Beacon keeper
Beacon keepers have the task of keeping the beacon , which is used to secure ship traffic, bright and clear from sunset to sunrise and also to carry out minor work on the lighthouse . They used to be and are colloquially referred to as lighthouse keepers .
Since the end of the 20th century, the profession of lighthouse keeper has ceased to exist in Germany , as advances in technology have made it easier and easier to do so . Today all towers are automatically monitored by central stations ( traffic control centers ) and only serviced when necessary. Beacon keepers usually lived with their families in close proximity to the beacon to be serviced .
There are only a few manned towers around the world, especially in places where special circumstances require the presence of a person or where labor costs are very low.
Web links
- Lighthouse keeper in Europe: "You have to be a hippie" - Spiegel Online from October 24, 2011
- A well-known series of images has been published under the title " Der Leuchtturmwärter " which shows a lighthouse keeper at the foot of a lighthouse in heavy seas
Individual evidence
- ↑ Service instructions for the keepers of the ... lighthouses equipped with Fresnel apparatus , 1892 in: HJ Luttermann and R. Reinicke: Leuchtturm Darßer Ort , DSV-Verlag, Hamburg 1998