Triberg is famous for being the cuckoo clock capital of the world. In fact, you'll hear many call…read morethis area of the Black Forest the German Clock Route
Triberg is also famous for boasting not 1 but TWO of the World's Largest Cuckoo Clocks & these particular villages are always competing to take the reigns from the other
We visited the First World's Largest Cuckoo Clock in Schonach, not to be confused with the current World's Largest Cuckoo Clock in the neighboring Triberg village
This clock was built 32 years ago by a watchmaker by the name of Josef Dold who wished to educate others (a.k.a tourists) on the inner workings of the cuckoo clock
The son was manning the shop & told us about his dad ( Josef Dold ) & how they built their clock in 2 years . The clock is made on a scale of 50:1......it was as big as a house & the clock shop was actually inside.....they even had a little upstairs loft-type area.....but this was where the cuckoo lived & we were not allowed ;-)
It was cool walking around the clock's inner-workings while being told all about its history & seeing their lovely handmade clocks for sale
Only Cooing on the half hour & at the top of the hour, we had just missed the Top of the hour but happily browsed around his shop, looking at the handmade clocks for sale & then enjoyed the lovely back yard to await the adorable little bird to come out & made his appearance
Being quick on the camera trigger, we captured our little bird as he came out to coo his 1 coo, at the 30 min mark. The "tour" lasted about 5 min, if even that but the day was pleasant & the setting whimsical. Well worth the 2 Euros (or something like that - can't remember how much it cost)