Bernburg flower clock

Bernburg flower clock

Bernburg flower clock (1938)

The Bernburg flower clock is a clock in front of the Bernburg town hall , the dial of which is formed by a flower bed that can be planted.

The clock was created in 1938 on the occasion of the 800th anniversary of the city of Bernburg (Saale) . On behalf of the city, the master mechanic Ernst Kirchberg from the Bernburg company JI Fuchs und Sohn, founded by Johann Ignaz Fuchs , built the clockwork. The clockwork is a tower clockwork with an electromechanical winding. Every full and half hour a chime with the melody An der Saale hellem Strande is played.

Web links

• The clock on the website of the Saale city of Bernburg

Coordinates: 51 ° 47 ′ 39.2 "  N , 11 ° 44 ′ 10"  E