The Kampen lighthouse is a white conical stone tower with
a broad black band. When Sylt belonged to the Danish realm in 1853, king
Frederick VII ordered the construction of a lighthouse on Sylt's highest
elevation, the red cliff. The tower was first lit in 1856.
Until 1953 the lighthouse used to be greyish-yellow, the
colour of its whithered bricks. Then it was painted with its characteristic
black and white. In 1929 the greatest modification was made to the Kampen
lighthouse when the entire lantern house was altered and the light source was
changed from petroleum to electricity.
There are no lighthouse keepers any more since 1977, like
all active lights on Sylt, the Kampen lighthouse is remotely controlled by a
time switch in Koblenz.
This postcard came from Jörg (9 October 2015)
Postcrossing.
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