Tripsdrill Amusement Park
80 years young and not a bit tired: Tripsdrill amusement park, located not far from Stuttgart and Heilbronn, was founded in 1929 and after more than 80 years is still a big attraction for young and not so young visitors.
80 successful years
In the last decades, Tripsdrill has grown to 77 hectares (920,912 square yards). Many of the 100 attractions in the park are new and original, the sucessful result of combining innovation with southern German handcrafting tradition.
Mammut wooden rollercoaster
The wooden rollercoaster “Mammut” (Mammoth), the very first wooden rollercoaster in Southern Germany which stands 90 feet high and took 5 years to plan and construct. Mammut is the very first themed wooden rollercoaster anywhere in the world: The trains are designed to look like tree trunks which clatter through a sawmill at 50 mph.
Tripsdrill’s “Mammut” wins “Best New Attraction of 2009” award
For 5 years now the internet site Parkscout.de has been inviting its readers to evaluate German amusment parks in various categories. This year more than 40,000 readers responded and declared “Mammut” the best new amusement park attraction of 2009. Tripsdrill also won second place in the category “best employee in an amusment park" and was placed third in the categories ”best food” and “best value for money.”
Being happy keeps you young
Tripsdrill's 100 original attractions are as youthful as ever, for instance rafting in a bathtub.
Animal Paradise, the Wildparadies
The Stromberg-Express transports you comfortably all the way to the Wildparadies: 35 hectares of forests and fields, with an adventure path and the chance to experience wild animals up close.
Animal feedings daily at 2:30 pm (except Fridays).
Due to the free-roaming wild animals on the premises, dogs are not permitted in the Wildparadies.
How to get to Tripsdrill
There is free parking for 4,000 cars. Campers are also welcome to stay for up to 2 nights free of charge.
Travelling from...
• München (A8) or Singen (A81): Junction Leonberg - A 81 Stuttgart -Heilbronn; Exit no. 13 Mundelsheim
• Nürnberg (A6) or Würzburg/Kassel (A81/A7): Junction Weinsberg - A 81 Heilbronn - Stuttgart; Exit no. 13 Mundelsheim
• Heidelberg (A5) or Mannheim/Frankfurt (A67/A5): Junction Walldorf - A 6 Mannheim - HeilbronnM Exit no. 34 Sinsheim-Steinsfurt.
• Karlsruhe or Basel (A5): A 8 Karlsruhe - Stuttgart; Exit no. 45 Pforzheim-Ost - B 10 via Mühlacker, direction Heilbronn.
Finding Tripsdrill with the help of a route planner is quite easy. Enter street "Treffentrill" in your navigation system.
Open from 16 April through 6 November 2011, daily from 9 am - 6 pm (on weekends, school and German holidays sometimes longer; out of season sometimes shorter).
For ticket information see Tripsdrill Ticket Info(external link)
Winter at the Animal Paradise in Tripsdrill
The Amusement Park is closed during the winter, but the Animal Paradise, the Wildparadies, is open on weekends and German holidays from 09:00 - 17.00.
During the Christmas holidays the Animal Paradise is open every day.
130 animals, including new polar wolves and brown bears, the adventure trail through the woods and the adventure playground, make a winter visit well worth the trip.
On Sundays in December, children can participate in various handcraft activities, they can toast bread-on-a-stick over a campfire, watch wolves, lynxes and bears being fed. And in the afternoon, Saint Nicholas drops by with small presents for all children ..
