World Clock
The World Clock—also called the Urania-Weltzeituhr—was erected in 1969 as a public landmark of the German Democratic Republic, and it quickly became both a tourist attraction and a meeting place. You can read the current time for 148 major cities by following the markings on its metal rotunda, turning a single monument into a working map of global timekeeping. It opened to the public on 30 September 1969, shortly before the twentieth anniversary of the GDR, and it was installed as part of a larger plan to expand and reorganize Alexanderplatz. The sixteen-ton clock was designed by Erich John, who was working with the planning group for Alexanderplatz’s transformation under Walter Womacka, and it required more than 120 engineers and experts—including the sculptor Hans-Joachim Kunsch. The project also drew on the Getriebefabrik Coswig company. …
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