The miniature miracle country (short MiWuLa) in that Hamburg memory city steered the largest model railway plant of the world and completely digitally.

Since the commencement of construction in December 2000 are shifted on 900 square meters altogether 9 kilometers of tracks on a scale 1:87 (nominal size H0), on which 700 courses operate. In the final development the plant size is to also amount to over 1500 square meters over 15 kilometers tracks.

Via approximately 100 switches the visitors procedures on the plant can steer: for example a mine course, starts turns, in the AOL arena falls the next gate, a space shuttle starts and something similar.

The goal that Hamburg ones of building the largest model railway of the world was achieved with the opening of the section Scandinavia in July 2005.

Characteristics of the plant

• To the characteristics belong a simulated routine of the day, with which every 15 minutes of dawn, night and day repeat themselves. In addition belongs an automatic light control, which switches over 200.000 the lamps suitably the time of day.
• The 120 square meters large fantasy city Knuffingen is also over 100 mobile cars equipped, among them also numerous fire-fighting vehicles, since in Knuffingen on average every 10 minutes a fire breaks off. The traffic simulation is made possible by the Car system, which is used also in the section the USA.
• In the new section "“remote controlled ships operate Scandinavia on the 30,000 litres large "„northeast lake.
• For the new section Swiss alps took the miniature miracle land team out the cover on 70 m The mountains rise up soon nearly 5 meters of third into the fourth stick.
• The plant lives on its tremendous detail wealth, begun on a changing playing and announcement in the AOL arena over a magnetically steered cow in a Kuhfladen (no meaning) play to a miniature Blinkenlights in the Hamburg part.

Model construction sections

The plant has further cutting off from the range central and South Germany sections to the resin, to Knuffingen (Car system), to Hamburg and the German coast, to the Austrian alps, read Vegas (the USA, Car system) and Scandinavia. Sections to Swiss alps and an airport still are in the building.

In addition the sections Mediterranean, Afrika and the middle east, space or underground are themselves under planning.

Related links

• Miniature miracle country Hamburg
• Official homepage of the model city '' Knuffingen ''

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