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The Steinwasen Park area was first mentioned in the church register of Kirchzarten in 1618, as the place of birth of one Simon Wiestler. In the middle of the 17th century, a simple homestead was built on the grounds of Steinwasen Park. Due to its convenient position on a mountain pass leading through
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In 1970 the last landlords, the Kreutz family, sold the property to the construction company Adolf Braun, who transformed it, with the help of wildlife biologists, into a wildlife park. The park opened its doors in 1974. In 1979, a chair lift and two summer toboggan runs were added, one of which was
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Several animal enclosures and fun rides are spread over an area of 35 hectares. The park is integrated into the natural mountain landscape and takes the Black Forest as a central theme. There is, for example, a film about the historic formation of the mountains, as well as a museum showing model
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In 2000, the Black Forest cinema was added, showing their own production of the formation of the Black Forest natural landscape. The following year, the world's longest rope bridge, now even listed in the
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A chair lift carries the visitors to the top station of the two toboggan runs, which both have a length of 800 meters. One of them is roofed und can thus even be ridden when it is raining.
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and a second cinema showing fairy-tale movies for little children, as well as another fun ride on the upper floor of the main building: a ride through the darkness named
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with a length of 218 meters stretches across the valley of the park. In 2004, the bridge was included as part of the race track of the Black Forest Ultra Bike Marathon.
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The children's playground is built on the theme of castles with water shots, tube slides, draw bridges, climbing frames, spring boards, and apparatus to balance on.
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the Black Forest, the park gained importance in the 19th century when a post office with an inn was built there.
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Steinwasen Park is open from mid March to early November and is particularly attractive for young families.
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The view of Steinwasen Park from the suspension bridge. (2004)
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On the basement floor of the main building, designed as the
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A new main building was erected in 1996 and the fun rides
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Buildings and structures in Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald
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replicas of the characteristic Black Forest houses.
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