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An industry icon


Franz Mack stands for countless high-level technical performances and his name is inextricably linked with Europa-Park and Mack Rides in Waldkirch. He would have been 100 years old on 7 March 2021.


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ranz Mack, together with his sons Roland and Jürgen, was the driving force behind the construction and success of Germany’s largest theme park,


Europa-Park. The International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions (IAAPA) inducted Franz Mack into the ‘Hall of Fame’ in 2005, where he stands in line with Walt Disney. A spokesperson for the World Association of the Leisure Industry named Franz Mack as one of the ‘pioneers for the international success of amusement parks’. Franz was considered to be one of the outstanding entrepreneurs in Baden-Württemberg. He laid the foundation for Europa-Park, as one of the most


successful amusement parks in the world with one of the largest gastronomy and hotel locations in Germany and for Mack Rides, as one of the international top fi ve companies for the construction of rides and roller coasters. Franz Mack was born on 7 March 1921, the fi fth son of Heinrich and Theresia Mack. He completed his training as a wagon and carousel builder. In August 1947, he managed to escape from a camp in Alsace after being a prisoner of war in Africa, America and France for several years. He swam across the Rhine at night with his brother and was later hidden by his father for a year in


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