Vienna - Anker Insurance Company Clock Ankeruhr

 
On the east side of the Hoher Markt square in Vienna it is impossible not to see the splendid clock of the Anker Insurance Company on the archway spanning Rotgasse. Every hour historical figures solemnly go past in order from 1 to 12: Emperor Marcus Aurelius, Charlemagne, Duke Leopold IV and Theodore of Byzantium, the poet Walter von der Vogelweide, King Rudolf I with his consort, Anna of Hohenburg, Master Hans Puchsbaum, Emperor Maximilian I, Mayor A. von Liebenberg, Count Rüdiger von Starhemberg, Prince Eugene, Empress Maria Theresa with Emperor Francis I and Joseph Haydn.

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At noon all the figures form up and process, accompanied by music. This remarkable clock was built by the painter Franz von Matsch at the beginning of the First World War. It is dedicated to the "people of Vienna".

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