Oland lighthouse, Oland

Name: Oland lighthouse
Address: Oland, Germany

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Oland Lighthouse is Germany's smallest lighthouse, being only 7.4 metres tall. It is located on the small Hallig of Oland. It serves as a cross light for the Föhrer Ley and Dagebüll channels. It is Germany's only lighthouse with a thatched roof. This small brick lighthouse was erected in 1929. Lit in the same year, it is still being maintained by a keeper. Until 1954 when it was electrified, the lantern was lit by liquified gas. For maintenance, the optic can be drawn out of the lantern casing on a slide. Its characteristic is "fixed", i.e. a continuous light, with white, red and green sectors. The red sector shines to the north and the green sector shines to the west. The white sector shines between the two coloured sectors or broadly towards the northwest or towards the town of Wyk on the island of Föhr from where it can be seen as a white light. ()

Local name: Leuchtturm Oland Coordinates: 54°40'29"N, 8°41'13"E

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Oland lighthouse – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Leuchtturm Dagebüll, Leuchtturm Olhörn, Dr.-Carl-Häberlin-Friesen-Museum, Wrixumer Mühle.

3.5 miN
Lighthouse, Vernacular architecture
Leuchtturm Dagebüll, Dagebüll
90 min walk • Dagebüll Lighthouse is a retired lighthouse in Dagebüll, Nordfriesland, Germany. Until its replacement in 1988 by a direction light on the dock of the Dagebüll ferry port, it served as the lower light of the Dagebüll range of leading lights.
4.8 miW
Lighthouse, Vernacular architecture
Leuchtturm Olhörn, Wyk auf Föhr
124 min walk • Olhörn Lighthouse is a small lighthouse on the German North Sea island of Föhr in Schleswig-Holstein. The lighthouse is located on the southeastern corner of the island of Föhr, inside the town of Wyk auf Föhr in the Nordfriesland district. It is located on a shallow geestland ridge overlooking the southern beach of Wyk.
5 miW
54°41'12"N • 8°33'45"E
Dr.-Carl-Häberlin-Friesen-Museum, Wyk auf Föhr
129 min walk • Museum
5.7 miW
Windmill
Wrixumer Mühle, Föhr
147 min walk • The Wrixum Mill, also called the Osterwindmühle, is an earthen bollard in the village of Wrixum on the island of Föhr in the district of Nordfriesland. The mill is considered the landmark of the village and adorns its coat of arms.
4.7 miW
54°41'38"N • 8°34'30"E
Yachthafen Wyk, Wyk auf Föhr
119 min walk • Sailing, Marina
3.1 miSE
Island
Gröde
81 min walk • Gröde is a municipality in the district of Nordfriesland, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. With only 7 inhabitants, the municipality, which is coterminous with the hallig it is situated on, has the smallest population of any municipality in Germany.
5.5 miE
Locality
Ockholm
141 min walk • Ockholm is a municipality in the district of Nordfriesland, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
4.1 miSE
Island
Hallig Habel, Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea National Park
105 min walk • Hallig Habel is the smallest Hallig in the German Wadden Sea, and is a bird sanctuary. It is administered by the Gröde municipality on the neighbouring island.