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Photographer: Andrew Ruppenstein
Taken: June 15, 2017
Caption:
Die Ankeruhr / The Anchor Clock - Key to the Hours | Additional Description: Mounted on the wall directly above the marker, this plaque provides a key to the hours: I) Emperor Marcus Aurelius; II) Charlemagne; III) Duke Leopold VI; IV) Walther von der Vogelweide
(Minstrel Poet); V) King Rudolf von Habsburg; VI) Hans Puchsbaum
(Architect and Builder); VII) Emperor Maximilian I; VIII) Mayor Andreas von Liebenburg; IX) Count Rudiger von Starhemberg; X) Prince Eugen of Savoy; XI) Empress Maria Theresa; XII) Joseph Haydn
(Composer). The first ten are accompanied by an Austrian folk tune, but Empress Maria Theresa is accompanied by a Mozart minuet, and Haydn is accompanied by one of his own pieces.
Submitted: January 9, 2018, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.
Database Locator Identification Number: p411662
File Size: 0.526 Megabytes
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