Cuckoo Cuckoo Cuckoo - Yes it's a post about Cuckoo Clocks

My aunt Dianne had a cuckoo clock.  It was fun to listen to it for a bit then it just got annoying.  Anyway, these clocks have been around for a long time.  But, there is one in particular that is quite unique.  In Schonach im Schwarzwald, Germany there is a cuckoo clock that is huge.  I mean really really huge.  It is 4.5M tall 4.5M wide and the cuckoo weighs 150Kg.  For the non metric crowed that is 15 x 15 Ft and 300Lbs.  

It took 5 years to build and just like a regular cuckoo clock it has all the parts that make up the clockworks.  The real interesting thing is that tourists can actually go inside this clock and see all the mechanics at work.  

And if you really like cuckoo clocks then you may want to visit Cuckooland a museum in England that has a lot of them, apparently 700 are in the collection.

The oldest clock is 250 years and I am assuming it still works.  Good grief can you imagine 700 cuckoos going off at midnight.   

Happy reading and thanks for visiting Mixed Nuts.

The clock is 4.5M x 4.5M it's bird weighs 150kg

Atlas Obscura site featuring the clock and info about the site.  Click here.

Manchester Evening News Article about Cuckooland, a museum housing 700 cuckoo clocks, believed to be the largest collection in the world.

  Cliff T.