Taksensand Fyr
| Taksensand Fyr | ||
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| Place: | Helved (Als Island) | |
| Location: | northeast of Helved, east coast of the island of Als | |
| Geographical location: | 55 ° 0 '23.8 " N , 9 ° 57' 52.3" E | |
| Height of tower base: | 1 m | |
| Fire carrier height : | 19 m (until 1953: 32 m) | |
| Fire height : | 15 m | |
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| Identifier : | Oc (2) WRG.12s | |
| Scope knows: | 15 nm (27.8 km ) | |
| Scope green: | 12 nm (22.2 km ) | |
| Scope red: | 13 nm (24.1 km ) | |
| Construction time: | from 1905 | |
| International ordinal number: | C 1034 | |
Taksensand Fyr (also Taxensand Fyr ) is a lighthouse operated by the Danish maritime authority Farvandsvæsenet and is located on the east side of the island of Als in what is now the region of Syddanmark .
location
The lighthouse is 1.9 km to the north, within sight of Fynshav ferry port , which can be reached from the west via Motorvej 8 and provides ferry connections to Bøjden (island of Fyn ) and to Søby on Ærø to the east . By land, the taxi sand Fyrtårn, located directly on the banks of the Little Belt , is accessible from the village of Helved via the road of the same name and further along the Stenkobbel path eastwards to the coast. The Stenkobbel trail leads through the southern Nørreskoven (forest area) to the coast through the 740 hectares of state forest u. a. with Denmark's largest beech population. The Alsstien hiking trail also passes here, which was laid south of the Kegnæs lighthouse past the Taksensand lighthouse along the Alsen east coast to Hardeshøj to the local ferry to Ballebro.
history
The Taksensand lighthouse was put into operation in 1905 when the island of Als ( German Alsen ) in the district of Sonderburg belonged to Prussia after the German-Danish War . Originally it was a 32 m high tower, which was reduced to its current height of 19 m in 1953 as part of extensive repair and renovation work.
The tower was after the Schleswig plebiscite of February 10, 1920 and the cession of North Schleswig to Denmark on June 15, 1920 in a row by the Kgl. Dansk Fyrvæsen taken over. During the Second World War , the lighthouse was manned by a coast guard. There were also plans to station German soldiers at the lighthouse. It is unclear whether this happened.
Building
Right from the start, the tower can be reached from the land via a fixed access (steel walkway), which is level with the upper edge of the rising base and enables a tour around the tower shaft on the base platform. The tower entrance door is located opposite the footbridge exit. The tower is round and painted white on the conical shaft above the base. The stone base consists of field stones and red-gray granite , which was processed into field stone masonry without continuous horizontal joints. In 1989 the lighthouse was completely restored.
In the immediate vicinity of the coast, the base of the tower base is not reached by the normal tidal range of 30 cm in the Baltic Sea; Since there is no significant foreland on the bank east of the tower, surf waves generated by stronger easterly winds can then also reach the tower base.
Around 1920 the lighthouse was equipped with a lens apparatus and an incandescent burner for operation with petroleum . The flashing sequence was made with blinds. This construction was replaced in 1923 by an electric rotary drive with shading to generate lightning. The beacon is limited to the west by an outer cover at the light exit of the lantern house.
Web links
- Taksenand. In: fyrtaarne.dk. (Danish, www.fyrtaarne.dk/fyrkaraktertaksensand.html -> Fyrkarakter).
- Dansk Fyrliste 2018. In: soefartsstyrelsen.dk. (Danish).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lighthouse Taksensand (also Taxensand) , accessed April 7, 2020
- ↑ The Andes are greening too slowly. Kystvagt på Taksensand Fyr i Nørreskoven på Als , accessed on: July 20, 2020