Wangerooge old lighthouse
| Wangerooge old lighthouse | ||
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| Place: | Wangerooge | |
| Location: | City center in the center of the island | |
| Geographical location: | 53 ° 47 '19.6 " N , 7 ° 53' 57.4" E | |
| Height of tower base: | 5.34 m above sea level NN | |
| Fire carrier height : | 39 m | |
| Fire height : | 36 m | |
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| Identifier : | F. Blz (2) 8s, Blz (3) 16 s (sea fire) F. wr (side fire) |
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| Scope knows: | 30 nm (55.6 km ) | |
| Optics: |
Fresnel lens with K and D rings |
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| Function: | Sea and side fires | |
| Construction time: | 1856 | |
| Operating time: | from October 1, 1856 to November 10, 1968 (north-east guide light) 7 November 1969 (north-west guide light) 9 December 1969 (side light) |
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The old lighthouse Wangerooge is a lighthouse on the island of Wangerooge . Until the commissioning of the new lighthouse in 1969, it served as a sea fire when navigating the Outer Jade and Outer Weser . The lighthouse with 161 steps is now a listed building .
history
Predecessor structures
A first lighthouse was built between 1597 and 1602 in the western part of Wangerooges. Among other things, this tower had the function of a day indicator. Before the 14th century, the island's two church towers were used as daytime signs. Both were destroyed in the 14th century and later rebuilt. In the 16th century both buildings were destroyed again by storm surges.
A coal beacon was erected as a replacement. For this, a new round fire tower with a height of 11.58 m was built in 1687 in the western part of the island . A fire basket for the coal fire stood on the platform. This tower was converted into a fort in 1807. The tower was initially badly damaged by another storm surge and rebuilt. In 1815 he received a more efficient lighting system. On February 3, 1825, another storm surge destroyed the tower.
The lighthouse
In February 1825 it became a emergency fire in the form of a post lantern was prepared until near the old tower a Feuerblüse was produced with coal firing. A newly built massive tower with lantern and parabolic lamps with Argand lamps and a rotating fire entered service in October 1830, but was so badly damaged by a storm surge in New Year 1855 that on the east side of the island at the instigation of Peter II , the Grand Duke The current tower had to be built by Oldenburg , which came into service on October 1, 1856 with a Fresnel apparatus of the fourth order. The village of Wangerooge settled around the tower and the first houses were built there.
In 1878 the Fresnel apparatus was renewed to improve the entrance into the outer jade. It was a rotating lens fire with an argand lamp . The light could be seen 20 nautical miles. On October 15, 1896, an electric arc lamp fire was set up. The new lamp had an output of 4500 candela. In the course of the modernization, the tower was increased by seven meters to its current 39 meters. By 1969 a double fire with an output of 427,000 candelas was installed. This beacon had a range of 30 nautical miles. Two belt optics, each 1420 mm high with nine D-rings and eight K-rings each at the top and bottom, intensified the light. The electricity was generated by two steam engines with dynamos in the machine house built next to the lighthouse. The lantern with the viewing platform was built by Julius Pintsch from Fürstenwalde .
After the completion of the new Wangeroog lighthouse, the north-east beacon was extinguished on November 10, 1968. The north-west beacon followed on November 7, 1969. The south side fire was switched off on December 9, 1969.
Todays use
The municipality of Wangerooge bought the lighthouse for a symbolic amount of one D-Mark from the Waterways and Shipping Office. The old lighthouse has been used as a lookout tower since 1970. In 1980, on the initiative of islanders, a local museum was created with around 900 exhibits in the base of the lighthouse. Since March 15, 1996, couples have had the opportunity to get married in the lighthouse.
Coat of arms stone
A coat of arms stone is placed at the foot of the tower. The inscription reads:
Carl Wilhelm , Prince of Anhalt, Count of Ascania, Lord of Zerbst, Berenburg, Jever and Kniphausen. Anno 1687
Sophie , Princess of Anhalt, b. Duchess of Saxony, Jülich, Cleve, Berg, Countess of Acanien, Frau zu Zerbst, Berenburg, Jever and Kniphausen. Anno 1687
Is the above the text association crest . The stone was found in 1849 northeast of today's west beach, where there was a wooden fire beacon from 1630 and three stone fire towers with coal and oil fires one after the other from 1687. Prince Carl Wilhelm von Anhalt-Zerbst, who by inheritance had also been Lord of Jever and Wangerooge since 1667, had the votive stone attached to the tower he had built in 1687.
See also
Web links
- Welcome to the old lighthouse Wangerooge. Jan Gerdes, accessed on May 31, 2018 .
- Erich Hartmann: Old Wangerooge lighthouse. Accessed May 31, 2018 .
Individual references and references
- ↑ Claudia & Mike Hovorka: Old Wangerooge lighthouse. In: Leuchtfeuerseiten.de. March 5, 2005, accessed September 30, 2019 .
- ↑ Claudia & Mike Hovorka: Old lighthouse Wangerooge - registry office and island museum. In: Leuchtfeuerseiten.de. March 5, 2005, accessed September 30, 2019 .
- ↑ Welcome to our lighthouse museum. Jan Gerdes, accessed on May 31, 2018 .
- ↑ Getting married in the old lighthouse on Wangerooge. In: wangerooge.de. Nordseeheilbad Wangerooge eV, accessed on May 31, 2018 .
- ↑ Erich Hartmann: Old Wangerooge lighthouse. Accessed May 31, 2018 .