{"id":5332,"date":"2018-11-27T10:29:27","date_gmt":"2018-11-27T10:29:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thewanders.eu\/?p=5332"},"modified":"2020-02-19T20:19:00","modified_gmt":"2020-02-19T20:19:00","slug":"kullen-lighthouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thewanders.eu\/kullen-lighthouse\/","title":{"rendered":"Kullen Lighthouse"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5><span style=\"color: #808080;\">The Kullen Lighthouse\u00a0 is an operational lighthouse in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewanders.eu\/scania\/\">Scania<\/a>, located by the mouth of Oresund, at the point of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewanders.eu\/kullaberg\/\">Kullaberg<\/a> peninsula, in Hoganas, on the south-west coast of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewanders.eu\/category\/sweden\/\">Sweden<\/a>.<\/span><\/h5>\n<p>Kullen is one of the most prominent landmarks along the Swedish coastline, and with its 1000 Watt electric bulb in a huge lenshouse, also the most powerful lighthouse in Scandinavia, overlooking one of the world&#8217;s most heavily traveled waters.\u00a0 The lighthouse is 15 meters tall and its focal plane is located 78.5 meters above sea level making it the highest located lighthouse in Sweden. Every 5 seconds, the Kullen Lighthouse flashes white for 0.3 seconds with 27 nautical miles reach.<\/p>\n<p>History : Kullen is the oldest lighthouse location in Scandinavia founded 1561 by the Danish king Fredrik II This lighthouse was a &#8220;Parrot lighthouse&#8221; with an iron casket 20 feet above ground. 1563 there was a new stone tower with 12 candlelight as source for light but already 1585 it was replaced with a covered lantern and from 1624 coal was used for light. During the centuries wood, candlelights, coal, oil, kerosene and electricity have been used to send out a beam that reached 50K as a minimum.<\/p>\n<p>The present lighthouse is built in stone and brick and has three large 1 order Fresnel lenses in a lens house that rotates four times per minute, hence giving twelve flashes per minute. Based on Augustin-Jean Fresnel&#8217;s design, the lens house was constructed by the French company Barbier &amp; Barnard and delivered in the summer of 1900. It consists of three lenses of 2.58 m in diameter, weighs 6 metric tons and originally rotated on a base filled with 50 liters of mercury. The mercury was replaced in September 2016 with two bearings. The Kullen lighthouse was automated in 1979 and is remote-controlled by the Swedish Maritime Administration&#8217;s check at Norrkoping. The last keeper left in 1996.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-5332 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.thewanders.eu\/kullen-lighthouse\/klh1\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"190\" height=\"190\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thewanders.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/klh1-190x190.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.thewanders.eu\/kullen-lighthouse\/klh3\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"190\" height=\"190\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thewanders.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/klh3-190x190.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.thewanders.eu\/kullen-lighthouse\/klh4\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"190\" height=\"190\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thewanders.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/klh4-190x190.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Access : Coordinates: 56.301111, 12.4515 \/ Visitors to this nature reserve can get there by hiking from the harbour town of Molle that depending on your own boarding arrangements could take about an hour and a half. One could also drive, or go with a chartered tour bus. \/ Area setting<br \/>\nThe Kullen Lighthouse is situated within the Kullaberg Nature Reserve, a cliff and forest habitat for a variety of rare species, criss-crossed by numerous hiking trails. Approximately three kilometers to the southeast is the harbour town of Molle.<br \/>\nLocation : Italienska vagen 323, Hoganas 260 42, Sweden &#8211; Open : 11:00 AM &#8211; 5:00 PM<\/p>\n<p>lighthouse info : Type: Lighthouse ,\u00a0 Type of Flashing: Flashing (Fl) ,\u00a0Number of Flashes: 3<br \/>\nLight Color: White \/ W\u00a0 ,\u00a0Interval of Flashing: 5s ,\u00a0Focal Height: 79m ,\u00a0Light Range: 28M<br \/>\nLocation \/ Area \/ Island: Oresund ,\u00a0Year Built: 1900 ,\u00a0 Color of Structure grey<\/p>\n<p>Activities : sightseeing \/ photography, environmental interpretation, landscape observation<\/p>\n<p>Go next : The\u00a0\u00d8resund Bridge, between the Danish capital\u00a0Copenhagen\u00a0and the Swedish city of\u00a0<a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thewanders.eu\/Malmo\">Malm\u00f6<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Kullen Lighthouse\u00a0 is an operational lighthouse in Scania, located by the mouth of Oresund, at the point of Kullaberg peninsula, in Hoganas, on the south-west coast of Sweden. 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