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In June 1997, an idea was born in the former monastery garden of St. Georgen which would completely change Folke Tegetthoff’s life: the idea of creating the first theme park on the theme of listening: music and sound, noises and notes – SounTopia – Land of Sound and Music.
From this day onwards until 2002, he dedicated himself to the realisation of this project.
| 1999: |
Founding of Wonderworld of Music (WWoM) GmbH |
| 2000: |
Sale of 80% of the shares to investors (Siemens, Telekom, STRABAG–Bauholding AG and 5 private investors). |
| 2000: |
Four-month study visit in the USA to develop the first master plan with one of the world’s best project developers Jack Rouse (Cincinnati). |
| 2002: |
Contract signed for a plot of land near Salzburg. |
| 2002: |
STRABAG BAUHOLDING take over 90% of the shares of WWOM GmbH, 10% still belong to Folke Tegetthoff. |
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2002: |
Commission for the design of adventure facilities for a castle in Upper Austria. |
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1990: |
Founding of Edition Neues Maerchen Verlags GmbH publishing house. |
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1995: |
Founding of Wonderworld LLC, Louisville, KY, USA. |
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2002: |
Founding of Wonderworld of Words GmbH. (as 100% subsidiary of Edition Neues Maerchen GmbH, which from now on only acts as a limited company to manage intellectual property rights).
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