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Lighthouses - Germany / Federal Republic of Germany 2007 - 45 Euro Cent

Designer: Prof. Johannes Graf

Lighthouses - Germany / Federal Republic of Germany 2007 - 45 Euro Cent


Theme: Architecture
CountryGermany / Federal Republic of Germany
Issue Date2007
Face Value45.00 
PerforationK 13 3/4
Stamp TypePostage stamp
Item TypeStamp
Chronological Issue Number2486
Chronological ChapterGER-BRD
SID105537
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The lighthouse Hörnum stands on a 16 meter high dune in the south of the island Sylt. 100 years ago, on August 8, 1907, the beacon on the headland »Hörnum Odde« was detonated. Using a 250-watt lamp, the lake fire is still in operation today. Since the automation in 1968, the beacon works without the intervention of a lighthouse keeper. The lighthouse is - like all fires on the west coast of Schleswig-Holstein - monitored by the telecontrol center in Tönning. Between 1914 and 1933, a room in the 34-meter-high steel tower housed Germany's smallest school, which taught two to five pupils. Those who climb the tower today can not only enjoy the view over Sylt and the North Sea, but also get to know the history of the lighthouse: an exhibition has been set up in the stairwell. Recently, even newlyweds in a specially decorated room of the tower can close the knot for life.

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The lighthouse Hörnum stands on a 16 meter high dune in the south of the island Sylt. 100 years ago, on August 8, 1907, the beacon on the headland »Hörnum Odde« was detonated. Using a 250-watt lamp, the lake fire is still in operation today. Since the automation in 1968, the beacon works without the intervention of a lighthouse keeper. The lighthouse is - like all fires on the west coast of Schleswig-Holstein - monitored by the telecontrol center in Tönning. Between 1914 and 1933, a room in the 34-meter-high steel tower housed Germany's smallest school, which taught two to five pupils. Those who climb the tower today can not only enjoy the view over Sylt and the North Sea, but also get to know the history of the lighthouse: an exhibition has been set up in the stairwell. Recently, even newlyweds in a specially decorated room of the tower can close the knot for life..