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Münster astronomical clock
Astronomical clock in Münster Cathedral, Germany / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Münster astronomical clock is an astronomical clock in Münster Cathedral in Münster, Germany.
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The clock, built between 1540 and 1542, is one of the most significant monumental clocks in the German-speaking world. It belongs to the so-called "Family of Hanseatic Clocks", of which other examples survive in Gdańsk (clock), Rostock (clock), Stralsund (clock) and Stendal in near-original condition (two further clocks in Lübeck and Wismar were destroyed in 1942 and 1945 respectively). The Münster clock shares a range of characteristics with this family of clocks.[1]
Situated in a vault between the high choir and the south arm of the ambulatory at the cathedral's east end, the clock is one of the few existing monumental clocks which turns anti-clockwise.[2]
The chimes inside the clock (10 bells, tonal range of d♭1–f2) can be operated from the cathedral organ.