G’sengte Sau, Steel roller coaster at Erlebnispark Tripsdrill in Cleebronn, Germany
G'sengte Sau is a steel roller coaster at Erlebnispark Tripsdrill near Cleebronn, reaching about 50 feet (16 meters) at its highest point via a chain lift, with a track of roughly 1,575 feet (480 meters). The layout includes several tight hairpin turns and a helix section that define the character of the ride.
The coaster was built in 1998 by Gerstlauer and was the company's first roller coaster project ever. The steel components were supplied by Maurer Rides GmbH, making this ride an early joint effort between two manufacturers that would later become well known in the industry.
The name is Swabian dialect for a pig whose bristles were scorched off after slaughter, a butchering step rather than a ride reference. The coaster sits in Erlebnispark Tripsdrill, a park built around a reconstructed Swabian village, so the name matches the rural setting. In one of the castle towers the cars pass through, a poster with the logo of the TV show "Wetten, dass..?" hangs.
The ride suits families with older children and is not too extreme for occasional riders. Several brake sections along the track keep the pace controlled throughout the course, which makes the experience manageable for a wide range of visitors.
In 2001, Dirk Auer roller-skated the entire track for a bet on the TV show "Wetten, dass..?". A poster with the show's logo hangs in one of the castle towers the cars pass through, and the newspaper report on his 1998 crash is displayed near the station.
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