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German Clock Road

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Sign in Lenzkirch

The German Clock Road (German: Deutsche Uhrenstraße) or German Clock Route is a holiday route that runs from the Central Black Forest through the Southern Black Forest to the Baar region and thus links the centres of Black Forest clock manufacturing. It is about 320 kilometres (200 mi) long.[1]

Towns, villages and counties

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The towns and villages along the route (in alphabetic order) are Deißlingen, Eisenbach, Furtwangen, Gütenbach, Hornberg, Königsfeld, Lauterbach, Lenzkirch, Niedereschach, Rottweil, Schönwald, Schonach, Schramberg, Simonswald, St. Georgen, St. Märgen, St. Peter, Titisee-Neustadt, Triberg, Trossingen, Villingen-Schwenningen, Vöhrenbach, Waldkirch.

The counties through which the German Clock Road runs are Schwarzwald-Baar, Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald, Rottweil, Tuttlingen, Emmendingen and Ortenau.[2]

Attractions en route

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With a clock theme

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One of the world's largest cuckoo clocks in Schonach

Other attractions

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Literature

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  • Rüdiger Gramsch: Wo die Stunde schlägt. Mit Hansy Vogt unterwegs auf der Deutschen Uhrenstraße. Silberburg Verlag GmbH, Tübingen 2017. ISBN 978-3-8425-2010-3. (Stationen an der Deutschen Uhrenstraße). (in German)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ e.V, Deutsche Zentrale für Tourismus. "German Clock Route – A history of timepieces from the Black Forest". www.germany.travel. Retrieved 2020-09-01.
  2. ^ "German Clock Route Stands The Test Of Time". Retrieved 2020-09-01.
  3. ^ Parallelus. "On the trail of the Black Forest Cuckooclock » Black Forest Clock Association". Retrieved 2020-09-01.
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