Miniatur Wunderland
The Miniatur Wunderland (German for "Miniature Wonderland") is, according to Guinness World Records, the largest model railway system in the world. It is located at the historic Speicherstadt in Hamburg, Germany.
Miniatur Wunderland at the Speicherstadt district of Hamburg | |
| Company type | Limited liability company (Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung) |
|---|---|
| Industry | Model railway |
| Founded | 2000 |
| Headquarters | |
Key people | Frederik & Gerrit Braun, Stephan Hertz |
Number of employees | 360 |
| Website | miniatur-wunderland.com |
As of December 2021, the railway consisted of 16,138 m (52,946 ft) of track in H0 scale, divided into nine sections: Harz mountains, the fictitious town of Knuffingen, the Alps and Austria, Hamburg, the United States, Scandinavia, Switzerland, a replica of Hamburg Airport, Italy and South America. Of the 7,000 m2 (75,347 sq ft) of floorspace, the models occupies 1,545 m2 (16,630 sq ft).
The exhibition includes around 1,120 digitally controlled trains with more than 10,000 wagons. The Wonderland is also designed with around 4,300 houses and bridges, more than 10,000 vehicles — of which around 350 drive independently on the installation — 52 airplanes and around 290,000 figures. The system features a recurring day-night lighting cycle and almost 500,000 built-in LED lights. Planning is also in progress for the construction of sections for Central America and the Caribbean, Asia, England, Africa and The Netherlands.