Turret clock
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- A turret clock or tower clock is a clock designed to be mounted high in the wall of a building, usually in a clock tower, in public buildings such as churches, university buildings, and town halls. As a public amenity to enable the community to tell the time, it has a large face visible from far away, and often a striking mechanism which rings bells upon the hours.
The turret clock is one of the earliest types of clock. Beginning in 12th century Europe, towns and monasteries built clocks in high towers to strike bells to call the community to prayer. Public clocks played an important timekeeping role in daily life until the 20th century, when accurate watches became cheap enough for ordinary people to afford. Today the time-disseminating functions of turret clocks are not much needed, and they are mainly built and preserved for traditional, decorative, and artistic reasons.
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Zifferblatt der Turmuhr von St. Nikolai
Das Zifferblatt schmückte...
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Image: Museum Schloss Moritzburg Zeitz - CC BY-NC-SA -
Kirchturmuhr der Pfarrkirche St. Walburga in Ramsdorf
Kirchturmuhr mit...
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Image: Museum Burg Ramsdorf - CC BY-NC-SA -
Stundenglocke (Klangschale)
Unter dem Motto „Gold gab ich...
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Image: Hüttenmuseum Thale - CC BY-NC-SA -
Fotografie "Gedächtniskirche der Protestation (XVII)"
Die Aufnahme zeigt den Turm...
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Image: Historisches Museum der Pfalz, Speyer - CC BY-NC -
Fotografie "Gedächtniskirche der Protestation (XIX)"
Die Aufnahme zeigt einen...
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Image: Historisches Museum der Pfalz, Speyer - CC BY-NC
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