Sun Dial

Heinrich found a famous and huge tavern that was on a market Plaza in Rothenburg. It has a famous story about how the city was saved by a mayor who could drink 3 liters of beer in one drink. To celebrate the story the city has mechanical clock that opens up and shows a drinking statue. The statue appears in the window on the side of the big clock.

If you look closer you can see the main clock with the big golden hands. Above that is a different kind of clock. It shows what day of the month it is. And if you pay really close attention you can see a sundial at the very top of the pile.

Sundials are very common around Germany. Before clocks were popular the people relied on sundials to tell the time. They have them in lots of places. There was a big one in a vineyard that you could see from all across the valley.

Heinrich also found an old building with a really cool sundial on two sides of two corner walls. The stones were inlaid right into the brick wall. On one side is a round scroll with the numbers. On the other side is a long scroll with two kinds of numbers to tell the time.