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Charlemagne's Kingdom, an Alpine Model Railroad Museum in the Georgia Mountains features HO Scale German Model Railroads, and is Helen GA's newest attraction, as of February 1, 1996. As an example of Alpine art it is a unique combination of imagination and craftsmanship, the product of the talents of Willi and Judi Lindhorst. The reference to Charlemagne refers principally to the German lands which he ruled in the700's , because this exhibit is really a marvelous Alpine Model Railroad depicting a modern Germany from "The North sea to the Alps." It is truly a work of art in the sense that it is the result of Willi's love of his homeland, its people, trains, architecture, industry, customs and culture. Not only that, but Willi can trace himself as a lineal descendant of Charlemagne.

Visitors will find this HO scale model railroad a masterpiece of detail and action that blends well with the Alpine theme of Helen. Over 100's of feet of railroad track. The crowning piece of the multi-featured land-scape is the 22 ft. high "Matterhorn", built up over a framework with more than 300 gallons of plaster sculpted into its "icey"slopes. The front of the building has a large mural representing the great Emperor in the trappings and surroundings of his day. it was painted by Mahler in 1995. Next