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.[1][2]

Rotes Kliff Lighthouse

Location	Sylt, Germany
Coordinates	54.965662°N 8.337812°E / 54.965662; 8.337812
Tower
Constructed	1913
Construction	brick tower
Height	13 metres (43 ft)
Shape	octagonal tower with balcony and cylindrical lantern
Markings	unpainted brick tower, white lantern, green copper roof
Operator	Municipality of Kampen
Heritage	Heritage monument in Schleswig-Holstein
Light
First lit	1913
Deactivated	1975
Focal height	23 metres (75 ft)
Range	21 nautical miles (39 km; 24 mi)
Characteristic	F WRG 6s

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 and lightvessels in Germany

References

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

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