Ellerholzhafen lighthouse

Ellerholzhafen lighthouse
	Light and radar tower at Ellerholzhafen
Place:	Hamburg-Steinwerder
Location:	Ellerholzhöft
Geographical location:	53 ° 31 '53.9 " N , 9 ° 57' 19.7" E Coordinates: 53 ° 31 '53.9 " N , 9 ° 57' 19.7" E
Height of tower base:	1 m above sea level NN
Fire carrier height :	19 m
Fire height :	20 m
Function:	Pier light and radar tower
Construction time:	1901-1902
Operating time:	1914 to March 1977

The Ellerholzhafen lighthouse is located between the entrances to the Kaiser-Wilhelm- and Ellerholzhafen on the Ellerholzhöft in Hamburg-Steinwerder on the Elbe .

The octagonal, upwardly tapering brick tower with an outside platform and green copper lantern house is 19 meters high. In 1969 it was converted to a radar beacon. The lantern house was replaced by a higher one, also made of copper, and a radar antenna was installed on its top .

From around 1910 to 1990 it was called Ellerholzhöft.

The tower was inaugurated on June 20, 1903 and, following an application on May 17, 2005, placed under monument protection in September 2009.

Web links

Commons : Leuchtturm Ellerholzhafen - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

[1] The lighthouse Ellerholzhöft 1968 before the installation of the radar attachment

[2] Resolution of the Hamburg Mitte district assembly; May 18, 2005

[3] Motion from MP Dirk Sielmann (SPD) and parliamentary group of May 17, 2005; Re: Ellerholzhafen lighthouse preserved and placed under monument protection (PDF; 11 kB)