Rostock astronomical clock
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The Rostock astronomical clock is a fifteenth-century astronomical clock in St. Mary's Church, Rostock.
History and Description
[edit | edit source]The astronomical clock was built in 1472[1] by Hans Düringer, a clockmaker from Nuremberg. It consists of three partitions:
- Top: Apostle-go-round giving an hourly performance of the apostles crossing before Jesus for a blessing before entry into eternal bliss, and the last, Judas, is shut out.
- Middle: Clock with daily time, zodiac, moon phases, and month.
- Bottom: Calendar, which is valid until 2150 (with the beginning of 2018, this table replaced the 4th, which lasted from 1885 to 2017).[2]
The medieval clock is the only one of its kind still in working condition with its original clockworks.[3]
References
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