THE GLOCKENSPIEL
This Zwinger Palace highlight did not arrive at the Palace until 1933, almost 200 years after its construction. Now, it is hard to imagine the palace without it. The Glockenspiel is famous for playing different melodies every day at noon.Unfortunately, this beloved clock did not escape the incredible devastation of Dresden during the war years. Reconstruction took almost twenty years to complete.
Now, the Glockenspiel is in tip-top shape and you can hear its lovely chimes four times each hour, at the full hour, the half hour and the quarters after and to the next hour. The melodies even change with the seasons!