List of beacons on the Lower Elbe
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 |
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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) | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
Pilot light Rhinplate South | Rhinplate | 53 ° 45 ′ 28 " N , 9 ° 25 ′ 0" E | 1991 | 9 m | 15 m | Beacon and radar tower | |
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 | |
Subfire Ruthensand | Drochtersen | 53 ° 43 ′ 13 " N , 9 ° 25 ′ 25.8" E | 1955 | 15 m | 15 m | Leading light from kilometers 679 to 672 | |
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 | |
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) | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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.
See also
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
- ↑ a b Gerd Liedtke: Light beacon Osteriff. In: baken-net. Retrieved November 7, 2017 .
- ↑ Hollerwetter lighthouse
- ↑ Steindeich lighthouse
- ↑ Lighthouse on Neuendeich is being demolished
- ↑ Glückstadt replacement lighthouse is in place