Miniature park

Miniature Park Klein-Erzgebirge

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

Ruegen Park

• Bavaria
  • Legoland Günzburg , Günzburg
• Berlin
  • Model park Berlin-Brandenburg , Berlin - Oberschöneweide
• Hesse
  • Mühlenplatz , Gieselwerder
• Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
  • Miniature Rugen Park , Gingst on Ruegen
  • Kalkhorst Miniature Park , Kalkhorst
  • Miniature Park Lütt Schwerin , Lankow
  • Miniature city Bützow , Bützow
  • Miniland Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania , Göldenitz near Rostock
• Lower Saxony
  • Lüttge Land , Altfunnixsiel
• Saarland
  • Gulliver World 2.0 , Bexbach
• 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
  • Miniature Park Kleiner Harz , Wernigerode
• Schleswig-Holstein
  • Tolk show , Tolk
• Thuringia
  • Miniature park mini-a-thür , Ruhla

Austria

• Minimundus , Klagenfurt

Switzerland

Swiss miniature

• Swissminiatur , Melide in Ticino
• Swiss Vapeur Parc near Lausanne

Rest of Europe

See also: List of miniature parks in Poland

Madurodam

• 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