Bülk lighthouse

Bülk lighthouse
	Bülk lighthouse in May 2014
Place:	Beaches
Location:	Northwest bank of the Kiel Fjord
Geographical location:	54 ° 27 '18.8 " N , 10 ° 11' 50.2" E Coordinates: 54 ° 27 '18.8 " N , 10 ° 11' 50.2" E
Fire carrier height :	25.6 m
Fire height :	29.5 m
Identifier :	Blz. wr gn. 3 s ; Blz. 3 s = 0.7 + (2.3) s
Scope knows:	16 nm (29.6 km )
Optics:	High-voltage halogen lamp, 120 V, 600 W.
Operating mode:	electric
Function:	Orientation and warning lights
Construction time:	1862-1865
Operating time:	since 1865
International ordinal number:	C 1216

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The Bülk lighthouse is located on the westernmost tip of the Kiel Fjord , in the area of the Strande municipality in Schleswig-Holstein . The Bülker lighthouse is the oldest lighthouse on the Kiel Fjord. It serves as an orientation light for the approach to the fjord. He marks the shallows of Stollergrund with a red warning sector . The lighthouse is a popular destination.

history

The lantern with the radar system installed in 2013.

The Danes built a pilot house and lighthouse on the Bülker Huk as early as 1807. In the tower there were six Argand lamps with concave mirrors as reflectors , which could not be put into operation until after the end of the war in 1815. A lightning strike destroyed the tower in 1843, and a 16 m high tower with a rotating lens fire was built as a replacement in 1844.

The construction of today's lighthouse was started by Danes in 1862, but could not be completed by Prussia until 1865 because of the German-Danish War . The tower was then white and had a red ribbon. A belt lens was located in the lantern as optics .

Shortly after it was put into operation, the Bülker lighthouse was no longer sufficient to secure sea traffic in the Kiel Fjord. In 1892, a lightship was therefore laid out at the entrance to the Kiel Fjord.

In 1910 the belt lamp was replaced by a four-field headlight optic. In the years to 1969, the lighthouse served as a leading light . From 1969 to 1970 the lighthouse was converted into an orientation light and a belt light was used again. The tower was clad with asbestos cement panels, received a black band and was dismantled by almost two meters.

Since this last reconstruction is not a beacon guards more concerned at Bülker lighthouse. Before that, three beacon keepers lived there who worked in shifts and lived with their families on site.

Since the beginning of 2013 a radar system has been installed above the lantern of the lighthouse, which has changed the appearance of the tower.

Data

The Bülker lighthouse has a total height of 25.60 meters. The lower platform, which is accessible to visitors, is 22 m high. The belt lamp has consisted of a 120 V high-voltage halogen lamp with 600 watts of power since 1999 . The lamp is identified by Blz. 3 s = 0.7 + (2.3) s clocked. The nominal range of the fire for white light is approx. 16 nautical miles .

present

The lighthouse is still in full function and is remotely controlled and monitored by the traffic control center of the Lübeck Waterways and Shipping Office in Travemünde . There is a picture gallery in the lighthouse. The tower is also popularly known as Hein Bülk. The viewing platform is accessible to visitors.

In 2009, the wreck of the Swedish ship of the line Prinsessan Hedvig Sophia , sunk there in 1715, was identified in the waters off Bülk .