Together with the Eckwarden cross-mark light and lower light, the small lighthouse in WHV marked the points at which a course correction had to be made in order to guide ships through the narrow fairway. This was a gray-black steel lantern that was mounted on a pedestal, which in turn stood on four stilts and a wall base. In the lighthouse directories, this tower appears under the simple name cross-mark light; it apparently did not have a proper name. Solar cells for the now installed incandescent lamp lighting and a wind measuring device were also recently installed on the 12 m high tower. (Source: leuchttuerme.net/index.php?nav=1000137&lang=1&id=24&action=portrait)

The cross-mark light in May 2001 at its old location in Wilhelmshaven. Rights: M. Werning / leuchttuerme.net
The cross-mark light in May 2001 at its old location in Wilhelmshaven.
This tower survived the closure of most of the cross-mark lights on the Jade in October 1998 (Minsener Oog Buhne A, (Minsener Oog Buhne C, (Hooksielplate, (Schillig)); its fire was not extinguished until July 5, 2005. It was obviously a great surprise for the people of Wilhelmshaven that shortly after the closure, someone interested in the tower came along and took over the structure: Anton Tapken, captain of the excursion ship Etta von Dangast, which was moored in Dangast, took over the lighthouse for the symbolic price of one euro and had it dismantled on November 8, 2005 and rebuilt as a maritime monument in the harbor there.

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