
Time laboratory
Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt
Braunschweig, Germany
Caesium fountain clocks and the DCF77 time signal behind radio-controlled clocks in Europe.
Founded in Berlin in 1887 as the Physikalisch-Technische Reichsanstalt, the PTB disseminates legal time in Germany.
- Type
- Time laboratory
- Location
- Braunschweig, Germany
- Founded
- 1887
- Specialities
- Caesium fountains · DCF77 · Optical clocks
- Official website
- www.ptb.de
Opening hours, admission and accessibility change; please check the official website before visiting.



