Kullen Lighthouse

The lighthouse Kullen ( Sw: Kullens fyr ) is a 15 m high fire support in the southern Swedish province of Skåne County. He stands on the northwest tip of the steep elevation of the same name, the Kullen, on the northern Öresund mouth in the town Höganäs, three kilometers northwest of the port city of Molle. The lighthouse is one of the most conspicuous terrain marks the Swedish coast and secures with its extremely bright ( 3.43 million candela) and far-reaching light one of the world's busiest waters ( Kattegat ).

The lighthouse building stands on a steep headland of 67 m above sea level, so it has the highest fire height ( 78.5 m) for all of Sweden. It has similar built in 1898 by the Swedish architect Magnus Dahlander granite and brick castle tower in a conical shape. The lantern dome with gallery houses three huge, 2.55 -meter diameter Fresnel lenses with a total weight of six tons, a construction of the French firm Barber & Barnard of 1900. To stabilize the rotation of the entire lamp lens system is one with 50 mercury liters ( 677 kg ) filled in the container base. As early as 1907, the initial gas-powered system was electrified. The three Fresnel lenses rotate four times every minute, thus providing twelve flashes per minute. The 1,000 -watt lamp emits every 0.3 seconds a white light beam with a range of 27.6 nautical miles (51 km ) from ( strongest beacon whole of Scandinavia ). Since 1979, the lighthouse is operated automated and remotely controlled and monitored by the Swedish Maritime Administration in Norrköping. Nevertheless, there is a special feature still a lighthouse keeper. In addition, the lighthouse has a fog horn that sounds every 30 seconds twice in poor visibility. The call identifier of the lighthouse is " 7S7KUL ".

For nearly eight hundred years ( possibly earlier ) is staffed with a beacon the survey. The first of more modern species originates from the year 1561, initiated by King Frederick II of Denmark, the founder of the modern lighthouse system. The famous Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe was transferred to the Falsterbo Light as a fief in 1577.