Blankenese High Lighthouse (also known as Blankenese Upper Lighthouse) was a lighthouse on the river Elbe in the Hamburg district of Blankenese, from 1984 to 2020.
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| Location | Blankenese, Hamburg |
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| Coordinates | 53°33′21.5″N 09°48′58.6″E / 53.555972°N 9.816278°E |
| Tower | |
| Constructed | 1984 |
| Construction | reinforced concrete |
| Height | 40 metres (130 ft), height of light 39 metres (128 ft) |
| Shape | cylindrical tower with inverted conical at the summit |
| Markings | white tower with two horizontal red bands, red summit |
| Power source | mains electricity  |
| Operator | WSA Hamburg[1] |
| Light | |
| Deactivated | 2020 |
| Focal height | 84 metres (276 ft) |
| Lens | electric |
| Intensity | 16 Mcd |
| Range | 8,410 metres (4.54 nmi) |
| Characteristic | white light 2s on, 2s off, synchronized with the front light |
Description
editBlankenese High Lighthouse and Blankenese Low Lighthouse form a range of lights for ships sailing upriver on the Elbe. With a range of 8.4 kilometers, they have the longest range on the Unterelbe.[2]
The Blankenese High Lighthouse was 40-meters tall, white-and-red-striped concrete tower with a red steel lantern house was constructed in 1983.[3] It is located in Baurs Park on the Kanonenberg, approximately 1,340 meters from the low light. Inside it has a round staircase leading to the top. Because of its height, the tower has an obstacle lighting for air transport.
The eleven-ton lantern house was assembled using a mobile crane. The range of lights went operational on 29 November 1984.
The lighthouse was remotely controlled by the Seemanshöft Pilot Centre.
Replacement
editDue to adjustments to the Elbe fairway, both the High and the Low Lighthouses were replaced to a similar 62.25 m high at Mühlenberg and demolished.[4][5][6]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Germany: Hamburg Area". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
- ^ "Lighthouse Blankenese Upper". Skyscraperpage.com. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
- ^ "Diagrams". Skyscraperpage.com. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
- ^ Meyer-Odewald, Jens (23 October 2018). "Blankenese erhält Deutschlands vierthöchsten Leuchtturm". www.abendblatt.de (in German). Retrieved 13 May 2019.
- ^ Braun, Ralf Nehmzow und Carina (23 July 2012). "Blankeneser Leuchttürme werden abgerissen". www.abendblatt.de (in German). Retrieved 13 May 2019.
- ^ "New lighthouses for Blankenese". www.hamburg-port-authority.de. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
External links
edit- Blankenese High Lighthouse in Lighthouse Digest's Lighthouse Explorer Database
- Data and images at leuchtturm-atlas.de (in German)
- Data at leuchtturm-web.de (in German)
- Description at leuchttuerme.net (in German)
- Images and description Archived 1 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine (in German)
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