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Schloss Beck

Right next to the Movie Park Germany there is a small but very fine family park on the the grounds of the late-baroque summer palace Schloss Beck dating back to 1771. Over the time, the castle increasingly fell into disrepair until, in 1965, the Küchenmeister family bought the estate and subsequently renovated it. In order to cover the costs, some playground equipment was put into the garden, which still today accounts the largest part of the family leisure park.

Separated by a small river the park is splitted into two areas. On the main site of the amusement park you can find the castle Schloss Beck, various restaurants, a small electric horse rink, some historic carousels, a simulator, and the original playground with all its mechanical play equipment – all of which are very fun, but sometimes also quite bizarre.

The Heege rides

On the other side of the river all of the larger rides are housed, as well as all of the self-operating rides by Heege. These small rides are basically mandatory for every park of this size in Germany and also tons of fun; luckily at Schloss Beck, these rides are free to use. Since the larger attractions opened a little later, the Luna Loop, Nautic Jet, the two slides, and the Sky Dive cable car were extensively tested. The dinghy slide – which is also manually started – which offers two different and quite wet slopes to the visitors, is particularly worth mentioning.

Familienachterbahn

With the family roller coaster Familienachterbahn, the park offers a wild ride for its younger park guests since the year 1987. After a covered left turn and the lift hill, the layout features a steep turn followed by an incline to which a downward helix is added. Soon afterwards you cross the first drop in yet another turn to the right heading towards the station. The entire course, in the form of an eight, repeats itself several times before one can get off the train, which is designed after a ladybird. Interestingly, the prototype of this type of roller coaster, which has unfortunately been scrapped in the meantime, was standing in the neighbouring Traumlandpark on the site of today’s Movie Park Germany.

Pictures Schloss Beck 2011 – 2016

Familienachterbahn • Zierer Tivoli Coaster

Conclusion Schloss Beck

Despite the always present direct, but never truly continuous competition next door, Schloss Beck has managed to make a name for itself by focusing on families with smaller children. For many families the park is surely the better choice between the two Feldhausen amusement parks, after all the children can play in the park with ease without being exposed to too long queues.

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Wildpark Schwarze Berge

Although the northern part of Germany can generally be described as very flat there are also mountains including some very steep ones. The Harburg Mountains just south of Hamburg just fall into this category. In fact, until some years ago you could find a ski slope with a functional lift for the enthusiastic Hanseatic people, who love to go skiing in their February school holidays. Also, if some mountain shots were required for the TV show Die Rettungsflieger, they were filmed here. Much better known among the Hamburg citizens and the inhabitants of the Lower Saxony district of Harburg however, is the wildlife park Wildpark Schwarze Berge which has been entertained the masses with its free-running pot-bellied pigs since its founding in 1969.

Most of the enclosures understandably include domestic deer species, but there are also a large number of domestic cat and otter species in the wildlife park. In addition to other four-legged and invertebrate animals, some birds of prey are represented. These have their own show in the Wildpark Schwarze Berge, which is very worth seeing, funny and informative at the same time.

In addition to a generously sized petting enclosure with all sorts of goats – which have traumatised and thrilled generations of children – the playground to the right of the park’s entrance area is the main attraction of all younger visitors. In addition to classic play equipment you will find many products of the company Heege, such as a Nautic Jet, a Luna Loop, a Sky Diver, and a Butterfly, which can serve as the first roller coaster for the little ones.