Miniature park
A miniature park is an open-air amusement park , sometimes also as part of an amusement park , in which models of well-known sights or buildings typical for a region are reproduced to scale (usually 1:25) as the main attraction . Often a model railway of a suitable scale also runs between the structures .
The world's first miniature park is Bekonscot in Beaconsfield ( Buckinghamshire ), it was founded in 1929. The Klein-Erzgebirge in Oederan ( Saxony ) was opened in 1933 as the first German miniature park, based on the preparatory work begun in 1924 .
List of miniature parks
This list does not include systems that are predominantly installed in a building.
Europe
Germany
- Bavaria
- Berlin
- Hesse
- Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
- Lower Saxony
- Saarland
- Saxony
- Miniature Park Klein-Erzgebirge , Oederan (1933)
- Heimatecke Waschleithe (1963)
- Miniature exhibition area Klein-Vogtland , Adorf / Vogtl. (1992)
- Miniature Park Kleinwelka , Bautzen (1998)
- Mini World , Lichtenstein / Sa. (1999)
- Adventure and Miniature Park Elsterwerda (2007)
- Saxony-Anhalt
- Schleswig-Holstein
- Thuringia
Austria
Switzerland
- Swissminiatur , Melide in Ticino
- Swiss Vapeur Parc near Lausanne
Rest of Europe
See also: List of miniature parks in Poland
- Mini Europe , Belgium
- Legoland Billund , Billund , Denmark
- Varde Minibyen , Varde , Denmark
- Bekonscot , Buckinghamshire , England
- Old New Inn (aka The Model Village ) Bourton-on-the-Water , England
- Legoland Windsor , Windsor , England
- France miniature , Élancourt , France
- Parc des Mini-Châteaux , Amboise , France
- Italia in Miniatura , Rimini , Italy
- Madurodam , The Hague , Netherlands
- Miniatuur Walcheren , Middelburg , Netherlands
- Park miniature Latarni Morskich , Niechorze , Poland
- Park miniature Zabytków Dolnego Śląska , Kowary , Poland
- Miniature Park Olschowa , Poland
- Catalunya en Miniatura , Catalonia , Spain
- Pasión Mudejar , Olmedo , Spain
- Boheminium , Mariánské Lázně , Czech Republic
- Miniaturk , Istanbul , Turkey
- Minicity , Antalya , Turkey
Asia, America
- Mini Israel , Jerusalem , Israel
- Legoland California , Carlsbad , USA
- Legoland Florida , Orlando , USA
Former miniature parks
- Leisure and miniature park Allgäu , Weitnau
- Gulliver World , Saarbrücken (1968–2012)
- Minidomm , Ratingen (1967–1992)
- Mini Mundus Bodensee , Meckenbeuren (2005–2012)
- Model Park Mecklenburg Lake District , Neubrandenburg (2000–2011)
- Mundomágico , Santiago , Chile
- Pueblo Chico , Valle de La Orotava , Spain (1999–2015)
See also
- Park railways
- Children's railway (railway-like rides )
- Model construction (The architectural models can be about individual buildings or, in terms of urban planning, entire building ensembles. Up to extensive ...)
- Plastic city model (e.g. the relief Magnin of Geneva , Sandtner's Munich model , i.e. historical M.) - urban planning (current inventory)
Web links
Commons : Miniature parks (cities and cultural landscapes) - collection of images, videos and audio files
Commons : Dioramas and model parks of a different kind - collection of images, videos and audio files