--- title: "Niedersachsen" description: "Lower Saxony’s park history includes a family project built on an existing recreation landscape.The story behind the day outA showman develops a former wildlife-park siteHeide Park opened on 19 August 1978. Its official history traces the project to showman Hans-Jürgen Tiemann, who acquired the former Heidenhof wildlife-park property. The first season began with six rides. That relatively small opening collection is a useful reminder that a large destination can grow through successive additions, while its original landscape and the founder’s fairground background remain part of the story.Sources & further readingHeide Park · Official historical teaching packHistorical sources checked 25 October 2026." canonical_url: "https://thmprk.com/region/niedersachsen/" markdown_url: "https://thmprk.com/region/niedersachsen/index.md" language: "en-US" content_type: "taxonomy_archive" taxonomy: "job_listing_region" term_id: 247 page: 1 --- # Niedersachsen Lower Saxony’s park history includes a family project built on an existing recreation landscape. The story behind the day out ## A showman develops a former wildlife-park site Heide Park opened on 19 August 1978. Its official history traces the project to showman Hans-Jürgen Tiemann, who acquired the former Heidenhof wildlife-park property. The first season began with six rides. That relatively small opening collection is a useful reminder that a large destination can grow through successive additions, while its original landscape and the founder’s fairground background remain part of the story. ### Sources & further reading - [Heide Park · Official historical teaching pack]() Historical sources checked 25 October 2026. 1 published places. Page 1 of 1. - [Heide Park]() · [Markdown](); location: Soltau, Lower Saxony, Germany. Canonical source: https://thmprk.com/region/niedersachsen/