Rotes Kliff lighthouse

Rotes Kliff

Location	Sylt, Germany
Coordinates	54°57′56″N 8°20′16″E / 54.965662°N 8.337812°ECoordinates: 54°57′56″N 8°20′16″E / 54.965662°N 8.337812°E
Year first constructed	1913
Year first lit	1913
Deactivated	1975
Construction	brick tower
Tower shape	octagonal prism tower with balcony and cylindrical lantern
Markings / pattern	unpainted brick tower, white lantern, green copper roof
Height	13 metres (43 ft)
Focal height	23 metres (75 ft)
Range	21 nautical miles (39 km; 24 mi)
ARLHS number	FED-200
Managing agent	Municipality of Kampen

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.

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 in Germany

References

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