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Isaac and Josias Habrecht

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Swiss clockmakers known for building astronomical clocks

Isaac (1544–1620) andJosias (1552–1575)Habrecht were two clockmaker brothers fromSchaffhausen,Switzerland.

They were hired to build the secondastronomical clock inStrasbourg between 1571 and 1574, its design being created byChristian Herlin and later his pupilConrad Dasypodius.

Josias and Isaac were two sons of the clockmaker Joachim Habrechtwho built the astronomical clock in Schaffhausen.

Joachim has also built a clock in Solothurn.

Born 23 February 1544 in Schaffhausen, he died 11 November 1620 in Strasbourg.In 1566 he married Anna Rueger. In 1586 he married Margarete Beck.

Brother of Isaac Habrecht.

Habrecht is mentioned inOrson Welles' 1946 filmThe Stranger. Mr. Wilson, played byEdward G. Robinson, looks at the church clock and says, "I couldn't judge too well out front, but I'd say it was 16th century. Probably by Habrecht of Strasbourg."Charles Higham, in his book about Welles' movies, points out that it was not.

Bach, Henri; Rieb, Jean-Pierre & Wilhelm, Robert;Les trois horloges astronomiques de la cathédrale de Strasbourg, 1992.
Habrecht ancestors in Isabelle Pintart's family.
Isaak Habrecht inGerman,French andItalian in the onlineHistorical Dictionary of Switzerland.
Higham, Charles;The Films of Orson Welles, University of California Press, 1971, p. 100.
Scheck, Peter; "Die Uhrmacher Habrecht von Schaffhausen", inSchaffhauser Magazin, 4, 1989, 27-31.
Ungerer, Alfred & Théodore;L'horloge astronomique de la cathédrale de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, 1922.

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