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Deutsches Uhrenmuseum is located near the center of the Black Forest
Black Forest

The Black Forest is a forest mountain range in Baden-W?rttemberg, southwestern Germany. It is bordered by the Rhine valley to the west and south....
 town of Furtwangen im Schwarzwald
Furtwangen im Schwarzwald

Furtwangen im Schwarzwald is a small city located in the Black Forest region of south western Germany. It belongs to the district of Schwarzwald-Baar along with the two more important cities of Villingen and Schwenningen....
, a historic center of clockmaking. It features permanent and temporary exhibits on the history of timekeeping
Horology

Horology is the art or science of measuring time. Clocks, watches, clockwork, Sundial, Clepsydra , Timer, Time recorder and marine chronometers are all examples of Measuring instruments used to measure time....
. The Museum is affiliated with the local technical college (Fachhochschule
Fachhochschule

A Fachhochschule or University of Applied Sciences is a German type of university, sometimes specialized in certain topical areas . Fachhochschulen were founded in Germany and later adopted by Austria, Liechtenstein and Switzerland....
).

The museum
Museum

A museum is a "permanent institution in the service of society and of its development, open to the public, which acquires, conserves, researches, communicates and exhibits the tangible and intangible heritage of humanity and its environment, for the purposes of education, study, and entertainment", as defined by the International Coun...
 has a broad collection
Collection (museum)

A museum is distinguished by a collection of often unique objects that forms the core of its activities for wikt:exhibitions, education, research, etc....
 of clock
Clock

A clock is an instrument used for indicating and maintaining the time and passage thereof. The word clock is derived ultimately from the Celtic languages words clagan and clocca meaning "bell"....
s and other artefact
Artifact (archaeology)

In archaeology, an artifact or artefact is any object made or modified by a human archaeological culture, and often one later recovered by some archaeological endeavor....
s relating to horology
Horology

Horology is the art or science of measuring time. Clocks, watches, clockwork, Sundial, Clepsydra , Timer, Time recorder and marine chronometers are all examples of Measuring instruments used to measure time....
, 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.






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Deutsches Uhrenmuseum is located near the center of the Black Forest
Black Forest

The Black Forest is a forest mountain range in Baden-W?rttemberg, southwestern Germany. It is bordered by the Rhine valley to the west and south....
 town of Furtwangen im Schwarzwald
Furtwangen im Schwarzwald

Furtwangen im Schwarzwald is a small city located in the Black Forest region of south western Germany. It belongs to the district of Schwarzwald-Baar along with the two more important cities of Villingen and Schwenningen....
, a historic center of clockmaking. It features permanent and temporary exhibits on the history of timekeeping
Horology

Horology is the art or science of measuring time. Clocks, watches, clockwork, Sundial, Clepsydra , Timer, Time recorder and marine chronometers are all examples of Measuring instruments used to measure time....
. The Museum is affiliated with the local technical college (Fachhochschule
Fachhochschule

A Fachhochschule or University of Applied Sciences is a German type of university, sometimes specialized in certain topical areas . Fachhochschulen were founded in Germany and later adopted by Austria, Liechtenstein and Switzerland....
).

The museum
Museum

A museum is a "permanent institution in the service of society and of its development, open to the public, which acquires, conserves, researches, communicates and exhibits the tangible and intangible heritage of humanity and its environment, for the purposes of education, study, and entertainment", as defined by the International Coun...
 has a broad collection
Collection (museum)

A museum is distinguished by a collection of often unique objects that forms the core of its activities for wikt:exhibitions, education, research, etc....
 of clock
Clock

A clock is an instrument used for indicating and maintaining the time and passage thereof. The word clock is derived ultimately from the Celtic languages words clagan and clocca meaning "bell"....
s and other artefact
Artifact (archaeology)

In archaeology, an artifact or artefact is any object made or modified by a human archaeological culture, and often one later recovered by some archaeological endeavor....
s relating to horology
Horology

Horology is the art or science of measuring time. Clocks, watches, clockwork, Sundial, Clepsydra , Timer, Time recorder and marine chronometers are all examples of Measuring instruments used to measure time....
, 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
Robert Gerwig

Robert Gerwig was a Germany civil engineer.Gerwig attended the Gro?herzogliches Polytechnikum where he studied civil engineering, primarily road construction....
 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, ultracomplicated, astronomical clock
  • One of the earliest electrically impulsed pendulum clock
    Pendulum clock

    A pendulum clock is a clock that uses a pendulum, a swinging weight, as its timekeeping element. From its invention in 1656 by Christiaan Huygens until the 1930s, the pendulum clock was the world's most accurate timekeeper, accounting for its widespread use....
    s, by Alexander Bain
    Alexander Bain (inventor)

    Alexander Bain , was a Scottish instrument inventor, technician, and clockmaker. He invented the electric clock, the electric printing telegraph, and the first facsimile machine ....
     (United Kingdom, ca. 1845)
  • The unique astronomical clock made in 1787 by the benedictine priest Thaddãus Rinderle at St. Peter's Abbey in the Black Forest
    St. Peter's Abbey in the Black Forest

    St Peter's Abbey in the Black Forest or St. Peter's Abbey, Schwarzwald is a former Benedictine order monastery in the village of Sankt Peter, Baden-W?rttemberg, in the district of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald, Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany....
  • The monumental musical automaton clock of ca. 1880 by August Noll
  • A mechanical orrery (planetarium) and a Weltmaschine by "Priestermechaniker" Philipp Matthäus Hahn
  • One of the early clocks (Paris, 1680) using a pendulum as a timestandard, an invention of Christiaan Huygens
    Christiaan Huygens

    Christiaan Huygens was a prominent Netherlands mathematics, astronomer, physics, and horology. His work included early telescopic studies, investigations and inventions related to time keeping, and studies of both optics and centrifugal force....
    .
  • Several large mechanical musical instruments (street organs)
  • A extensive display documenting the history of the cuckoo clock
    Cuckoo clock

    A cuckoo clock is a clock, typically pendulum clock, that striking clock using small bellows and pipes that imitate the call of the Common Cuckoo in addition to striking a wire gong....
     and the many styles of cuckoo clocks made over time
  • An easy to follow but comprehensive display outlining the history of the wristwatch


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