Kołobrzeg lighthouse
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 Poland , Kołobrzeg
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| Location: | on Fort Münde | |
| Geographical location: | 54 ° 11 '11 " N , 15 ° 33' 15.3" E | |
| Fire height : | 36 m | |
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| Identifier : | Fl.W.3s | |
| Scope knows: | 16 nm (29.6 km ) | |
| Construction time: | 1945 | |
| International ordinal number: | C 2906 | |
The Kołobrzeg lighthouse (also Kolberg lighthouse , Polish latarnia morska Kołobrzeg ) is one of the landmarks of the city of Kołobrzeg on the Polish Baltic coast . The lighthouse , built in 1945, is 26 m high and stands on the right bank of the Persante on Fort Münde , a preserved part of the fortifications of the old Kolberg.
history
When Kolberg's port facilities were repaired after the decay in the Thirty Years War , the first lighthouse was built at the mouth of the Persante in 1666. However, its light was only lit when required when ships were approaching. It was no longer in use by 1700, and people contented themselves with putting lanterns on the jetties in autumn when ships were expected. Only since 1866 has there been a continuously operated beacon with a Fresnel look and a range of five nautical miles at the beginning of the eastern pier . The source of the light was an oil lamp with an annual consumption of 77 liters of rapeseed oil . In 1896, the scope was increased to six nautical miles by installing a new 5th order Fresnel lens with a focal length of 250 mm. The color of the light was switched to red.
In 1899 a pilot station was built on the hill of Fort Münde, which was built in the 1770s and modernized in the 1830s . To the west was a 25 m high lighthouse in half-timbered construction with a shingle roof . Its fire was at a height of 14 m and extended eight nautical miles. Ten years later the lighthouse was replaced by a massive octagonal brick building with a yellow facade. At the same time, the switch to gas incandescent light took place . With a fire height of 25 m above sea level, the range was now twelve nautical miles. During the siege of Kolberg in World War II , the German port commander had the lighthouse and the pilot station blown up on March 13, 1945 in order to deprive the enemy artillery of their point of reference when bombarding the port.
The new lighthouse was one of the first buildings to be erected in the city, which was over 90% destroyed. He was placed directly on the vault of Fort Münde, a few meters from his previous location. From 1979 to 1981 the tower was structurally overhauled and given a modern look.
description
Today's lighthouse is made of rubble stones and clinkered in red to match Fort Münde. The round cylindrical tower has a double circumferential gallery in the upper area. The white lantern house with a black roof is supported by eight white columns that stand on the top platform of the tower. The fire has been generated since 1981 by two PRB-21 headlight panels, each with 5 × 2 200 W halogen lamps , mounted one above the other, offset by 36 ° . When this arrangement is rotated two times per minute, the fire is identified - one second of light, two seconds of pause. The fire irradiates a sector from 79.5 ° to 242 ° and has a range of 16 nautical miles .
The lighthouse now also serves as a lookout tower and visitors can climb up to the first gallery. In the premises of Fort Münde there is a mineral museum ( Muzeum minerałów ) and a restaurant, which is also used for music events.
Web links
- The lighthouse in Kolberg
- Lighthouse in Kołobrzeg (Kolberg on the Baltic Sea)
- The Kołobrzeg lighthouse ( Memento from November 17, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b List of Lights, Radio Aids and Fog Signals. Pub. 116: Baltic Sea with Kattegat, Belts and Sound and Gulf of Bothnia (PDF; 2.24 MB), National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Springfield, Virginia, 2017, p. 89 (English).
- ^ Russ Rowlett: Lighthouses of Poland: Baltic Coast ( English ) In: The Lighthouse Directory . University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill . Retrieved June 8, 2017.
- ^ Hugo Riemann: History of the city of Colberg . Carl Jancke, Colberg 1873, p. 414 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
- ↑ a b The lighthouse in Kolberg on the website of the lighthouse, accessed on June 4, 2017.