German Clock Road
TheGerman Clock Road(German:Deutsche Uhrenstraße) orGerman Clock Routeis aholiday routethat runs from theCentral Black Forestthrough theSouthern Black Forestto theBaar regionand thus links the centres ofBlack Forest clock manufacturing.It is about 320 kilometres (200 mi) long.[1]
Towns, villages and counties[edit]
The towns and villages along the route (in Alpha betic order) areDeißlingen,Eisenbach,Furtwangen,Gütenbach,Hornberg,Königsfeld,Lauterbach,Lenzkirch,Niedereschach,Rottweil,Schönwald,Schonach,Schramberg,Simonswald,St. Georgen,St. Märgen,St. Peter,Titisee-Neustadt,Triberg,Trossingen,Villingen-Schwenningen,Vöhrenbach,Waldkirch.
The counties through which the German Clock Road runs areSchwarzwald-Baar,Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald,Rottweil,Tuttlingen,EmmendingenandOrtenau.[2]
Attractions en route[edit]
With a clock theme[edit]
- German Clock MuseuminFurtwangen im Schwarzwaldwith the largest collection of clocks in Germany
- Museum of ClockmakinginVillingen-Schwenningenwhich focusses on the history of clock manufacture
- Largestcuckoo clockin the world inSchonach im Schwarzwald
- Gütenbach Village Museumwith many clocks by local clockmakers
- St. Märgen's AbbeyMuseum,which portrays the development of the Black Forest clock and Black Forest clock dealers abroad
- ErfinderZeitenMuseum in the car and clock world in Schramberg with an emphasis on the Schramberg clock factory ofJunghansas well as the development of the Black Forest clock industry in general[3]
Other attractions[edit]
- Triberg Waterfalls,which is one of the highest and best knownwaterfalls in Germany
- Black Forest Railway,a technically unusual mountain railway with 40 tunnels
- Titisee,the largest natural lake in theBlack Forest
- Baroquechurchesandabbeysin St. Märgen and St. Peter
- German Harmonica Museumin Trossingen
Literature[edit]
- Rüdiger Gramsch:Wo die Stunde schlägt. Mit Hansy Vogt unterwegs auf der Deutschen Uhrenstraße.Silberburg Verlag GmbH, Tübingen 2017.ISBN978-3-8425-2010-3.(Stationen an der Deutschen Uhrenstraße).(in German)
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^e.V, Deutsche Zentrale für Tourismus."German Clock Route – A history of timepieces from the Black Forest".germany.travel.Retrieved2020-09-01.
- ^"German Clock Route Stands The Test Of Time".Retrieved2020-09-01.
- ^Parallelus."On the trail of the Black Forest Cuckooclock » Black Forest Clock Association".Retrieved2020-09-01.
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