Geeste estuary beacon

The Geestemuende beacon is located on both sides of the mouth of the Geeste , the northern one in Mitte (Bremerhaven) , the southern one in Geestemünde . The towers secure the entrance to the Geeste and the fishing port (Bremerhaven) .

North fire

Geestemole North

From 1912 to 1914, the mouth of the Geeste on the Weser was widened and deepened as part of an extensive expansion program for the old Bremerhaven port facilities . The water depth of the Geeste was no longer sufficient for the increasing shipbuilding by the Joh. C. Tecklenborg shipyard . A new north pier was built at the entrance to the Geeste estuary. At the end of the pier there was already a much smaller beacon from 1857. It was replaced by the well-proportioned tower for the new beacon with its distinctive red lantern.

The lighthouse and the pier are under monument protection.

South fire

A beacon was first put into operation in 1899 on the quay tongue on the south side of the Geeste entrance. At a fire height of 8.3 m it was a green fixed fire as the starboard designation. The then pyramid-shaped, open frame made of three profile girders carried a belt lamp with a petroleum lamp on a lantern deck. A bell hung underneath to give fog-sound signals.

The beacon was renewed and rebuilt a few times, but in contrast to the red port light, it always remained a spartan construction. The grid beacon that stands today was erected in 1924. She carries a green lantern room on a pedestal. At a height of 15.4 m above mean high tide , a green fixed fire marks the starboard side of the Geeste entrance.

literature

Lars U. Scholl : Bremerhaven. A guide to port history . Bremerhaven 1980.
Harry Gabcke , Renate Gabcke, Herbert Körtge, Manfred Ernst: Bremerhaven in two centuries ; Volumes I to III from 1827 to 1991. Nordwestdeutsche Verlagsgesellschaft, Bremerhaven 1989/1991, ISBN 3-927857-00-9 , ISBN 3-927857-37-8 , ISBN 3-927857-22-X .

Web links

Commons : Lighthouse Geestemole Nord - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ Monument database of the LfD Bremen
↑ South pier at the mouth of the Geeste (private website)
↑ Gerd Thielecke: Beacon Geeste Südfeuer , in: Lars U. Scholl (ed.): Bremerhaven - a harbor history guide . Deutsches Schiffahrtsmuseum / Ditzen, Bremerhaven 1980, p. 95.

53.535891 8.574931Coordinates: 53 ° 32 ′ 9.2 " N , 8 ° 34 ′ 29.8" E

[1] Monument database of the LfD Bremen

[2] South pier at the mouth of the Geeste (private website)

[3] Gerd Thielecke: Beacon Geeste Südfeuer , in: Lars U. Scholl (ed.): Bremerhaven - a harbor history guide . Deutsches Schiffahrtsmuseum / Ditzen, Bremerhaven 1980, p. 95.