Berlin Clock Reader: Learn the Mengenlehreuhr on a Working Model
See the Berlin clock on Berlin time, drag through the day or tap a lamp to watch the sum change, then test yourself with the answer hidden. Each row counts 5 hours, 1 hour, 5 minutes or 1 minute.
Two, four, seven and two lit lamps make 14:37. It takes about a minute to learn.
Drag the time, tap a lamp, then read the clock with the answer hidden.
What the clock shows
This is a working model of the Berlin clock, the lamp clock on Budapester Straße. It opens on the time in Berlin now, with every row added up beside it, so you can see how the lamps turn into a time.
How to use it
Drag through the day to watch the lamps change, or tap a lamp to switch its row.
Jump to quarter past, half past or quarter to, and find the red lamps in row 3.
Choose Read it yourself to hide the answer and type the time you see.
If you miss, the tool tells you which row to start from.
Where the rule comes from
The reading rule is the one on the plate on the clock’s own mast: the top lamp blinks every two seconds, and the rows count 5 hours, 1 hour, 5 minutes and 1 minute. This is a model for practice. The real clock stands at Budapester Straße 45.