Lighthouse Unterfeuer Blankenese

Subfire Blankenese
Subfire Blankenese, February 2014
Place:	Blankenese
Location:	Elbe bank
Geographical location:	53 ° 33 '27.7 "  N , 9 ° 47' 45"  E Coordinates: 53 ° 33 '27.7 "  N , 9 ° 47' 45"  E
Height of tower base:	0  m above sea level NN
Fire carrier height :	42 m
Fire height :	41 m
Identifier :	Iso.W.4s (common mode fire, white, 4 seconds)
Scope knows:	13 nm (24.1 km )
Optics:	2 signal lights
Operating mode:	electric
Function:	Leading light
Construction time:	1984
Operating time:	since November 29, 1984
International ordinal number:	B 1568.7

The lighthouse Unterfeuer Blankenese , together with the lighthouse Oberfeuer Blankenese, has formed the leading light line Blankenese for ships traveling up the Elbe , with 8,410 meters the longest in the Lower Elbe , in the Hamburg district of Blankenese .

description

The 42 meter high, red and white striped concrete tower with a white steel lantern house was built in 1984. It is located in the Elbe, around 1,340 meters from the upper fire, and can be reached via a 30-meter-long stack .

The concrete foundation was built using the caisson principle . It weighs a good 700 tons and extends ten meters below the surface of the water. The eleven-tonne lantern house was assembled using a floating crane.

The lighthouse is controlled remotely from the nautical center Seemannshöft .

New building (2019)

Construction site of the new Unterfeuer building

In the course of deepening the Elbe, the existing tower will be demolished and replaced by a 32 m high tower. This will also be provided with a viewing platform and made accessible to the public via a steel bridge.

Web links

Commons : Blankenese Unterfeuer  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Data and pictures at Leuchtturm-atlas.de
• Data at Leuchtturm-web.de
• Description on Leuchttuerme.net
• Pictures and description

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ilona Lütje: Elbe deepening: Two new lighthouses for Blankenese. In: kiekmo. Haspa Next (Hamburger Sparkasse), September 17, 2019, accessed on December 28, 2019 .