Münster astronomical clock
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The Münster astronomical clock is an astronomical clock in Münster Cathedral in Münster, Germany.
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.