List of beacons on the Lower Elbe

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The list of beacons on the lower Elbe has lighthouses , leading lights , pier light and cross light along by the tide influenced the course of the Elbe between Cuxhaven and the barrage Geesthacht .

Surname	place	position	Construction year	Tower height	Fire height	Function (s) / remarks	image
Kugelbake	Cuxhaven	53 ° 53 '30.6 "  N , 8 ° 41' 13.8"  E	1703	28 m	-	1853–1878 also a beacon
Hamburg lighthouse	Cuxhaven	53 ° 52 '19.2 "  N , 8 ° 42' 30.1"  E	1805	23 m	24 m	Deleted in 2001
Unterfeuer Baumrönne	Cuxhaven	53 ° 51 '12 "  N , 8 ° 44' 8.9"  E	1971	25 m	24 m	Erased in 2010 and demolished in 2011
Fat Berta	Altenbruch	53 ° 50 '8.9 "  N , 8 ° 46' 16.9"  E	1897	14 m	10 m	1983 deleted, monument
Altenbruch overhead fire	Altenbruch	53 ° 49 '48.3 "  N , 8 ° 45' 26.7"  E	1970	59 m	51 m	Leading light from kilometers 706 to 715
Altenbruch fire	Altenbruch	53 ° 50 ′ 1 "  N , 8 ° 47 ′ 41.2"  E	1972	20 m	19 m	Leading lights from km 706 to 715 (with Altenbruch fire) and from km 721 to 726 (with Wehldorf fire)
Oberfeuer Wehldorf	Altenbruch	53 ° 49 '48 .3 "  N , 8 ° 48' 6.2"  E	1972	29 m	31 m	Leading light from km 721 to 726 (with Altenbruch lower light)
Oberfeuer Otterndorf	Otterndorf	53 ° 49 '33.6 "  N , 8 ° 54' 4.1"  E	1986	52 m	52 m	Leading light from km 700 to 706 (with Belum lower light)
Belum sub-fire	Belum	53 ° 50 '7.3 "  N , 8 ° 56" 8.7 "  E	1986	25 m	23 m	Leading lights from km 700 to 706 (with Otterndorf headlight) and from km 717 to 720 (with Belum headlight)	Image wanted
Overfire Belum	Belum	53 ° 50 ′ 5.1 "  N , 8 ° 57 ′ 21"  E	1986	44 m	45 m	Leading light from kilometers 717 to 720
Oberfeuer Osteriff	Balje	53 ° 51 ′ 0 ″  N , 9 ° 0 ′ 27 ″  E	1936	25 m	25 m	Erased in 1980 and demolished in 1983
Osteriff sub-fire	Balje	53 ° 51 '17 "  N , 9 ° 1' 18"  E	1929	14 m	11 m	Erased in 1980 and demolished in 1983
Subfire Balje	Balje	53 ° 51 '17.7 "  N , 9 ° 2' 37.3"  E	1980	24 m	24 m	Leading light from kilometers 716 to 703
Headfire Balje	Balje	53 ° 51 '29.9 "  N , 9 ° 4' 50.3"  E	1977	56 m	54 m	Leading light from kilometers 716 to 703
Balje lighthouse	Balje	53 ° 51 '34.7 "  N , 9 ° 4' 49.3"  E	1904	17 m	15 m	Replaced in 1980 by the Balje leading light line, monument
Brunsbüttel pier 4	Brunsbuettel	53 ° 53 '14.8 "  N , 9 ° 7' 34.8"  E	1992	13 m	13 m	Molenfeuer new lock chamber
Brunsbüttel pier 3	Brunsbuettel	53 ° 53 '15.3 "  N , 9 ° 8' 5.6"  E	1992	14 m	13 m	Molenfeuer new lock chamber
Brunsbüttel pier 2	Brunsbuettel	53 ° 53 '15.2 "  N , 9 ° 8' 16.9"  E	2012	10 m	14 m	Molenfeuer old lock chamber
Brunsbüttel pier 2	Brunsbuettel	53 ° 53 '15.3 "  N , 9 ° 8' 17.3"  E	1895	13 m	14 m	Replaced in 2012, cultural monument
Brunsbüttel pier 1	Brunsbuettel	53 ° 53 '16.3 "  N , 9 ° 8' 34.2"  E	1895	11 m	14 m	Molenfeuer old lock chamber, cultural monument
Subfire Brunsbüttel	Brunsbuettel	53 ° 53 ′ 19.4 "  N , 9 ° 8 ′ 28"  E	1975	23 m	24 m	Leading light from kilometers 706 to 700
Headfire Brunsbüttel	Brunsbuettel	53 ° 53 '41.2 "  N , 9 ° 9' 49"  E	1975	49 m	46 m	Leading light from kilometers 706 to 700
Upper fire Sankt Margarethen	Saint Margarethen	53 ° 53 ′ 14 "  N , 9 ° 14 ′ 55.6"  E	1983	37 m	37 m	Leading light from kilometers 681 to 686 (with Scheelenkuhlen lower light)
Scheelenkuhlen underfire	Saint Margarethen	53 ° 52 ′ 51 "  N , 9 ° 15 ′ 39.6"  E	1975	23 m	20 m	Leading lights from kilometers 681 to 686 (with Sankt Margarethen upper fire) and from kilometers 692 to 697 (with Scheelenkuhlen upper fire)
Oberfeuer Scheelenkuhlen	Saint Margarethen	53 ° 52 ′ 51.8 "  N , 9 ° 17 ′ 20"  E	1976	47 m	44 m	Leading lights from kilometers 692 to 697	Image wanted
Subfire end of Easter	Brokdorf	53 ° 51 '0.1 "  N , 9 ° 20' 26.1"  E	1984	19 m	22 m	Leading lights from 686 to 690 kilometers
Oberfeuer Easter end	Wewelsfleth	53 ° 50 ′ 45.5 "  N , 9 ° 21 ′ 17"  E	1983	38 m	36 m	Leading lights from 686 to 690 kilometers
Brokdorf Head Fire	Brokdorf nuclear power plant	53 ° 51 '9.3 "  N , 9 ° 20' 47.3"  E	1982	46 m	44 m	Leading light from kilometers 672 to 679 (with lower light Hollerwetter)
Hollerwetter lighthouse	Wewelsfleth	53 ° 50 '27.5 "  N , 9 ° 21' 10.1"  E	1911	18 m	15 m	Replaced in 1982 by the Hollerwetter sub-fire, monument
Unterfeuer Hollerwetter	Wewelsfleth	53 ° 50 ′ 21.8 "  N , 9 ° 21 ′ 15.9"  E	1982	22 m	21 m	Leading light from kilometers 672 to 679 (with Brokdorf upper light)
Subfire sturgeon	Borsfleth	53 ° 49 ′ 15 "  N , 9 ° 23 ′ 50"  E	1903	8 m	8 m	Leading light of the estuary
Upper fire sturgeon	Borsfleth	53 ° 49 ′ 14 "  N , 9 ° 24 ′ 0"  E	1984	12 m	13 m	Leading light of the estuary
Beacon North Rhinplate	Rhinplate	53 ° 48 '1.4 "  N , 9 ° 23' 17.8"  E	1954	14 m	12 m	Beacon from kilometers 681 to 679
Glückstadt sub-fire	Glückstadt	53 ° 48 '18.4 "  N , 9 ° 24' 15.2"  E	1937/2018	21 m	20 m	Leading light from kilometers 686 to 681
Oberfeuer Glückstadt	Glückstadt	53 ° 47 '51.1 "  N , 9 ° 25' 6.7"  E	1937/2018	42 m	40 m	Leading light from kilometers 686 to 681
Beacon in the Wischhafener Süderelbe	Wischhafen	53 ° 47 '16.5 "  N , 9 ° 21' 11.9"  E	1932	6 m	7 m	Beacon of the Wischhafener Süderelbe	Image wanted
Beacon in Glückstadt	Glückstadt	53 ° 47 ′ 6.1 "  N , 9 ° 24 ′ 31.1"  E	1995	9 m	9 m	Beacon of the Glückstadt side Elbe
Cabbage sand under fire	Drochtersen	53 ° 45 ′ 15.9 "  N , 9 ° 23 ′ 11"  E	1978	20 m	20 m	Leading light from kilometers 668 to 670
Krautsand top fire	Drochtersen	53 ° 45 ′ 32.1 "  N , 9 ° 22 ′ 27.2"  E	1907	35 m	36 m	Leading light from kilometers 668 to 670	Image wanted
Pilot light Rhinplate South	Rhinplate	53 ° 45 ′ 28 "  N , 9 ° 25 ′ 0"  E	1991	9 m	15 m	Beacon and radar tower	Image wanted
Beacon Krückau	Neuendorf b. Elmshorn	53 ° 42 '50.5 "  N , 9 ° 30' 44.1"  E	1969	8 m	8 m	Beacon at the mouth of the crutch	Image wanted
Subfire Ruthensand	Drochtersen	53 ° 43 ′ 13 "  N , 9 ° 25 ′ 25.8"  E	1955	15 m	15 m	Leading light from kilometers 679 to 672	Image wanted
Upper fire Ruthensand	Drochtersen	53 ° 42 ′ 43 "  N , 9 ° 25 ′ 42.7"  E	1954	30 m	30 m	Leading light from kilometers 679 to 672	Image wanted
Steindeich lighthouse	Kollmar	53 ° 44 '1.1 "  N , 9 ° 27' 28.4"  E	1960s	33 m	31 m	Light and radar tower, out of service since 1994
Oberfire Kollmar	Kollmar	53 ° 43 '36.1 "  N , 9 ° 29' 2.9"  E	1986	40 m	40 m	Leading light from km 657 to 662 (with under light Pagensand-Nord)
Underfire Pagensand-Nord	Pagensand	53 ° 42 '55.6 "  N , 9 ° 29" 20.6 "  E	1986	20 m	20 m	Leading light from kilometers 657 to 662 (with Kollmar top light)	Image wanted
Guide light Pagensand-Nord	Pagensand	53 ° 43 '12.3 "  N , 9 ° 28' 36.5"  E	1933	12 m	11 m	Beacon of the Pagensander Nebenelbe	Image wanted
Underfire Pagensand	Pagensand	53 ° 41 ′ 45.4 "  N , 9 ° 30 ′ 31.4"  E	1992	21 m	20 m	Leading light from kilometers 667 to 664	Image wanted
Upper fire Pagensand	Pagensand	53 ° 41 '27.7 "  N , 9 ° 31' 1.1"  E	1991	32 m	32 m	Leading light from kilometers 667 to 664	Image wanted
Leitfeuer Pinnau	Haselau	53 ° 40 '44.9 "  N , 9 ° 32' 20.3"  E	1969	8 m	8 m	Beacon of the Pagensander Nebenelbe
Pinnau sub-fire	Haselau	53 ° 40 '4.8 "  N , 9 ° 34" 0.2 "  E	1990	8 m	8 m	Leading light at the mouth of the pinna	Image wanted
Pinnau head fire	Haselau	53 ° 39 ′ 57.7 "  N , 9 ° 34 ′ 18.4"  E	1990	9 m	15 m	Leading light at the mouth of the pinna	Image wanted
Pagensand-Süd beacon	Pagensand	53 ° 39 '48.9 "  N , 9 ° 31' 34.8"  E	2015	7 m	10 m	Beacon on the southern tip of the island	Image wanted
Bützflethersand sub-fire	Bützfleth	53 ° 37 '53.5 "  N , 9 ° 31" 27.9 "  E	1971	25 m	20 m	Leading light from km 650 to 654
Oberfeuer Bützflethersand	Bützfleth	53 ° 38 '5.4 "  N , 9 ° 31' 2.3"  E	1971	31 m	33 m	Leading light from km 650 to 654
Subfire Stadersand	Stade	53 ° 37 '42.1 "  N , 9 ° 31" 38.6 "  E	1958	22 m	20 m	Leading light from kilometers 662 to 657
Overfire Stadersand	Stade nuclear power plant	53 ° 37  '17.5 " N , 9 ° 31" 49.5 "  E	1958	38 m	40 m	Leading light from kilometers 662 to 657
Julssand lighthouse	Hetlingen	53 ° 37 '17.8 "  N , 9 ° 33' 21.9"  E	1896	16 m	14 m	Deleted in 2010
Sub-fire Lühe	Grünendeich	53 ° 34 '18.6 "  N , 9 ° 37' 57.7"  E	1970	12 m	16 m	Leading light from kilometers 636 to 644 (with Grünendeich upper light)
Oberfeuer Grünendeich	Grünendeich	53 ° 34 ′ 25.5 "  N , 9 ° 36 ′ 34.8"  E	1899	39 m	36 m	Leading light from kilometers 636 to 644 (with Lühe lower light)
Beacon Twielenfleth	Hollern-Twielenfleth	53 ° 36 '20.2 "  N , 9 ° 33' 27.9"  E	1984	15 m	20 m	Beacon from kilometers 656 to 654
Twielenfleth beacon	Hollern-Twielenfleth	53 ° 36  '19.6 " N , 9 ° 33'25.6"  E	1893	7 m	13 m	Replaced in 1984 by the Twielenfleth pilot light
Subfire Somfletherwisch	Lühe	53 ° 34 '10.6 "  N , 9 ° 38' 23.7"  E	2010	19 m	19 m	Leading light from kilometers 653 to 647
Overfire Somfletherwisch	Lühe	53 ° 33 '48  .7 " N , 9 ° 38' 58.7"  E	1907	35 m	32 m	Leading light from kilometers 653 to 647
Mielstack sub-fire	Lühe	53 ° 34 '6.1 "  N , 9 ° 38' 30.7"  E	1907	16 m	13 m	Replaced in 2010 by Somfletherwisch fire
Billerbek lighthouse	frond	53 ° 34 '4 "  N , 9 ° 43' 59"  E	1899	30 m	30 m	Erased in 1990 and later demolished
Upper fire Tinsdal	Tinsdal	53 ° 33 ′ 57.6 "  N , 9 ° 44 ′ 24.4"  E	1899	42 m	56 m	Leading light from km 630 to 636 (with Wittenbergen lower light)
Subfire Wittenbergen	Wittenbergen	53 ° 33 '50.4 "  N , 9 ° 45' 5.5"  E	1899	30 m	30 m	Leading light from km 630 to 636 (with upper light Tinsdal)
Subfire Blankenese	Blankenese	53 ° 33 ′ 27.7 "  N , 9 ° 47 ′ 45"  E	1984	42 m	41 m	Leading light from kilometers 644 to 636
Blankenese top fire	Blankenese	53 ° 33 '21.7 "  N , 9 ° 48' 58.1"  E	1983	40 m	84 m	Leading light from kilometers 644 to 636
Beacon of the estuary	Hamburg-Neuenfelde	53 ° 32 '9 "  N , 9 ° 47' 29.5"  E	1967	6 m	11 m	Deleted in 2001
Finkenwerder sub-fire	Hamburg-Finkenwerder	53 ° 32 '33.7 "  N , 9 ° 51' 23.3"  E	2004	15 m	15 m	Leading light from kilometers 627 to 630
Beacon at the seaman's yard	Hamburg-Waltershof	53 ° 32 '24.1 "  N , 9 ° 52' 42.8"  E		5 m	9 m	Molenfeuer at the Seemannshöft
Bubendey-Ufer under fire	Hamburg-Waltershof	53 ° 32 '23.1 "  N , 9 ° 53' 10.1"  E	1982	19 m	20 m	Leading light from kilometers 636 to 630
Headlight Bubendey-Ufer	Hamburg-Waltershof	53 ° 32 '13.8 "  N , 9 ° 54' 2.8"  E	1982	36 m	38 m	Leading light from kilometers 636 to 630
Old lighthouse Pagensand-Süd	Hamburg-Othmarschen	53 ° 32 '38.6 "  N , 9 ° 54' 52.5"  E	1934	12 m	11 m	Cleared in 2015 and set up in the museum harbor Oevelgönne
Ellerholzhafen lighthouse	Hamburg-Steinwerder	53 ° 31 '53.9 "  N , 9 ° 57' 19.7"  E	1902	19 m	20 m	1977 deleted, monument
Unterfire Altenwerder	Hamburg-Moorburg	53 ° 29 '47.2 "  N , 9 ° 56' 23.9"  E	1999	25 m	25 m	Leading light to the Altenwerder container terminal
Oberfeuer Altenwerder	Hamburg-Moorburg	53 ° 29 '42.2 "  N , 9 ° 56" 24.1 "  E	1999	27 m	31 m	Leading light to the Altenwerder container terminal
Ellerholz sub-fire	Hamburg-Moorburg	53 ° 29 '44.8 "  N , 9 ° 56' 40.3"  E	2001	22 m	25 m	Leading light in the Köhlbrand
Overfire Ellerholz	Hamburg-Moorburg	53 ° 29 ′ 41.7 "  N , 9 ° 56 ′ 41.5"  E	2001	30 m	33 m	Leading light in the Köhlbrand
Beacon Bunthaus	Moorwerder	53 ° 27 '24.7 "  N , 10 ° 4' 8.6"  E	1913	7 m	15 m	1977 deleted, monument

Glückstadt

The upper and lower lights in Glückstadt will be replaced in 2018.

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  The former lighthouse, no longer available in April 2018

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  An auxiliary fire in April 2018

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  Construction site under fire in Glückstadt in May 2018

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  The construction road made of steel plates in front of the dike

See also

• List of lighthouses in Germany

Web links

• Russ Rowlett: Lighthouses of Germany: Hamburg and the Elbe ( English ) In: The Lighthouse Directory . University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill . Retrieved November 7, 2017.
• Russ Rowlett: Lighthouses of ( English ) In: The Lighthouse Directory . University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill . Retrieved November 7, 2017.
• Beacon. Hamburg Waterways and Shipping Office , accessed on June 22, 2018 . 
• Leading light. Hamburg Waterways and Shipping Office , accessed on June 22, 2018 . 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Gerd Liedtke: Light beacon Osteriff. In: baken-net. Retrieved November 7, 2017 . 
2. ↑ Hollerwetter lighthouse
3. ↑ Steindeich lighthouse
4. ↑ Lighthouse on Neuendeich is being demolished
5. ↑ Glückstadt replacement lighthouse is in place