A legend, recounted by Alois Jirásek, has it that the clockmaker Hanuš was blinded on the order of the Prague Councillors so that he could not repeat his work in turn, he disabled the clock, and no one was able to repair it for the next hundred years. Later, presumably around 1490, the calendar dial was added and the clock facade was decorated with gothic sculptures.įormerly, it was believed that the Orloj was constructed in 1490 by clockmaster Jan Růže (also called Hanuš) this is now known to be a historical mistake. The first recorded mention of the clock was on 9 October 1410. The oldest part of the Orloj, the mechanical clock and astronomical dial, dates back to 1410, when it was created by clockmaker Mikuláš of Kadaň and Charles University professor of mathematics and astronomy Jan Šindel. According to the legend, the only hope was represented by a boy born on New Year's night. According to local legend, the city will suffer if the clock is neglected and its good operation is placed in jeopardy a ghost, mounted on the clock, was supposed to nod its head in confirmation.
The clock mechanism has three main components – the astronomical dial, representing the position of the Sun and Moon in the sky and displaying various astronomical details statues of various Catholic saints stand on either side of the clock "The Walk of the Apostles", an hourly show of moving Apostle figures and other sculptures, notably a figure of a skeleton that represents Death, striking the time and a calendar dial with medallions representing the months. The Orloj is mounted on the southern wall of Old Town Hall in the Old Town Square. The clock was first installed in 1410, making it the third-oldest astronomical clock in the world and the oldest clock still in operation. The Prague astronomical clock or Prague Orloj ( Czech: Pražský orloj ) is a medieval astronomical clock attached to the Old Town Hall in Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic.
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