
Signs of Zodiac - Sundial "HARMONIE" - Losheim am See, Germany
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dreamhummie
N 49° 30.492 E 006° 44.638
32U E 336679 N 5486398
Sundial "HARMONIE" with signs of Zodiac located at Trierer Straße 3 in Losheim am See, Germany.
Waymark Code: WM16HTA
Location: Saarland, Germany
Date Posted: 08/07/2022
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In top of this sundial you find the twelve western signs of Zodiac.
Neither the plaque on the wall nor the description on the internet mentions about the Zodiac signs.
While they are applied in gold color.
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On the gable facade of the former bookstore Philippi, since 2010 "Rote Zora", a "deviating vertical sundial" in oblique heart shape was calculated in 1991, designed and executed by the Siersburg expert for elementary clocks Vinzenz Philippi. It displays Central European Time and is dated 1991 with Roman numerals.
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The plaque on the wall reads:
"Deviation vertical sundial "HARMONIE".
Wall deviation 23.9 east
Display: Central European Time (CET) prevails Daylight Saving Time (CEST) add 1 hour
Location: 6646 Losheim bookstore PHILIPPI
Latitude: 49° 31' N Longitude: 6° 45' 0
CARPE DIEM - SEIZE THE DAY
Calculation, design and execution:
Vinzenz Philippi MCMXCI Graf-Siegebert-Straße 22
1991 6639 Siersburg
The plaquette with usage guide reads:
"TIME BALANCING TABLE
Seasonal deviation of mean time from true local time
The values are approximated values in minutes. Plus values are to be added to the true local time, minus values are to be subtracted."