Observatory & monument
Strasbourg Cathedral Astronomical Clock
Strasbourg, France
Jean-Baptiste Schwilgué's astronomical clock of 1843, with a perpetual computus for movable feasts and automata.
The cathedral has had astronomical clocks since the 14th century; the second clock (1574) by Isaac Habrecht and Conrad Dasypodius was replaced by Schwilgué's mechanism in 1838–43.
- Type
- Observatory & monument
- Location
- Strasbourg, France
- Founded
- 1843 (present clock)
- Specialities
- Astronomical clocks · Ecclesiastical computus
- Official website
- www.cathedrale-strasbourg.fr
Opening hours, admission and accessibility change; please check the official website before visiting.
