Gollwitz lighthouse
| Gollwitz lighthouse | ||
|---|---|---|
 |
||
| Place: | Gollwitz | |
| Location: | Northern edge of the island of Poel | |
| Geographical location: | 54 ° 1 '26 " N , 11 ° 28' 14.1" E | |
| Fire carrier height : | 10 | |
| Fire height : | 13 | |
|
||
| Identifier : | Valid wr gn. 4 s | |
| Scope knows: | 19 nm (35.2 km ) | |
| Scope green: | 16 nm (29.6 km ) | |
| Scope red: | 14 nm (25.9 km ) | |
| Optics: | Signal headlights | |
| Function: | Cross mark and beacon (1956 to 1996 Rcht-F.) | |
| Construction time: | 1953 | |
| International ordinal number: | C 1398.5 | |
The Gollwitz lighthouse is on the north coast of the island of Poel . The lighthouse is a bit withdrawn from the coast, surrounded by a lighthouse farm.
Structure and history
In 1929 an iron lattice tower was built to improve the lighting of the Wismar access road. Since the electricity network was still inadequate, his lantern was fitted with a liquid gas burner. In 1953, a new lighthouse was built near the old fire, a simple, functional building made of concrete and sheet steel. The tower now had an electrical connection and received a slight increase in the power of the light. It was not until 1956 that the leading light line, with the lighthouse of the lower light, made it easier for larger ships to pass through the Great Deep. The triangular top sign attached to the building also served as a daytime visual sign. The lighthouse is part of the rectangular building, it is a white, square tower with a red lantern and green roof, as well as a gallery, built in front of the white machine house. The upper part is made of sheet steel.
It served as a leading light from 1956 to 1996. In 1996 a major overhaul took place. Now it serves as a fog signal.
The beacon attached to the lantern as the day identifier has been removed. The window of the lantern then also pointed to the right, today only to the front. With the lighthouse in the port of Timmendorf, this small tower secures the waters around the island of Poel in the Wismar Bay.
With the basic repairs to the structure in 1996, due to the local conditions, the Gollwitz pilot light was set up separately on a 23.4 m high steel lattice mast a little west of the location of the lighthouse. The new location prevented the sectors from being impaired by trees. A belt lens was used as the light source. With the generating light intensity, a range at Sigma 0.4 for the white, red and green sectors of 7.7 to 6.1 nm is achieved. An identifier Ubr = 5 seconds is shown. The existing leading light in Gollwitz was replaced by a precision sector light fitted with 220 V / 150 W halogen lamps. With the operating light intensity generated, a range of 8.1 to 6.5 nm is achieved for the narrow white, red and green sectors. A Glt ID with 4 seconds is shown.
The towers are automatically monitored from Travemünde. Therefore there are no longer any lighthouse keepers.
philately
There was a 45-pfennig postage stamp with the Gollwitz tower.