Neuland Lighthouse

Neuland Lighthouse from the southeast near Behrensdorf
Location	Hohwacht Bay, Baltic Sea
Coordinates	54°21.639′N 10°36.056′E / 54.360650°N 10.600933°E / 54.360650; 10.600933
Tower
Constructed	1916
Construction	brick tower
Height	40 metres (131 ft)
Shape	octagonal tower with balcony and lantern
Markings	unpainted brick tower with grey lantern
Heritage	Heritage monument in Schleswig-Holstein
Light
First lit	1918
Deactivated	1996
Focal height	40 metres (131 ft)
Lens	Fresnel lens (original), rotating mirror (current)
Characteristic	F YR 5s

Neuland Lighthouse (German: Leuchtturm Neuland) is a lighthouse in the north German state of Schleswig-Holstein on the Baltic Sea coast that was in service from 1918 to 1996. It stands on the western shore of Hohwacht Bay about 1 kilometre north of the village of Behrensdorf.

History

The lighthouse was built in 1915/16 and taken into service in 1918. It is built of brick and is 40 metres high. The light is 40 metres above sea level. The original red and white exterior paint was removed in 1985 when the tower underwent a modernisation.

The original lens was a Fresnel lens with a focus of 400 m. It was replaced by a rotating mirror optic in 1996 when the regular light was deactivated and the tower was transferred to the German Navy. The tower has since been used as a warning light displaying red and yellow signals when live firing is conducted in the military training grounds at Hohwacht Bay.^[1]

The lighthouse is displayed in the arms of Behrensdorf and was featured on a German stamp in 2006.

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  Coat of arms of Behrensdorf

See also

• List of lighthouses and lightvessels in Germany

References

• Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Germany: Flensburg to Lübeck". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

External links

• Media related to Neuland Lighthouse at Wikimedia Commons
• Neuland Lighthouse in Lighthouse Digest's Lighthouse Explorer Database
• Der Leuchtturm Neuland Archived 26 April 2011 at the Wayback Machine (in German)