Buk Lighthouse, Bastorf, Germany
Built in 1878. Active; focal plane 95.5 m (313 ft); four long (2 s) flashes, white or red depending on direction, separated by 7 s, every 45 s. 21 m (69 ft) round brown brick tower with lantern and gallery, connected by a covered passageway to the 2-story brick keeper's house. Original 2nd order Fresnel lens in use. Buildings unpainted; lantern painted red. Built by the former Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, this lighthouse is a beautiful example of German Imperial lighthouse architecture and is recognized as a protected historic site. On Germany's generally low Baltic coastline this lighthouse is elevated above the sea higher than any other. Marking the eastern entrance to the broad Mecklenburger Bucht, it was built as the landfall light for Wismar and a guide for ships westbound for Lübeck. The tower was formerly painted red with a white horizontal stripe, but the paint was removed in 1993. WSA Lübeck restored the station in several projects completed in 1999 and has recently opened this historic lighthouse to the public for the first time. Located on a bluff about 1 km (0.6 mi) from the Baltic at Bastorf, near Ostseebad Kühlingsborn, about 65 km (40 mi) northeast of Wismer.
Information taken from Lighthouse Directory's web site.
Buk Lighthouse, Bastorf, Germany
Built in 1878. Active; focal plane 95.5 m (313 ft); four long (2 s) flashes, white or red depending on direction, separated by 7 s, every 45 s. 21 m (69 ft) round brown brick tower with lantern and gallery, connected by a covered passageway to the 2-story brick keeper's house. Original 2nd order Fresnel lens in use. Buildings unpainted; lantern painted red. Built by the former Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, this lighthouse is a beautiful example of German Imperial lighthouse architecture and is recognized as a protected historic site. On Germany's generally low Baltic coastline this lighthouse is elevated above the sea higher than any other. Marking the eastern entrance to the broad Mecklenburger Bucht, it was built as the landfall light for Wismar and a guide for ships westbound for Lübeck. The tower was formerly painted red with a white horizontal stripe, but the paint was removed in 1993. WSA Lübeck restored the station in several projects completed in 1999 and has recently opened this historic lighthouse to the public for the first time. Located on a bluff about 1 km (0.6 mi) from the Baltic at Bastorf, near Ostseebad Kühlingsborn, about 65 km (40 mi) northeast of Wismer.
Information taken from Lighthouse Directory's web site.