Warnemunde Lighthouse is a best known landmarks of the Rostack area. The lighthouse is located in a public square in the downtown Warnemunde from the west bank of the river Warnow.
The Lighthouse can be climbed by a spiral staircase. Upto 1978, the Lighthouse was watched by a Lighthouse keeper. Now, the service is centralized and managed by Sea traffic control centre.
Germany commemorated the Warnemunde Lighthouse by the release of :
1. 15 Pf - Pfennig stamp on 7-May-1974 and
2. 45 Euro Cent stamp on 3-Jul-2008
Built in the year 1898, the Warnemunde Lighthouse:
- Tower is ROUND TAPERED brick
- Tower has 2 gallaries, one in the top and the other in the centre
- Tower is UN-PAINTED very light grey brick
- Darker bricks used in the lower half of the tower
- Lattern dome is un-painted green copper
- Height is 31 metres
- Colour scheme of the LIGHT is WHITE
- LIGHT character is 4 (four) FLASHES every 24 seconds in 3+1 pattern
- Light flashes occur at 0, 3, 6 and 15 seconds in the cycle
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