It's quite common to see 24-hour clocks everywhere, but what if we say there is a place in the world where a clock does not ring 12. This may sound a bit strange to hear, but this is true. So let us tell you today about one such wonderful place where the number 12 has gone missing from the clocks.
Every normal clock always has the numbers 1 to 12, but there is one town in the world where the clocks do not have the number 12, which means, these strange clocks never struck 12. Here, we are talking about the Solothurn town of Switzerland, where people are so crazy about the number 11 that they did not even put the number 12 in their clocks, as the clocks have only 11 hourly markings. Even the large clocks installed in churches and chapels have only 11 digits.
The special thing is that every person in this city is very much connected with the number 11 and everything here is seen by connecting it with the number 11. The city also has 11 museums, 11 towers, and 11 historical falls. The importance of the number 11 can also be seen in the main church of the city, the Cathedral of St Ursus, as it took 11 years to build this church. Not only this, the church also has 11 doors, 11 windows, and 11 bells.
The craze for the number 11 is so much that the people here celebrate their 11th birthday in a very special way and the gifts given on this occasion are also associated with the number 11. The attachment these people have with the number 11 is not from today but for many centuries.
According to a related story, the people of Solothurn were not happy with their lives despite working hard. Then during that period, an elf came from the hills of this city and he started encouraging the people, after which happiness started coming into the life of people here. Not only this, the meaning of Elf in the German language is also eleven and hence the people of Solothurn associate everything and every place with the number 11. Even in clocks, the numbers are visible only up to 11 and 12 never rings. Seeing all this, all we can say is that what a wonderful love these people have for number 11.
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