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| Place: | Neuendorf , on the island of Hiddensee in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania on the Baltic Sea | |
| Location: | Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania , Germany | |
| Geographical location: | 54 ° 30 '29 " N , 13 ° 4' 28" E | |
| Fire carrier height : | 12.3 | |
| Fire height : | 10 | |
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| Identifier : | Ubr. (2) 10s - [Engl. Oc (2)]
Light appearance: 1s dark, 2s light, 1s dark, 6s light |
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| Scope knows: | 15 nm (27.8 km ) | |
| Scope green: | 10 nm (18.5 km ) | |
| Scope red: | 11 nm (20.4 km ) | |
| Function: | Cross brand fire | |
| Construction time: | 1905-1907 | |
| Operating time: | since 1907 | |
| International ordinal number: | C 2586 | |
The Gellen beacon is a beacon on the Gellen , the southern part of the Baltic Sea island of Hiddensee . The lighthouse was built from 1905 and still serves as a cross- branding beacon for orientation for seafaring on the Gellenstrom . Together with the Dornbusch lighthouse, it is one of two beacons on the island of Hiddensee.
history
A lighthouse was already in operation on Hiddensee at the beginning of the 14th century. The so-called Luchte was not far from today's Gellen lighthouse. The foundation walls of the four by four meter building can still be seen today at low tide on the west coast of the Gellens. The lamp was built directly onto the Gellenkirche and was maintained by the monks of the Hiddensee monastery . In 1618 the lamp was still marked on the Pomeranian map of Eilhard Lubinus .
In 1880 a day stamp was set up on the southern tip of the island of Hiddensee, which was replaced a short time later by a beacon . It was in cover with the Stralsund Marienkirche and marked the entrance to the waters of the Gellens. With the increasing maritime traffic on the Baltic Sea , these day stamps were no longer sufficient, so the mail steamers needed an orientation especially at dawn and dusk. The fishermen from Hiddensee and Rügen also wanted to sell their catches as early as possible at the Stralsund fish market or send them off with the morning train. A Swedish rotating fire was set up in 1894 . However, it was difficult for the fishermen to keep the given sector of the rotating light with their sailing boats.
At the end of 1898 it was announced that a permanent fire would be built. In 1905, the Department of Construction / Hydraulic Engineering in the Prussian Ministry of Public Work developed a program to improve the lighting of the waters west of the island of Rügen. The most important project was the construction of a beacon on the island of Hiddensee south of Neuendorf. The proposal of the Julius Pintsch company from Berlin and Fürstenwalde , which had already erected a number of beacons, was accepted. The company was able to deliver quickly, on October 12, 1905, the transport of materials to the island of Hiddensee began. The stone and brick substructure was completed on June 12, 1906. Trial operation began on April 29, 1907, and commissioning took place five months later, on September 15, 1907. The fire was designed as a gas incandescent light .
In 1936 the beacon was switched to electrical operation. This also increased the scope of the unguarded cross-brand fire in all sectors. In the last days of the Second World War , the Gellen cross-brand fire was badly destroyed. After an inventory in December 1945, the interior of the lantern was completely unusable. It was not until August 1947 that provisional operations could be resumed. In July 1949 a new belt lens was installed, which had been made during the war. In 1985 the tower base was re-grouted and painting work was carried out. A complete overhaul of the Gellen beacon took place in September 1992 under the responsibility of the Stralsund Waterways and Shipping Office .
description
The Gellen beacon is a white, round steel tower with a red gallery, red lantern and red roof. The foundation and the substructure consist of blown rubble stones. The tower height is 12.30 m above mean water . The tower diameter is 2.50 m. The structure can be seen 10 nautical miles (18.52 km ) from a distance of 3 m . The fire is 10 m above mean water. The electrical systems are fed in via the overland network.
The beacon was shrieking in the commemorative stamp series Lighthouses, control, lighting and pier light of Deutsche Post of the GDR added. The first issue date was May 13, 1975, the circulation of the 10 Pfennig stamp was 15,000,000. The brand was designed by Jochen Bertholdt .
literature
- Horst Auerbach, Harry Hardenberg: Hiddensee and its lighthouses. DSV-Verlag, Hamburg 1999; ISBN 3-88412-315-7 .
- Karin Blase, Bernd Blase: Hiddensee A − Z. Demmler Verlag, Schwerin 2008; ISBN 978-3-910150-16-4 .
- Birgit Toussaint, Frank Toussaint, Matthias Hünsch: Lighthouses on the German Baltic coast. Edition Maritim, Hamburg 2009; ISBN 978-3-89225-616-8 .
Web links
- Literature about Leuchtfeuer Gellen in the state bibliography MV
- Gellen beacon at the Stralsund Waterways and Shipping Office
- Beacon Gellen in www.leuchtturm-atlas.de