, Bahnhofsplatz 1 

• 32423 Minden, Bundesbahnhof 12 

• 33102 Paderborn, Bahnhofstr. 29 

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• 34117 Kassel, Bahnhofsplatz 1 

• 34131 Kassel, Wilhelmshöher Allee 253 

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• 42859 Remscheid, Bahnhofsplatz 12 

• 44137 Dortmund, Koenigswall 15 

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• 44649 Herne, Heinz-Rühmann-Platz 

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• 45468 Mülheim, Dieter-aus-dem-Siepen-Platz 3 

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• 46395 Bocholt, Hindenburg Str. 1 

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• 46535 Dinslaken, im Bahnhof 

• 47051 Duisburg, Mercatorstr. 17 

• 47798 Krefeld, Im Hauptbahnhof 

• 48143 Münster, Berliner Platz 

• 48431 Rheine, Hauptbahnhof 1 

• 49074 Osnabrück, Im Bahnhof 

• 49356 Diepholz, Am Bahnhof 

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• 50679 Köln-Deutz, Otto-Platz 7 

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Verkaufswagen bis 3,5 to 

speziell nach Ihren Wünschen gefertigt 

Winterdom Hamburg – 7. November bis 7. Dezember 2014 

Thema: Irisches Dorf 

Gesucht werden für die Dorffläche Kunsthandwerker, Händler mit attraktivem 

Warenangebot zum Thema Irland und außergewöhnlichem irischem Food. 

Bewerbungen müssen enthalten: 

• Firmierung und Anschrift des Bewerbers mit Warenangebot bzw. Leistung 

• Lichtbild und Größe des Geschäftes (Front, Tiefe, Höhe) 

• Stromanschlusswert des Geschäftes und evtl. zusätzlich benötigte 

Anschlüsse (für Wohnwagen etc.) 

• Bedarf an betriebsbedingten Zusatzflächen für Wohn-, Park-, Kühlwagen etc. 

Die Verkaufseinheiten können auch von uns gemietet werden. 

Bewerbungen interessierter Inhaber von Verkaufsgeschäften an 

Karl-Ernst Hartkopf • Forstweg 13 • 31582 Nienburg 

Tel. 0163 / 253 37 62 • E-Mail: arndt.firmahartkopf@gmail.com 

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Termine 2015 

FRÜHLINGSDOM 

vom 20. März bis 19. April 

(außer Karfreitag) 

SOMMERDOM 

vom 24. Juli bis 23. August 

WINTERDOM 

vom 06. November bis 06. Dezember 

Anträge auf Zulassung zu den drei DOM-Veranstaltungen sind auf Formblättern der Freien und 

und Hansestadt Hamburg – Behörde für Wirtschaft, Verkehr und Innovation – zu stellen und bis spätestens 15. August 2014 an die 

Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg 

Behörde für Wirtschaft, Verkehr und Innovation – Stabsbereich Norddeutsche Zusammenarbeit, 

Marketing und Tourismus – Volksfeste und Sonderveranstaltungen 

Alter Steinweg 4 • 20459 Hamburg 

zu richten. Die digital ausfüllbaren Vordrucke können ab sofort unter www.hamburg.de/dom/dom-veranstalter heruntergeladen werden. 

Vordrucke können auch beim Stabsbereich Norddeutsche Zusammenarbeit, Marketing und Tourismus – Volksfeste und Sonderveranstaltungen, 

Telefon (040) 42841-2627, 42841-2628 oder 42841-2629, angefordert werden. Bitte verwenden Sie vornehmlich die 

Onlineversion. 

1. Für jedes Geschäft und ggf. jede DOM-Veranstaltung ist eine gesonderte Bewerbung einzureichen. 

2. Maßgebend für den Zeitpunkt des Eingangs der Bewerbung ist das Datum des Poststempels. 

3. Bewerber/innen, die ihr Gesuch verspätet oder unvollständig oder nicht auf dem vorgegebenen Formblatt einreichen, scheiden 

bei der Entscheidung über die Zulassungen grundsätzlich aus. 

4. Sogenannte Schirmstände werden nicht zugelassen. 

5. Zulassungen zu den DOM-Veranstaltungen begründen keinen Rechtsanspruch auf einen bestimmten Platz. 

6. Die Entscheidungen über die Zulassung bzw. Nichtzulassung erfolgen für jede Veranstaltung in einem voneinander getrennten 

Verfahren. Bis zum Abschluss des Zulassungsverfahrens werden keine Auskünfte über Zulassungen, Ablehnungen oder Platzierungen 

erteilt. 

7. Ergänzungen bzgl. der eingereichten Bewerbungsunterlagen sind für den Frühlingsdom 2015 bis spätestens zum 15.10.2014, für den 

Sommer- und Winterdom 2015 bis zum 15.02.2015 einzureichen, um im Vergabeverfahren Berücksichtigung finden zu können. 

8. Eine Haftung dafür, dass das Fest tatsächlich und zum/zur angegebenen Zeitpunkt bzw. Zeitdauer stattfindet, wird nicht übernommen. 

Im übrigen gelten die Richtlinien zur Vorbereitung und Durchführung von Volksfesten auf dem Heiligengeistfeld in der aktuellen Fassung. 

9. Wird nach Ablauf der Bewerbungsfrist ein Mangel an geeigneten Bewerbungen zur Durchsetzung des Gestaltungswillens des Veranstalters 

festgestellt, kann der Veranstalter geeignete Betreiber anwerben und nachträglich in die Bewerberliste aufnehmen. 

826. HAFENGEBURTSTAG HAMBURG 

vom 8. Mai bis 10. Mai 2015 

Anträge auf Zulassung zum HAFENGEBURTSTAG HAMBURG für die sog. Bunte Meile sind auf Formblättern der Freien und Hansestadt 

Hamburg – Behörde für Wirtschaft, Verkehr und Innovation – zu stellen und bis spätestens 15. August 2014 an die 

Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg 


Marketing und Tourismus – Volksfeste und Sonderveranstaltungen 

Alter Steinweg 4 • 20459 Hamburg 

zu richten. Die digital ausfüllbaren Vordrucke können ab sofort unter www.hamburg.de/hafengeburtstag/Kontakt heruntergeladen werden. 

Vordrucke können auch beim Stabsbereich Norddeutsche Zusammenarbeit, Marketing und Tourismus – Volksfeste und Sonderveranstaltungen, 

Telefon (040) 42841-2626, 42841-2628 oder 42841-2629, angefordert werden. Bitte verwenden Sie vornehmlich die 

Onlineversion. 

Für jedes Geschäft ist eine gesonderte Bewerbung einzureichen. Die vorgenannten Bestimmungen zu 2., 3. und 7. gelten für die Vorbereitung 

und Durchführung des Hafengeburtstages Hamburg entsprechend. Im Übrigen gelten die Richtlinien zur Durchführung des 

Zulassungsverfahrens für den Hafengeburtstag Hamburg. 

Ergänzungen bzgl. der eingereichten Bewerbungsunterlagen sind für den Hafengeburtstag 2015 bis spätestens zum 15.10.2014 einzureichen, 

um im Vergabeverfahren Berücksichtigung finden zu können. 

Wird nach Ablauf der Bewerbungsfrist ein Mangel an geeigneten Bewerbungen zur Durchsetzung des Gestaltungswillens des 

Veranstalters festgestellt, kann der Veranstalter geeignete Betreiber anwerben und nachträglich in die Bewerberliste aufnehmen. 

Zur Wahrung des Gleichheitsgrundsatzes werden bis zum Abschluss des Zulassungsverfahrens keine Auskünfte über Zulassungen, 

Ablehnungen oder Platzierungen erteilt. 

Hamburg, im Juni 2014 


Marketing und Tourismus – Volksfeste und Sonderveranstaltungen

AEG LIVE AND LIVE NATION ARE 

DELIGHTED TO ANNOUNCE THEIR 

PARTNERSHIP ON A MAJOR WINTER 

EVENT FOR LONDON 

This new event will take place annually at 

Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, opening 

in November 2014 

Operators and vendors are sought to join 

us on this exciting new venture 

Please email expressions of interest to: 

winter@aeglive.co.uk

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