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At Hoher Markt

The Anchor-clock (Ankeruhr)
The 12 figures

At "hoher Markt" this clock shows the time by passing figures. The figures run through once a day at noon (12 a.m.). The figures:

1. Kaiser Marcus Aurelius (Roman Imperator 121-180, it is said that he died in Vienna)
2. Kaiser Karl the Great (742-814, Roman Emperor since 800)
3. Duke Leopold VI, der Glorious with wife (Babenberg sovereign 1198-1230)
4. Walther von der Vogelweide (Poet, around 1170-1230)
5. King Rudolf von Habsburg and wife (Habsburg sovereign 1278-1282)
6. Master Hans Puchsbaum (Medivial Architect of Stephansdom)
7. Kaiser Maximilian I (Habsburg sovereign 1490-1519)
8. Mayor Johann Andreas von Liebenberg (1627-1683, Mayor in Vienna at 2nd besiege by Turks 1683)
9. Count Ernst Rüdiger von Starhemberg (1638-1701, Defender in Vienna at 2nd besiege by Turks 1683)
10. Prince Eugen von Savoyen (1663-1736, Marshall, Owner of Castle Belvedere)
11. Kaiserin Maria Theresia and husband (Sovereign 1740-1780)
12. Master Joseph Haydn (1732-1809, Composer)