Show This Clock in Germany Always 7 Minutes 1 Fast Germany has many clocks that are interesting for one reason or another but one has the unique distinction of having been wrong for almost years This is in hi a church tow tower r of or Goerlitz one of or Germanys Germany's very old eastern cities However the Goer- Goer set their watches after it only amy they set them seven minutes behind what the church clock says For it Is exactly these seven minutes that the clock has been fast since 1253 A. A D. D The legendary explanation of this is In the year 1253 conspirators had planned to kill all the city's councilmen council- council men at 12 o'clock when they were to leave the city hall ball One of the conspirators however felt remorse and set the church clock seven minutes minutes min min- utes ahead The would-be would murderers therefore came seven minutes too early to the city hall door and were arrested by town soldiers The councilmen then ordered that In memory of their rescue the church clock was always to be seven minutes fast |