Exhibition on the history of Zeuke & Wegwerth
The year was 1957 and it all began in a backyard in Grünauer Straße, the headquarters of Zeuke & Wegwerth KG. Inspired by the western company ROKAL, which had introduced the TT gauge on a scale of 1:120 almost a decade earlier, the aim was to develop an equally compact system for mass production. This was to fit into any home and yet offer enough detail to be in no way inferior to the larger H0 scale. Zeuke thus laid the foundation for the most successful gauge in the small GDR and in many of its socialist brother countries.
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VISUAL Faszination Modellbahn in 1:120
From November 22, 2025 to mid-March 2026, the exhibition in the Industriesalon Schöneweide will shed light on the multifaceted history of Zeuke & Wegwerth KG, which operated as VEB Berliner TT-Bahnen from 1972, as well as the short post-reunification period under the name Berliner TT-Bahnen Zeuke GmbH.
The visitors can look forward to a variety of original sets, advertising brochures, newspaper articles and historical photographs. A lovingly designed model railway layout shows the compact construction methods that live up to the name T(able) T(op) - set up on an old dining table.
