14 Sights in Brühl, Germany (with Map and Images)

Phantasialand is a theme park in Brühl, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany that attracts approximately 2 million visitors annually. It was opened in 1967 by Gottlieb Löffelhardt and Richard Schmidt. Although starting as a family-oriented park, it has added thrill rides, especially in recent years. Following the example of Europa-Park, it has also decided to attract business customers, calling spring the slogan "Business to Pleasure".

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The Mystery Castle is a ride in Phantasialand Brühl, which forms the Mystery theme area together with River Quest and the Klugheim theme world, which includes Taron and Raik. The manufacturer of the patented drive technology (Air-Drive) is the company Ride Trade, which belongs to Intamin.

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The Augustusburg and Falkenlust Palaces form a historical building complex in Brühl, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The buildings are connected by the spacious gardens and trees of the Schlosspark. Built in the early 18th century, the palaces and adjoining gardens are considered masterpieces of early rococo architecture and have been listed as a UNESCO cultural World Heritage Site since 1984. Augustusburg Palace and its parks also serve as a venue for the Brühl Palace Concerts.

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Talocan is the first suspended top spin in Europe and is located in Phantasialand Brühl near Cologne. Since 2007, the attraction from the manufacturer Huss Rides has taken the place of the Condor, which was demolished for it, in the Mexico themed area. The theme follows a fictitious story about the uncovering of an Aztec temple during the enlargement of the wine cellar of a Mexican cooperative. The name is derived from Aztec mythology, in which the paradise of the weather god Tlaloc was called Tlalocan.

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The castle church of St. Mary of the Angels is located in the immediate vicinity of Augustusburg Castle in Brühl in North Rhine-Westphalia. It was built in 1493 and served as a monastery church for the Brühl convent of Franciscan Observants until secularization in 1802. It took its name from the founding church of the Franciscans in Assisi.

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Black Mamba is an inverted roller coaster built by Bolliger & Mabillard in the German theme park Phantasialand. The ride is situated in the "Deep in Africa" area of the park and is named after the black mamba snake. Theming in the area largely draws from the mud architecture of Western Africa, especially the cities of Timbuktu and Djenne.

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The Hollywood Tour was a water theme ride in the "Fantasy" theme area of the Brühl amusement park Phantasialand. The track was opened with the start of the season on 1 April 1990. On Friday evening, March 30, 1990, an opening ceremony took place with invited guests. The first ride of the evening took place at 6:00 p.m. Afterwards, a premiere gala took place in the adjacent Petit Paris restaurant. The star guest of the evening was Marlène Charell, accompanied by the French show orchestra André Cyriel. The ride showed passengers "scenes from famous film classics". The driving system with boats was built by Intamin AG Switzerland, the interior fittings and figures were supplied by Hofmann. The Hollywood Tour shared the building with the dark roller coaster "Crazy Bats", which is housed in the upper part, and the neighboring "Fantissima" area.

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Colorado Adventure is a mine train roller coaster located at Phantasialand in Brühl, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. During construction, it was decided to opt for a roller coaster in a Western style rather than a traditional roller coaster. The name Colorado is derived from the U.S. state of the same name, well known during the ‘Wild West’ period in the USA.

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The Christuskirche in Brühl is a Protestant church consecrated in 1888. It is considered the oldest Protestant church between Cologne and Bonn. The diaspora community was founded on the influx of Prussian, mostly Protestant soldiers, civil servants and entrepreneurs after the wars of liberation. It belongs to the Cologne-South church district of the Evangelical Church in the Rhineland.

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F.L.Y. is a flying launched roller coaster at Phantasialand in Brühl, Germany. The coaster is the sole attraction of the Rookburgh area, a highly themed immersive Steampunk city, which was soft opened in September 2020 following several years of development and construction. During the ride, passengers sit in a prone position - facing the ground - while traversing two launches and navigating a heavily themed environment.

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The Schlosspark is the park of Schloss Augustusburg, a Baroque palace in Brühl, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The garden was first designed in Baroque style by Dominique Girard, and established in 1728. It was partly changed to English landscape style during the 19th century. In the 1930s, the original design was restored. It is now a public park. The complete ensemble of palaces and gardens is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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Chiapas, DIE Wasserbahn is an Intamin flume ride in Phantasialand, a theme park in Germany, which opened on 1 April 2014. It is located in the park's Mexico area and replaced Stonewash and Wildwash Creek, which were both demolished in 2011. Its 53° drop is the steepest drop on a log flume in the world.

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River Quest is a river rapids ride in German theme park Phantasialand. The ride was built in 2002 by Hafema and notably has two lifts near the start of the ride to take the boats to their highest point. The ride previously held the record for the largest drop on a rafting ride. This record was taken in 2018 by Infinity Falls at SeaWorld Orlando.

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Raik is a boomerang steel roller coaster manufactured by Vekoma located at Phantasialand in Germany. Raik opened on 30 June 2016 alongside neighbouring roller coaster Taron, a multi-launch steel roller coaster.

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