List of German colonial beacons

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German colonial beacons were beacons on the coasts and waters of the colonies and protected areas of the German Empire , which were built between 1884 and 1914 for navigation in shipping . Since the coastal stretches in question offered few artificial landmarks, the beacons were an important part of the infrastructural development in the European sense.

The list contains the most important beacons for deep sea and coastal shipping . Smaller or additional lights at port entrances, such as light barrels and heliographs , are not included .

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German East Africa

German South West Africa

Cameroon

Kiautschou

Togo

German New Guinea and German Samoa

gallery

  • Ulenge lighthouse near Tanga

  • Diaz-Spitze lighthouse near Lüderitzbucht I and II

  • Swakopmund I lighthouse

  • Swakopmund II lighthouse

  • Bibundi landing light (right margin)

  • Cape Nachtigal lighthouse

  • Kribi lighthouse

  • Arcona lighthouse near Tsingtau

  • Yu Nui San lighthouse near Tsingtau

  • Lighthouse Horseshoe Reef at Tsingtau

  • Tscha-lien-tau lighthouse near Tsingtau

  • Lome Landing Bridge Beacon

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Baltzer: Heliographen , in: Heinrich Schnee (Hrsg.): Deutsches Kolonial-Lexion. Volume II, Quelle & Meyer, Leipzig 1920, p. 55.
  2. ↑ Historical illustration of the construction of the Ausser-Makatumbe lighthouse , picture inventory of the German Colonial Society in the Frankfurt University Library
  3. ↑ From the Bismarck tower to the lighthouse

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