Editing Cuckoo clock (section)

{{short description|Clock that strikes the hours with a sound like a common cuckoo's call}}
{{for|The Beach Boys song|Cuckoo Clock (song)}}
[[File:Du200613.png|thumb|right|Cuckoo clock, a so-called ''Jagdstück'' ("hunt piece"), Black Forest, {{Circa|1900}}, Deutsches Uhrenmuseum, Inv. 2006-013]]

A '''cuckoo clock''' is a type of [[clock]], typically [[pendulum clock|pendulum driven]], that [[striking clock|strikes the hours]] with a sound like a [[common cuckoo]] call and has an automated cuckoo bird that moves with each note. Some move their wings and open and close their beaks while leaning forwards, whereas others have only the bird's body leaning forward. The mechanism to produce the cuckoo call has been in use since the middle of the 18th century and has remained almost without variation.

It is unknown who invented the cuckoo clock and where the first one was made. It is thought that much of its development and evolution was made in the [[Black Forest]] area in southwestern Germany (in the modern state of [[Baden-Württemberg]]), the region where the cuckoo clock was popularized and from where it was exported to the rest of the world, becoming world-famous from the mid-1850s on. Today, the cuckoo clock is one of the favourite souvenirs of travellers in [[Germany]], [[Switzerland]], [[Austria]] and Eastern [[France]]. It has become a [[cultural icon]] of Germany.<ref>{{cite web |author=Peter Neville-Hadley |url=http://www.torontosun.com/2016/03/21/germanys-black-forest-clock-route-full-of-surprises |title=Germany's Black Forest clock route full of surprises |publisher=torontosun.com|date=2016-04-03 |access-date=2016-10-25}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Ross Sveback |url=http://www.fox9.com/good-day/ross-sveback/11720211-story |title=Cuckoo for cuckoo clocks |publisher=fox9.com |date=2015-08-25 |access-date=2016-10-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161025175926/http://www.fox9.com/good-day/ross-sveback/11720211-story |archive-date=2016-10-25 |url-status=dead}}</ref>