Rotes Kliff Lighthouse

The Rotes Kliff Lighthouse on the island of Sylt, Germany, served as a sector light from 1913 to 1975. It is located on a cliffside north of the village of Kampen.[1][2]

Rotes Kliff Lighthouse

Location	Sylt, Germany
Coordinates	54.965662°N 8.337812°E
Year first constructed	1913
Year first lit	1913
Deactivated	1975
Construction	brick tower
Tower shape	octagonal tower with balcony and cylindrical lantern
Markings / pattern	unpainted brick tower, white lantern, green copper roof
Tower height	13 metres (43 ft)
Focal height	23 metres (75 ft)
Range	21 nautical miles (39 km; 24 mi)
Characteristic	F WRG 6s
ARLHS number	FED-200
Managing agent	Municipality of Kampen
Heritage	cultural heritage monument in Germany

History

The lighthouse was built between 1912 and 1913 as a sector light to warn ships of a sand bank in the approach to the Lister Tief nautical channel and to have a supplement to the main light at Kampen, 2.5 kilometres to the south. It became operational in 1913 and was electrified in 1936. Until its deactivation in 1975 it was maintained by the keepers of the Kampen lighthouse. When Rotes Kliff was extinguished, the main light at Kampen took over its part with a red section of light. Today the tower serves as a daymark without any lighting facility and is owned by the Kampen municipality who financed a restoration of the tower in 1993.

See also

• List of lighthouses and lightvessels in Germany

References

1. Purcell, L. (2015). Lighthouses of the World: 130 World Wonders Pictured Inside. Skyhorse. p. 125. ISBN 978-1-62914-319-4. Retrieved 13 May 2019. Located on a cliffside north of the village of Kampen on the island of Sylt, Germany, the Rotes Kliff Lighthouse served as a sector light to warn ships of a sand bank in the approach to the Lister Tief nautical channel and to provide a supplement ...
2. United States. Hydrographic Office (1951). H.O. Pub. p. 219. Retrieved 13 May 2019. The central part of the island, on which are located Westerland, Munkmarsch, and Keitum villages and Rote Kliff Lighthouse, projects southeastward 7 miles in the form of a peninsula about 2 miles wide.

• Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Germany: North Frisia". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 7 September 2008.