Cape Arkona Lighthouse

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As Lighthouse Cape Arkona is called two wildfire on the Baltic Sea in Mecklenburg -Western Pomerania with the international order number C 1062. They are located at Cape Arkona on the Wittow peninsula at the northern tip of the island of Rügen. Within sight is the Peilturm Cape Arkona.

Both lighthouses were renovated in the early 1990s and are open for visitors to see it. The old lighthouse now houses the Museum with an exhibition beacons and rescue and a branch of the registry office. Here Marriages are perpetuated by a small panel in the floor in front of the tower. There is a viewing platform from which one has an unobstructed view of Rügen and in particular the peninsula Wittow on each tower. On a clear day you can look to the Danish island of Møn.

Schinkelturm

The smaller of the two lighthouses was 1826/27 built according to plans of the Prussian Oberbaudeputation in brick construction. The design is usually attributed to Karl Friedrich Schinkel, which is primarily attributable to a 1863 given out by Schinkel's son Alfred Wolzogen raisonné.

Schinkel was not mentioned in a 1828 published print work on the " construction work of the Prussian state ," in which the Oberbaurat August Adolph Günther lighthouse a " draft royally. Upper construction deputation " called. Signatures on two drawings of the lighthouse are, on the other hand interpreted both as evidence of Schinkel's authorship as a simple administrative internal inspection signature. From Schinkel himself, who visited the tower for the first time in 1835, any statements about their own participation in the construction of the tower are known. On the other hand, is called a contemporary, the Berlin engraver Johann Friedrich Rosmäsler, in his 1834 book published in Prussia in scenic representations Schinkel as the author of the design. From Rosmäsler comes also a steel engraving of the lighthouse (1835 ).

The foundation stone was laid on May 5 in 1826. On December 10, 1827 fire was ignited. The tower is 22.45 m high and has a height of 66 m above the fire. NN. Its beacon was eight nautical miles visible. About 86 steps lead to the observation deck in 15.55 meters.

The illumination apparatus was prepared by a master goldsmith Hossauaer from Berlin. It consisted of 17 silvered copper parabolic mirrors at the focal point was ever a burner with separate oil vessel with rapeseed oil. The corresponding levels were arranged on metal rings in two staggered rows. In 1872, six additional lamps were installed, which were operated with kerosene. A year later the complete conversion of the boilers on petroleum.

The rooms of the three-storey tower is used as a service and storage facilities. It is also called Schinkelturm. On April 1, 1905 he was taken out of service. He is after Travemünder Lighthouse is the second oldest lighthouse on the Baltic coast.

The larger tower was built in 1901 /02 was built next to the old tower and put into operation on 1 April 1905. It is 35 m high and has a fire rate of 75 m above sea level. NN. It is built of brick and stands on an octagonal granite base.

New Tower

On 27 June 1894, the plans for an electrically -powered beacon became a replacement for the old tower by the company Helios corporation. This company built and installed in 1902, the lighting apparatus. This consisted of two mounted on a turntable carbon arc lamps. Each was surrounded on three sides by headlight lenses, in the fourth direction darkened a diaphragm from the light. This lighting device consisted, until 1921 two light bulbs were installed as light sources. 1995 they exchanged this system for a metal halide lamp with an operating light intensity of 2.325 million candelas. Your electrical flash fire sends out all three flashes of 17.1 seconds and is 24 nautical miles visible. At the same time one of the two Linsentripel was dismantled and exhibited to the public. The tower has a total height of about 35 meters and a height of fire of 75 meters. 175 steps lead to a shared for public viewing platform about 28 meters in height.