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Hormersdorf is a former municipality in the district
In Hormersdorf a "" (Ziffer clock) was installed that displays the time of day in the local
Erzgebirgskreis
Erzgebirgskreis is a district ('' Kreis'') in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It is named after the Erzgebirge ("Ore Mountains"), a mountain range in the southern part of the district which forms part of the Germany–Czech Republic border. I ...
, in Saxony
Saxony (german: Sachsen ; Upper Saxon: ''Saggsn''; hsb, Sakska), officially the Free State of Saxony (german: Freistaat Sachsen, links=no ; Upper Saxon: ''Freischdaad Saggsn''; hsb, Swobodny stat Sakska, links=no), is a landlocked state 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 ...
. Since 1 January 2013, it is part of the town Zwönitz
Zwönitz () is a town in the district Erzgebirgskreis, in Saxony, Germany. It is situated 9 km south of Stollberg, and 24 km southwest of Chemnitz.
Parts of the town
Zwönitz consists of:
Population
* 1542 – 570
* 1697 – 741
...
.
Dialect clock
In Hormersdorf a "" (Ziffer clock) was installed that displays the time of day in the local Erzgebirgisch
Erzgebirgisch (Standard ; Erzgebirgisch: ''Arzgebirgsch'') is a Central German dialect, spoken mainly in the central Erzgebirge (Ore Mountains) in Saxony. It has received relatively little academic attention. Due to the high mobility of the pop ...
dialect which uses the word "Ziffer" for units of five minute intervals.
The image of the clock at the left shows "'" in the dialect meaning 01:10 (literally "two ''Ziffer''s of the second hour", a ''Ziffer'' being five minutes, the second hour being 01:00 to 02:00 or 13:00 to 14:00 in daytime).
:The left-hand wheel has twelve cogs, each showing a five minute interval (a ''Ziffer''), from bottom to top:
:''üm'' = at or exactly;
:''ä Ziffer'' = one Ziffer or five minutes;
:''zwee Ziffern'' = two Ziffer or ten minutes;
:''värtel'' = quarter of an hour or fifteen minutes;
:''vier Ziffern'' = four Ziffer or twenty minutes;
:''fünf Ziffern'' = five Ziffer or twenty-five minutes;
:The right-hand wheel also has twelve cogs, each showing a single hour, from bottom to top:
: ''zwilfe'' = twelve (or "of the twelfth hour");
: ''äns'' = one (or "of the first hour");
: ''zwee'e'' = two (or "of the second hour");
: ''dreie'' = three;
: ''viere'' = four;
: ''fünfe'' = five;
References
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Former municipalities in Saxony {{Erzgebirgskreis-geo-stub