German Clock Museum
Description
The German Clock Museum is situated near the centre of the Black Forest town of Furtwangen im Schwarzwald, a historic centre of clockmaking. It features permanent and temporary exhibits on the history of timekeeping. The museum is affiliated with the local technical college.
The museum has an extensive collection of clocks and other artefacts relating to horology, with a certain emphasis on regional products from the Black Forest, but it covers clocks and watches from around the world and spanning from prehistoric times to the present. The work of Robert Gerwig formed a primary basis of the museum.
Among the highlights of its permanent exhibits are:
The late 20th century Hans Lang clock, a one-of-a-kind, ultra-complicated, astronomical clock
One of the earliest electrically impulsed pendulum clocks, by Alexander Bain
The unique astronomical clock made in 1787 by Benedictine priest Thaddãus Rinderle at St. Peter's Abbey in the Black Forest
The monumental musical automaton clock of ca. 1880 by August Noll
A mechanical orrery and a Weltmaschine by \"Priestermechaniker\" Philipp Matthäus Hahn
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