German Clock Museum
Look for the Pairs of Clocks / Watches
The Deutsche Uhrenmuseum (German clock museum) is located right in the geographic centre of clock making in the Black Forest. Its 150-year-old collection of Black Forest Clocks is the most extensive of its kind in the world. It allows fascinating insights at the history, tradition and culture of the Black Forest region.
Clocks from abroad, too, have been part of the collection as early as the 19th century. Purchases by the federal state of Baden-Württemberg, notably the collection of Mr. Hellmut Kienzle in 1975, added to the international collection. A further emphasis of today’s collection is on quartz clocks as well as everyday clocks. With its more that 8,000 items, the collection presents a multi-faceted and international picture of phenomenon that is time.
Open daily:
April - October: 9 - 18h, tour (in German) at 11h
November - March: 10 - 17h, tour (in German) at 14h
Contact
Deutsches Uhrenmuseum
Robert-Gerwig-Platz 1
78120 Furtwangen
Germany
phone 07723 920-2800
fax 07723 920-2120
email: Email(at)deutsches-uhrenmuseum.de
Admission for all members and students of the university is free.
By the way: There is a rumour that visiting the Deutsche Uhrenmuseum means that a student will fail their exam. Whether this is the truth? A film made by the university television company GLF provides further information (in German):