The Black Forest and its Cuckoo Clocks are world famous. In the year 1737, the first Cuckoo Clock was developped by Franz Ketterer, a clockmaker in our city Schoenwald in the Black Forest. With the style and design, plus the affectionately and detailed wood-carvings; the system of the call of the cuckoo and also the mechanical clock movement are maintained to this day. The unique styles have made the Cuckoo Clock a timeless design.

In the 1780´s Adolf Herr´s ancestor, Johann Hiller, already built clocks in the Black Forest. His son in law, Johann Baptist Rainer, born in 1763 continued the clock making tradition. His son in law, Christian Herr, born 1814 was clock maker, too. From then on, the clock making art was handed down from father to son. Bernhard Herr, born 1842, Robert Herr, born 1876, and Rudolf Herr, born 1901, established a family tradition in making fine clocks. Adolf Herr, Rudolf´s son, married to Gerlinde Eble, whose great-grandfather, grandfather, and father had also been clockmakers, opened his own business in 1977 – the House of Black Forest Clocks. He has been creating cuckoo clocks in ever since, inventing new designs and, above all, new movements that have found a new place in many households in Germany and overseas.

All our mechanical cuckoo clocks are hand-signed by „Adolf Herr”.

You can also visit our store in Hornberg-Niederwasser.
If you say there that you were recommended by ISDD, you will receive 10% discount on all products.

Adress of our store:
House of Black Forest Clocks
Adolf Herr
Landstr. 7
78132 Hornberg
GERMANY
 

Opening hours:
Summer: (April - October) Mon. - Fr. 09:00 a.m.-05:30 p.m. Sat. 09:00 a.m.-05:30 p.m. Sun. 10:00 a.m.-05:00 p.m		Winter (November - March) Mon. - Sat. 10:00 a.m.-05:00 p.m. Sun. 10:00 a.m.-05:00 p.m Sun. January - March sometimes open from 11:00 a.m. - 04:00 p.m.

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