Europa-Park Plans to Build a House for Little Heroes

(eap) Europa-Park is planning to build the “Kinderhaus Kleine Helden” (“Little Heroes Children’s House) next year. As a central charity project for the “50 years of Europa-Park” anniversary season, this is to be realized in cooperation with the RTL – Wir helfen Kindern e.V. foundation and in close collaboration with the charitable organization Marianne Mack, Santa Isabel e.V., founded by Marianne Mack in 2008, and will open in spring 2026.

The house with five large apartments, each for a family of four, is to be built next to the new planned building and guesthouse complex on the road at Europa-Park’s Camp Resort and is aimed at families with children who have been cured of cancer. The five-day stay there will be completely free of charge for the families. In addition to the main stay at Europa-Park and the Rulantica water world, excursions to the Taubergießen nature reserve or to Freiburg and Strasbourg will also be offered. Retired employees of the park will look after the families on a voluntary basis following training and an introduction to the nature of the diseases and their effects. The project is supported by the Syltklinik, a specialist children’s oncology clinic for family-oriented rehabilitation in Wennigenstedt on the island of Sylt, with further support coming from the German Children's Cancer Foundation in Bonn.

Europa-Park owner Roland Mack: “For the ‘50 years of Europa-Park’ anniversary year, we have decided to create a permanent facility for families with a heavy burden in addition to the many major social campaigns. The target group are children with cancer who are slowly returning to normal life after their serious illness. The week-long stay at Europa-Park and the Rulantica water world with their families is intended to give them back their zest for life and help them return to normality. Family cohesion after the heavy burden of cancer is particularly important. Not only the sick child itself, but also its siblings and parents have been through a great deal of stress. Our goal: to further support healing through joie de vivre.”

Swiss musician DJ BoBo is taking over the patronage for the project. Wolfram Kons, Chairman of the RTL – Wir helfen Kindern Foundation, explains: “Together with Europa-Park in Rust, DJ BoBo and the Mack family, we can achieve a great deal. At the Kleine Helden children’s home, families with seriously ill children are given a new zest for life, which will make a decisive contribution to the healing process of these children. The Mack family has not only created an incredibly entrepreneurial life’s work, but has also shown a huge heart for so many children for many, many years. The RTL – Wir helfen Kindern foundation is planning a long-term collaboration with Europa-Park. This will be a fantastic alliance of help.” ■