Orologiul din turnul Casei Sfatului din Braşov. File de istorie
Clock on the Tower of the Council House in Braşov: Pages of history

Summary/Abstract: People have always been fascinated by time, and for its measurement natural rhythms (cycle of seasons, movement of stars) were first used, and then various devices with which help they organized their economic, social and religious life. In the Middle Ages the towers of the cathedrals and city halls were equipped with intricate mechanisms that could measure day and night, but not without errors for a 24-hour period. City clocks meant a lot in the life of society, becoming the subject of local mythology, and the buildings on which they were located became emblematic monuments.The clock installed on the tower of the Braşov Council House in the early 16th century was equipped with four dials located on the four sides of the tower. The bell had been setting in motion with the help of a wooden figurine. In the 18th century there was installed a bell sounding every quarter of an hour. In 1877, the city council acquired the mechanism produced at the Johann Mannhardt’s factory in Munich, which functioned until 2010, and then was replaced by another one, manufactured in 1890 by the same manufacturer.

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