8 Sights in Soltau, Germany (with Map and Images)

Colossos – Battle of the Giants, cf. Ancient Greek κολοσσός kolossós, German '(huge) statue', is a wooden roller coaster in Heide Park Resort. Until 2006, it was the second fastest ride of its kind in the world at 110 km/h. The roller coaster, designed by the engineering firm Stengel and built by Intamin, was opened on April 13, 2001 after construction costs of about 45 million DM. It is 1344 m long and has 2 trains. Colossos was taken out of service for 3 years in 2016 due to a complete renovation of the railway, on April 19, 2019 Colossos was reopened with new rails and a new theming.

Wikipedia: Colossos (DE)

Desert Race is a steel roller coaster manufactured by Intamin at the Heide Park Resort in Soltau, Germany. It was officially inaugurated on May 15, 2007 and was the first catapult launch roller coaster in Germany, more precisely an accelerator coaster. It uses a hydraulic drive system that accelerates the cars to 100 km/h in 2.4 seconds, with the roller coaster reaching a top speed of 102 km/h. The track length of the track is 650 meters, which can be traversed in 49 seconds. Braking is done on the last airtime hill and after the final corner with eddy current brakes. The maximum g-force is 4.7 g.

Wikipedia: Desert Race (DE)

The Zion Church is an Evangelical Lutheran church in Soltau, Lower Saxony, Germany, and is part of the Independent Evangelical Lutheran Church (SELK) and home to the congregation of the same name. The neo-Gothic hall church from 1888 with west tower and polygonal east end has ornamental brick decoration. The listed building belongs to the parish of Soltau in the church district of Lower Saxony-West in the West region.

Wikipedia: Zionskirche (Soltau) (DE), Website

The Church of St. Mary of the Holy Rosary is a Roman Catholic parish church in Soltau, Lower Saxony, Germany. It bears the patronage of Mary from the point of view of the rosary and is located at Wiesenstraße 7, the neighboring rectory at Feldstraße 22. The parish of the same name also includes the subsidiary church of St. Ansgar in Schneverdingen and belongs to the deanery of Celle of the diocese of Hildesheim.

Wikipedia: Kirche Sankt Maria vom heiligen Rosenkranz zu Soltau (DE), Website

Bobbahn is a steel bobsled roller coaster at Heide Park that opened in 1993. The 826 m long journey begins with a lift hill that transports passengers to a height of 27 m. Then it goes through numerous very tight bends, some dark ride passages, as well as some block brakes until the final brake is reached. A second lift hill brings the trains back to the level of the station.

Wikipedia: Schweizer Bobbahn (EN), Website

Heide Park Resort, commonly known as Heide Park, is a theme park in Soltau, Lower Saxony, Germany. With an overall area of over 850,000 m2, it is the largest amusement park in Northern Germany and among the largest in the country. It is part of the British-based Merlin Entertainments, which operates 123 attractions in 24 countries.

Wikipedia: Heide Park (EN)

Breiding's Garden is a landscape park in the town of Soltau in Lower Saxony, which was laid out from 1850 onwards according to the English model and has been a listed building since 1993. For the German Foundation for the Protection of Monuments, the park is considered "unique in its diversity in the whole of Lower Saxony".

Wikipedia: Breidings Garten (DE), Website

Flug der Dämonen is a Bolliger & Mabillard Wing Coaster at the Heide Park Resort amusement park located in Soltau, Lower Saxony, Germany. The attraction officially opened to the public on March 29, 2014.

Wikipedia: Flug der Dämonen (EN)