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The Dorf- und Uhrenmuseum Gütenbach ( en, Village and Clock Museum Gütenbach) is located in the village of
Dorf- und Uhrenmuseum Gütenbach
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The Dorf- und Uhrenmuseum Gütenbach ( en, Village and Clock Museum Gütenbach) is located in the village of Gütenbach
Gütenbach is a municipality in the district of Schwarzwald-Baar in Baden-Württemberg in Germany.
It is the home of the Faller toy company.
History
Gütenbach, originally called Wuotenbach, was first mentioned in an official certificate in the ...
, one of the historic centers of homebased manufacturing of clocks in the Black Forest
The Black Forest (german: Schwarzwald ) is a large forested mountain range in the state of Baden-Württemberg in southwest Germany, bounded by the Rhine Valley to the west and south and close to the borders with France and Switzerland. It is t ...
region of Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...
near the town of Furtwangen im Schwarzwald
Furtwangen im Schwarzwald (; Low Alemannic: ''Furtwange im Schwarzwald'') is a small city located in the Black Forest region of southwestern Germany. Together with Villingen-Schwenningen, Furtwangen is part of the district (German: Kreis) of Sch ...
. It features primarily permanent and temporary exhibits on the local history of clockmaking, focussing on the history of making wooden clock movements. There also is a smaller general display on local history and rural living conditions in the 18th and 19th century.
Highlights include:
* An overview of the history of the wooden black forest clock movement
* A unique collection of homemade tools, jigs and fixtures for making clock movements
* A broad collection of one of kind black forest clocks, including organ clocks and cuckoo clock
A cuckoo clock is, typically, a pendulum clock that strikes the hours with a sound like a common cuckoo call and has an automated cuckoo bird that moves with each note. Some move their wings and open and close their beaks while leaning forwards ...
s, many made within the village of Gütenbach
The Museum is located in the former schoolhouse of the village, next to the church, on a hill above the village center.
Similar museums
In the same region: *Deutsches Uhrenmuseum The German Clock Museum (german: Deutsches Uhrenmuseum) is situated near the centre of the Black Forest town of Furtwangen im Schwarzwald (Germany), a historical centre of clockmaking. It features permanent and temporary exhibits on the history of h ...
, in Furtwangen im Schwarzwald
Furtwangen im Schwarzwald (; Low Alemannic: ''Furtwange im Schwarzwald'') is a small city located in the Black Forest region of southwestern Germany. Together with Villingen-Schwenningen, Furtwangen is part of the district (German: Kreis) of Sch ...
* Uhrenindustriemuseum, in Villingen-Schwenningen
* Schwarzwaldmuseum, in Triberg
* Stadtmuseum, in Schramberg
Outside Germany:
*Cuckooland Museum
The Cuckooland Museum, previously known as the ''Cuckoo Clock Museum'', is a museum that exhibits mainly cuckoo clocks, located in Tabley, Cheshire, England. The collection comprises 300 years of cuckoo clock-making history, since the very earli ...
, in the U. K.
See also
*Horology
Horology (; related to Latin '; ; , interfix ''-o-'', and suffix ''-logy''), . is the study of the measurement of time. Clocks, watches, clockwork, sundials, hourglasses, clepsydras, timers, time recorders, marine chronometers, and atomic cl ...
References
*External links
Dorf- und Uhrenmuseum Gütenbach
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