Prague Clock Town - Prague, Czech Republic - Puzzles in the Real World on Waymarking.com

While wandering through the Prague puzzle-waymarks we saw a number of interesting places often with historical origins dating back to the Middle Ages. Snother landmark awaits us here at the building of Jewish Town Hall.

There is actually a double clock on the tower of the Jewish Town Hall. On the one hand, it is the clock from the puzzle picture, but when viewed from Maissel Street, the face of the second clock appears, which interests us more. It is a clock that is more than 250 years old. The dial, however, does not contain the usual Roman or Arabic numerals, instead there are Hebrew letters, which also stand for numbers. In addition, the hands of the clock are reversed and have interchanged small and large hands. But it's all powered by an ordinary clockwork movement.


"This old Jewish Town Hall(czech: Židovská radnice) ranks among the few monuments of Prague-Josefov which have survived the extensive demolitions related to the sanation programs of the Prague´s Jewish ghetto leading to improvement of standard of living and hygienic conditions of the commuity.

Construction of synagogues was the most important to Jews because they were very religious. They did not take care for the construction of the town halls and similar administrative facilities because the major part of their lives took place in the synagogues just like the administration of the whole community or for instance education.

Mordechai Maisel became one of the richest men who was at last lending his financial means to the entire imperial court . Due to him many Jewish monuments were built such as Maisel Town Hall or the Renaissance High Syangogue which also used to be called „Radnicní“ (Town Hall´s) because it was part of the Jewish Town Hall.

The already mentioned Maisel Town Hall was built by a noted architect Panacius Roder at the end of the 16th century. The new Late Baroque remodelling of the Town Hall was carried out by to the architect Josef Schlesinger in 1763. The architect Matej Blecha extended the building later, namely in 1908, by adding the south wing."

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Location City and Country: Prague, Czech Republic Name of Location or Landmark: Jewish Town Hall Location or Landmark website: [Web Link] Puzzle or 3d model Manufacturer: Fine Art America Puzzle or 3d model Manufacturer's Website: [Web Link] Puzzle Type: Cardboard 2 dimensional

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