Mikuláš of

Kadaň Kadaň (; german: Kaaden) is a town in Chomutov District in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 18,000 inhabitants. It lies on the banks of the river Ohře. Kadaň is a tourist centre with highlights being the Francisca ...

( cs, Mikuláš z Kadaně) (born 1350,

– died 1419,

Prague Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 million people. The city has a temperate ...

) was an Imperial clockmaker. The oldest part of the Orloj (which also known as Prague Astronomical Clock), the mechanical clock and astronomical dial, dates back to 1410, was designed by Mikuláš of Kadaň and

Jan Šindel Jan Šindel (1370s – between 1455 and 1457), also known as Jan Ondřejův ( or ''Joannes de Praga''), was a Czechs, Czech medieval scientist and Catholic priest. He was a professor at Charles University in Prague and became the Rector (academia), ...

The clock was modified by Master Hanuš, who was mistakenly identified as the creator of the clock in a legend related by

Alois Jirásek Alois Jirásek () (23 August 1851, Hronov, Kingdom of Bohemia – 12 March 1930, Prague) was a Czech writer, author of historical novels and plays. Jirásek was a high school history teacher in Litomyšl and later in Prague until his retirement ...

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