Sexten sundial

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The Sexten sundial - four of the five peaks that can be used as scale points on a sundial (hour digits are shown)

As Sesto Sundial a series of mountain peaks in is Sesto Dolomites referred to as scale points a conceivable on the horizon sundial can be used. These points are the five peaks Neuner ( 2582  m ), Zehner ( Sesto Rotwand , 2965  m ), Elfer ( 3092  m ), Zwölfer ( 3094  m ) and Einser ( 2698  m ). The Arzalpenkopf ( 2371  m ) is sometimes referred to as an eighth , although it is too close to the Neuner.

The mountains of the Sesto sundial , along with the Three Peaks, are a landmark in the landscape around Sesto . The entire area is part of the Three Peaks Nature Park .

functionality

View from the north of Sexten with moss : on the horizon the peaks of the Sexten sundial (next to the Arzalpenkopf on the left)
(painting by Konrad Petrides )

These mountain peaks only fulfill the function of a sundial for a location north of them at a certain distance and in a certain direction. This is for the middle- Sextental lying center of the municipality Sexten given. From the district of Moos (46 ° 41 ′ N , 12 ° 22 ′ E ) at the entrance to the Fischlein Valley, it is best to observe that the sun is at its highest level during the day at (true) noon , 12 o'clock true local time, precisely in the south above the midnight ( 46 ° 37 'N, 12 ° 22' E).

Shifted by an hour each time, the sun - with a day arc that varies with the season - is approximately above the named neighboring mountain peaks. In earlier times of the population of Sesto, this correspondence indicated the time of day quite reliably . There was no need to buy a sundial device.

gallery

  • Nines

  • Zehner (Sesto Rotwand)

  • 911

  • Twelve

  • Ones

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