Freizeitpark Lochmühle

An afternoon in dreamland

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Traumland auf der Bärenhöhle

The Traumland auf der Bärenhöhle is a small fairy tale and amusement park above, and thus on, the Bärenhöhle near Sonnenbühl in the middle of the Swabian Alb. It rounds off the offer around the Karls- und Bärenhöhle, which with 80000 visitors per year is one of the most visited show caves in Germany. A playground with attached catering facilities as well as a small fairy tale train complete the offer around the amusement park and show cave.

Fairytale Forest

After you have paid the fair entrance fee, the circular path leads you through the former entrance of the park, immediately into the fairytale forest. This is altogether very charmingly arranged and can captivate especially by its staging of the fairy tales “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs”, as well as “The Wolf and the Seven Little Goats”; also nice is the integration of local and rather unknown fairy tales, as for example “The Seven Swabians”.

Oldtimerfahrt

Through the Sleeping Beauty Castle you leave the fairytale forest and enter the amusement park part of the park where the rides are located. For the smaller guests up to 6 years of age, a ride on the small motorway is offered. However, also the older park guests who like to drive a car can enjoy a ride in a vintage car past the fairytales of 1001 nights in the Oldtimerfahrt.

Riesenrad

However, you can ride the Nauta Bussink Ferris wheel, which with its height of 40m offers a wonderful view of the surrounding landscape. I found the automatic lowering of the barrier tape and the one-man operation of the ride interesting, who also took over the control of the park railway next door.

Marienkäferbahn

In the farthest corner of the park there is a roller coaster from Zierer, the Marienkäferbahn, on which the layout of the small Tivoli roller coasters, already designed for small children, has been reduced by about half its height. The ride goes round by round over a now quite flat oval with some smaller hills, which is especially beneficial for the smaller visitors of the park.

Steinschleuder and Blumenturm

Past the caterpillar track the path leads to two larger rides. Next to the nicely designed Zierer Kontiki Steinschleuder, there is the family freefall Blumenturm, a Saltomatto from SBF Visa, which offered a ride program with lots of little hops.

Behind it, similar to the Freizeitpark Lochmühle, there is a circuit for ponies, where children can ride a horse guided by their parents. In contrast to the, unfortunately still existing, cruelty to animals at various fun fairs, among others this year’s Frühlingsfest in Stuttgart, the animals have a lot of space and act natural.

Verrücktes Waldhaus

Along various barbecue areas, for which wood from the park itself is also available, the route takes you back to the front part of the park, where, in addition to the children’s carousel, you can find a real treasure. The Verrücktes Waldhaus is a former travelling, but fortunately redesigned, witches’ swing, which turns the inner life of a house upside down.  The design of the drum is, analogue to modern representatives of this kind, rich in details and beautifully done, actually only the mood-loaden soundtrack during the ride is missing.

Wildwasserbahn

Opposite it there is a wave slide, a chain flyer and the novelty from 2014. The Mini Flume Wildwasserbahn from the manufacturer abc Rides can only partly be blamed for its cute appearance, after all the ride on the log flume promises a racy ride including a double drop, but the bearish design characterises the ride without equal.

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Conclusion Traumland auf der Bärenhöhle

The Traumland auf der Bärenhöhle is a pleasant small family park with good attractions and a consistently nice and detailed design. The transparency of the park with regard to its suppliers, almost all of whom are regional, should be noted particularly positively. Somehow it is nice to know that the distorted sausage was transported from a butcher one place further on and not from the neighbouring countries.

 

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Freizeitpark Lochmühle

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Theme Park:Freizeitpark Lochmühle
Address:Lochmühle
61273 Wehrheim
http://www.lochmuehle.de
Operated by:Fam. Zwermann

Freizeitpark Lochmühle in Wehrheim near Frankfurt am Main is a small, family-run amusement park that developed from a pony farm in the 1970s. Today the amusement park houses a solid selection of family-friendly rides, interesting playgrounds and a large number of barbecue huts, which are available to park visitors for a fee.

Fun Fact: The amusement park Lochmühle has a sister park, the Erlebnispark Steinau in Steinau an der Straße.

 
 
 

Highlight of the Animal and Theme Park

 




 

Eichhörnchenbahn

A compact family coaster

 



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A longer stopover at the Freizeitpark Lochmühle

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Preface

The previous day was not particularly successful, with an 850 km drive from Vienna, via Munich to a job interview at a company that had not contacted me again despite an agreement, and a visit to the Auto- und Technikmuseum in Sinsheim, whose Heege product range was already shut down 15 minutes before closing time, going to Weiterstadt. To make the 500 km distance back to Hamburg a little more interesting, a visit to Hesse’s most famous amusement park, the Freizeitpark Lochmühle, was planned.

Freizeitpark Lochmühle

The Ponyhof, which emerged in the 1970s from an agricultural business with a grain mill, has developed over time as well as the constantly growing number of playground equipment into a more than well-known amusement park in the Frankfurt area. The main target group of the park are without question families with smaller children, but also barbecue-loving adults are served accordingly by the large number of barbecue huts.

In addition to numerous play facilities for children or their adult counterparts, there are also some rides to try out. Directly at the entrance, behind a small replica of the Altweibermühle (old women’s mill) of the Erlebnispark Tripsdrill near Heilbronn, you will find two Heege Butterfly pendulum rides, from which you have a good view of the valley. Also on this level is the entrance to the generously designed monorail Helikopterbahn and the three Sky-Dive rides that lead across the lake.

Eichhörnchenbahn

Past a tractor ride and numerous animal enclosures, the path leads slowly down to the valley, where the Eichhörnchenbahn (squirrel coaster) – the park’s big roller coaster – is located. The ride, built in 1992, is a somewhat older example of a Force One from Zierer, which is characterized by a common bar, which is a positive feature compared to newer examples, especially regarding the ride comfort.

In addition to the beautifully designed Robinson Wellenfahrt flat ride from the same company, there are also two Luna Loops on this level in addition to a mat slide, the Entenkarussell and the Blütenwirbel from Metallbau Emmeln, as well as the two comet swings Schinderhannesschaukel in stagecoach design, which deliver immensely pronounced airtime.

Through an underpass below the access road you will reach an area with several trampolines, a larger café and a larger electric mule track Eselreitbahn. Those who prefer to ride real animals can do a circuit on one of the park’s ponies for a small fee. The exit of the park is also from this path.

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Conclusion Freizeitpark Lochmühle

The Freizeitpark Lochmühle is a nice little amusement park, which is characterised by its numerous play and barbecue facilities, similar to the Erlebnispark Steinau close to Steinau an der Straße. However, due to the smaller number of play activities and the strange layout of the park, the amusement park does not seem quite as charming.

 

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