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Black Forest Cuckoo Clock Workshop

Also known as Kuckucksuhr

Black Forest Cuckoo Clock Workshop: photograph by -- da didi
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Assemble the gears, weights, bellows and carved case of a cuckoo clock in the correct order, then tune the pendulum and watch the cuckoo call on the hour.

Heritage note

Part of the living heritage of Germany.

Origins

A living tradition passed from person to person; it is not tied to a single dated origin. It belongs to the cultural world of Northern and Eastern Europe.

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