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Marianne M.

August 18, 2024

The Rinkenæs Lighthouse (lower light) was built in 1896.

Tower height: 8.50 m

Light height: 10 m

The tower is made of sheet steel and was erected on a concrete foundation. The dome-shaped lantern roof was made of two-millimeter-thick copper sheet.

Initially, a spirit mantle burner served as the light source. The identification was generated by a clockwork mechanism. After the referendum in Schleswig, the lighthouse was handed over to the Danish administration in July 1920. In 1921, the spirit mantle burner was replaced with an acetone gas lamp. In 1976, the white lighthouse with a red band and red lantern roof was electrified, and an incandescent lamp was installed as the light source. The lighthouse also functions as a leading light and a sector light.

Source (with further information and construction drawings):

deutsche-leuchtfeuer.de/ausland/rinkenis-richtfeuer.html

The upper light (the rear tower) is located approximately 1 km further inland.

Rinkenæs Lighthouse is not accessible.

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ravnsbak

October 3, 2022

The lighthouse was built in 1896. After the German-Danish War, the area still belonged to the German Empire.

From 1906 onward, the lighthouse keeper of Holnis was given the additional task of monitoring the neighboring lights of Laagmai and Rinkenis. Following the Schleswig referendum in 1920, the lighthouse was transferred to Danish administration.

The original lighthouse, which consisted of a lens system with a spirit burner, was replaced with an acetone gas lamp in 1921.

The Gendarmstien hiking trail now runs alongside the lighthouse.

Source: Wikipedia

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