A New in the 2008 season:
Future plans for the adventure park Tripsdrill
Erlebnispark Tripsdrill, Cleebronn: Not far from Stuttgart, this park offers over 100 original attractions. And for the 2008 season, a new, large-scale attraction is being built in Germany’s first adventure park: the wooden coaster “Mammut”. Construction work has already been running at full pace for several weeks. This first themed wooden coaster is planned to start operation in spring 2008.
Future plans …
Tripsdrill has plenty of plans for the future. These plans are already tangible and visible for the 2008 season. A new large-scale attraction is being built on an area of land 2 hectares in size. The entire new themed area – which should be finished in 2010 – will cost an estimated six million Euros. A good 7,000 cubic metres of earth were removed between the castle “Rauhe Klinge” and the wash-tub rafting – that means approximately 700 trailers full. 2 million nails and one million screws will be required for the 860 metre long and 30 metre high attraction. What could that attraction be? The wooden coaster “Mammut”.
Motives …
A further rollercoaster is now being constructed in the adventure park Tripsdrill, subsequent to the Millipeed and the G’sengte Sau rollercoasters already in existence. The family-run operating company, Fischer, have decided on a wooden coaster as being fitting for the surroundings. Tripsdrill is well-known for its natural location – surrounded by woodland, fields and vineyard slopes. All the attractions blend in harmoniously with this landscape. Therefore, the decision was made to use wood, a material with a special character of its own. Not only that, but the history of the wooden rollercoaster also fits well to Tripsdrill, which has its roots in historical events due to its history and themes.
Historical facts …
The historical roots of the wooden rollercoaster lie in the 15th and 16th centuries. At this time, artificial mountains were built in Russia using wooden frames. In winter, water was poured over the wood, so that people could slide down the icy mountains.
In the year 1784, sledges with stone wheels were introduced so that people could even use the attraction in summer. The first rollercoasters, as we know them today, formed a complete circuit using a wooden construction. The train was driven purely by the force of gravity along the mountains and valleys of these rollercoasters. In 1884, the first wooden rollercoaster in America was constructed on Coney Island, near New York.
A “Mammut” in Tripsdrill …
The name “Mammut" plays on two references – one, the huge redwood tree known as the "mammoth tree" in German; and the other, that ancient elephant, the mammoth. Both captivate the imagination with their imposing size – as will this new, gigantic wooden coaster. This is the first themed attraction of its kind, realised in a manner which is so far completely unique. The trains are built in the form of saws, and race through a saw mill – past large circular saws, through ravines and tunnels. In the queuing area, visitors already gain their first impression of the world of the sawmill – with many exhibits and views into the track system. For master planning Emmanuel Mongon (Imaginvest) works for Tripsdrill. The rollercoaster has been determined statically by the Munich Engineering Consultants Werner Stengel, a company active worldwide who also worked on the “G’sengte Sau” rollercoaster for Tripsdrill. Tripsdrill decided on the German company Holzbau Cordes as manufacturers, and the company Gerstlauer as train manufacturers. The wood comes from German forests.
Facts and Figures:
Length: 860 m
Max. height: 30 m
Speed: over 80 km/h
Number of special nails: 2 mio.
Number of special screws: 1 mio.
Wood: Pinewood, grown between Rhön and Vogelberg, in Hessen’s largest connected woodland area
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