Anchor clock, Vienna’s best-known Clock

Vienna’s best-known clock adorns a small bridge between the two parts of the Anker-Hof building on the Hohe Markt square. The Anchor clock was designed by the Art Nouveau painter Franz Matsch. Within twelve hours twelve copper figures from Vienna’s history cross the bridge. At 12 noon accompanied by music all the figures parade, among them Empress Maria Theresia and composer Joseph von Haydn.