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The Taunus Wonderland is an amusement park at Schlangenbad near Wiesbaden in Hessen.

Geography and location
The amusement park is located in the southwest of the Taunus, between the Schlangenbader district Wambach (southwest) and the Taunussteiner district Seitzenhahn (northeast). The park is located in the densely wooded Hohen Taunus, somewhat northwest of the Taunushauptkamm, about 1.5 km (Beeline) west of the Hohe Root (617.9 m). The terrain of the park extends at an altitude between 460 and 480 m. It is about 1 ha in size.

The park is located on Landesstraße 3037 (also called Hohe Straße or Lahnstraße), which runs northwest from Bad Schwalbach from Bundesstraße 275 branches off and via the pass Hohe Root (height 617.9 m)   in the Vordertaunus, leads down towards Wiesbaden.

History
The Taunus Wonderland was opened on May 12, 1966 by Gunhilde Maxeiner and her husband as Fairy Tale Forest and Petting Zoo. In addition to a total of 400 animals, 120 European livestock and exotic animals such as chimpanzees, kangaroos, emus, llamas and parrots shown. The park was aimed at the target group of younger children and their families. From 1998, Otto Barth Senior acquired the Taunus Wonderland and it was expanded into an amusement park with rides. The Heissner company's animated fairy tale representations of ceramic and ton of the old park were gradually removed, as was the collection of plastic dinosaur replica. Some of these still exist and have been expanded with new replicas. Exotic animals were handed over to specialists, and only the stock of exotic birds was significantly expanded. In 2009, a grill hut with outdoor and indoor seating and 4 separate grill stations was built. In 2015, a new underpass will be built under the federal highway 275 and the entrance area will be modernized. From 2016, the Taunus Wunderland concept was completely revised and thematic areas and visually revised mascots were introduced.

The park was selected by the Hessian Minister of the Interior Peter Beuth as the location of the thank you event for volunteers and their families in the refugee situation 2015.

Other Attractions

 * Bumper cars
 * Witches chair (attraction type Tower / manufacturer Sunkid Heege)
 * Swan Lake (attraction type carousel / manufacturer Metallbau Emmeln)
 * Haunted house (attraction type Mad House)
 * Silver Arrow Slides (attraction type tube slide)
 * Dash plow slides
 * Salad spinner (carousel attraction type)
 * Trout slingshot (attraction type water roundel / manufacturer Sunkid Heege)
 * Gickelbahn (attraction type Reitbahn / manufacturer Metallbau Emmeln)
 * Wash gems
 * Mulch trough adventure playground
 * Heu Express (type of attraction: railway / manufacturer Steinmaschinenbau Wiesbaden)
 * Himmelsstoerer (attraction type chain carousel Wellenflug 48 / manufacturer Zierer)
 * Fortune teller wagon (attraction type Crazy Bus / manufacturer SBF Visa)
 * Dalmatian circus (attraction type Bounce Spin / manufacturer SBF Visa)
 * Candy bath
 * Devil's wheel
 * Baby Bumper (mini bumper car attraction type)
 * Airship (attraction type Sinbad swing boat / manufacturer Metallbau Emmeln)
 * Käpt'n Kit (attraction type children's carousel)
 * Beetle carousel (attraction type children's carousel)
 * Canoe ride
 * Dino slide (attraction type tire slide)
 * Dino Riding (attraction type plastic mount)
 * Dino Bahn (attraction type treadmill / manufacturer Metallbau Emmeln)
 * Professor Doctor Feuerbach (attraction type mini cinema)
 * Volcano slides (attraction type tube slide)
 * Large parrot aviary
 * Donkey and pony farm
 * Petting zoo

Operator
The Taunus Wunderland is operated by the Taunus Wunderland e.K. Otto Barth. The Barth family has been active as a family of showmen for 5 generations. In the past, the roller coasters were designed by a specially founded engineering office.

The managers of the park are Otto Barth Senior and his son Otto Barth Junior. As of 2019, the family business employed an annual average of around 165 people and attracted 260,000 visitors per year.

Mascots and Themes
The main mascot of Taunus Wunderland is Muckel. It is an animated bear, as are the other characters Uncle Benno, Grandpa Alfred, Aunt Rosi and Betty.

The family park is divided into 4 themed areas, each of which is assigned to one of the mascots. They are called Muckeldorf, Grandpa Alfred's Dino Valley, Uncle Benno's Farm and Aunt Rose's Candy Floss Land (as of 2021).

Events
In late summer, regional bands will perform in Taunus Wunderland. There will be a Halloween theme in October. The Taunus Wonderland was redecorated for the first time in the winter months of 2020/21.