You only see what you know (Goethe)
This sundial is at the St George’s Chapel of Hohensalzburg Fortress (Festung Hohensalzburg). It shows the emblems of the Archbishopric Salzburg and Archbishop Matthäus Lang von Wellenburg. The original sundial is from the 16th century. Today, you see a reconstruction from 2001.
Geras Abbey (Stift Geras) is a Premonstratensian monastery in Lower Austria. At one of its side wings, you find this sundial. I wonder which building the sundial depicts. Perhaps one of its predecessor monasteries? Geras Abbey was founded in 1153 as a daughter house of Seelau Abbey.
A sundial seen next to the railway station Mistelbach – Stadt. The sundial placed at a private building depicts regional agricultural produce. The German phrase ‘Nuetz die Zeit!’ reminds people to use their time carefully.
You find this sundial on a building in the Austrian city of Zell am See. A rooster and an owl represent morning and evening. Whereas the painting seems modern, the town offers several buildings dating back to the Middle Ages.
On a walk through the village of Haus, I came across this sundial with a thoughtful adage. It is written in old German: ‘Eyne von diesen wird auch die deyne seyn’.
Colorful sundial seen at a church in Haus. The phrase one can see below the sundial is a kind of memento mori: “Wer an dieser Uhr ersieht die Stunden dieser Zeit denkt deren eine schickt mich einst in die Ewigkeit”.
You find this sundial on the facade of the Fembohaus in Nuremberg. The Fembohaus is the home of the Nuremberg City Museum. Inside, you see a city model of Nuremberg before World War II.
This sundial at the marketplace of Ehrenhausen shows the most important sights of the city. On the left side, you see Schloss Ehrenhausen. On the right side, there is the mausoleum of Ruprecht von Eggenberg. The steeple refers to the church of Ehrenhausen.
One of three sundials seen at a church in Stubenberg, Austria.
One of three sundials seen at a church in Stubenberg, Austria
One of three sundials seen at a church in Stubenberg, Austria
This sundial you can see at the Amalienburg in Vienna. The Amalienburg is a wing of the Hofburg area and is named after Wilhelmine Amalia of Brunswick-Lüneburg.