area from about 1857 until his death in 1896. These musical clocks included the Trumpeter clock, Flute clock, Singing Bird Clock, and Rooster Clock. These clocks call the hour with the sound of the trumpet, flute, song bird and rooster respectively. Culture and tourism The German Clock Museum exhibits more than 8,000 items related to clocks and clockmaking. The museum's history dates back to 1852, when Robert Gerwig, Director of the Grand Ducal Baden Clockmaking School in Furtwangen, began to collect old clocks as witnesses of traditional handicrafts. In 1978, the "Historic Clock Collection" is renamed into the "German Clock Museum". The Hexenloch Mill was built in 1825. It has been in the family since 1839. The mill was built as a sawmill, its wheels are driven by the water from the hay stream (approx. 300 litres/second). The large water wheel (4m diameter, 13 HP) is the drive of a high-speed and a circular saw which are still functional today. Education The University of Applied Sciences Furtwangen was founded in 1850. It specialises in microelectronics, precision mechanics, computer sciences, informatics, digital media, industrial technologies, medical and life sciences, mechanical and medical engineering etc. Infrastructure Strongly frequented by traffic is the "B 500" (Bundesstraße 500) road which is also commonly known as the black forest "Panoramastraße". In 1972, the railway connection called Bregtalbahn was closed after 80 years of service. The railway track had led from Furtwangen to Donaueschingen. Sons and daughters of the city Hugo Eberhardt (1874-1959), architect Fritz Faiss (1905 – 1981), abstract expressionist artist Siegfried Weiss (1933-2013), cross-country skier Personalities related to the city Christabel Bielenberg (1909-2003), British writer Robert Gerwig (1825-1885), engineer, from 1850 to 1857 head of watchmaking school; one of the principal designers of the Black Forest Railway Alexander Herr (born 1978), ski jumper Georg Hettich (born 1978), Nordic combiner Dominik Koepfer (born 1994), professional tennis player Martin Schmitt (born 1978), popular ski jumper Thorsten Schmitt (born 1975), Nordic combiner External links Official website of the municipality(in German) German Clock Museum Furtwangen: pictures & history (de) Photo gallery References Black Forest Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis Baden