Jungfrau Park
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The 'Panorama Kugel of the "Jungfrau Park"
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| Location | Interlaken, Bern Canton, Switzerland |
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| Opened | 24 May 2003 |
| Closed | 19 November 2006 |
| Previous names | Mystery Park |
Jungfrau Park is an amusement park located near Interlaken, Switzerland. It opened as the Mystery Park in 2003, and closed in November 2006 due to financial difficulties and low turnout. The park was designed by Erich von Däniken, and consisted of seven pavilions, each of which explored one of several great "mysteries" of the world. Von Däniken opened the theme park to present his interpretations of unsolved mysteries involving extraterrestrial life that he believes took place around the world. Since 2009 it has regularly re-opened for the summer seasons as the Jungfrau Park.
Erich von Däniken is a controversial Swiss author who wrote books and made documentaries on the influence of extraterrestrials in Earth's ancient past. Von Däniken has written twenty-six books on his extraterrestrial theory and has sold sixty-three million copies worldwide. He is a major proponent of the idea of "ancient astronauts". This theory states that aliens are responsible for most of the ancient civilizations on Earth. Von Däniken explains that myths, arts,and social organizations of ancient cultures were introduced by aliens from another world. He believes that prehistoric humans learned their arts and technologies directly from complex aliens coming to earth from outer space. A very controversial topic that von Däniken has been questioned about is his idea that ancient humans did not have the memory, culture, and ability to be as civilized as the ancient civilizations in fact were. He believed that in order to come up with the technology and culture that took place in the ancient past, it must be directly attributed to more intelligent alien life-forms coming to earth. He argues that because ancient people did not have the capability to be such complex beings, civilizations learned their ways from extraterrestrials. Erich von Däniken founded the theme park "Mystery Park" in November 2005 with the same extraterrestrial themes he had published in his novels.
The Panorama Kugel was the central pavilion, topped by a 41-meter high sphere, from which the park's grounds could be seen. The "Kugel" contained exhibits of von Däniken's works.
Erich von Däniken used the different pavilions to show the works that he believed extraterrestrials have had on ancient artifacts. His book "Chariots of Gods?" explains his ideas on each of these pavilions and how they are all linked to visits from outer space.
Von Däniken is an advocate of aliens influencing Earth and he has written books about the subject. All attractions heavily advocated the idea of alien visits to Earth.
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