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Sundial and Double Helix by Erich Pollähne, Forges-les-Eaux-Platz, Wennigsen

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Sundial and Double Helix by Erich Pollähne, Forges-les-Eaux-Platz, Wennigsen

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Sundial and Double Helix by Erich Pollähne, Forges-les-Eaux-Platz, Wennigsen

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    Location: Wennigsen (Deister), Region Hannover, Lower Saxony, Germany

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    3. Caffè Bar B – Devese–Ihme Cycle Path loop from Hannover-Linden/Fischerhof

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    September 27, 2017

    Forges-les-Eaux-Platz sundial and double helix
    Time, DNA and astronomical puzzles: The sundial and the double helix are a gift from inventor Erich Pollähne.
    Google Map of 52.27294.9.56943
    Wennigsen, main street forges-les-eaux More Info
    The double helix at Wennigser Hauptstraße.
    Source: Christiane Wolff (myheimat.de)
    double helix

    Wennigsen. The Wennigser sundial indicates more than just the time of day. The astronomical monument on the Forges-les-Eaux-Platz in front of the community center (town hall) is a present of the 2005 Wennigser entrepreneur and inventor Erich Pollähne. The shadow sweeps like a pointer in a west-easterly direction over the metal plate, the clock standing on a pedestal. Not only the hour angle of the sun is measured. The sundial, which acts as a space capsule, is informed about stellar movements and astronomical riddles that have occupied humanity for millennia.
    Not only the earth revolves around the sun: in human cells, the genetic information is stored in a spiral structure. Erich Pollähne inspired this insight to a more than four-meter-high double helix, which also stands at the parish hall. The self-winding spiral symbolizes the course of life on Wennigser Hauptstraße.
    Zeitmonument and Doppelhelix, in front of the community center, Forges-les-Eaux-Platz and Hauptstraße, all year round, no entry.

    Michael Hemme

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      August 2, 2017

      Great part, a bit heavy for the wrist

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        July 19, 2020

        bad road 🙃

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