Sundial at Badener Tor
Sundial at Badener Tor
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Sundial at Badener Tor
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May 20, 2024
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Monument for freedom of religion and conscience
Info:
stift-heiligenkreuz.org/die-neue-sonnenuhr-am-badener-tor-funktioniert-19-06-12
swetzel.ch/sonnenuhren/heilkreu/heilkreu.html
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June 1, 2026
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On the square in front of the Badener Tor of Stift Heiligenkreuz is the Sun Reflection Clock – the „Monument to Freedom of Conscience and Religion as the Foundation of Peace“. It was erected by the association „Moderner Sakralbau“ and solemnly inaugurated in 2009. Since the association was dissolved in 2024, Stift Heiligenkreuz has been entrusted with the administration of the Sun Reflection Clock.
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Unlike classic sundials, time is not indicated by a shadow, but by a strip of light that a mirror at the end of the gnomon casts onto the mosaic.
This narrow strip of light, unlike a shadow, does not move from left to right, but from right to left.
Scales are located at the top and bottom of the mosaic wall, which allow the time to be read. Only at noon does the shadow of the gnomon indicate the time.
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