The responsible Baltic Sea Waterways and Shipping Office reported the successful completion of the repair in a Message for sailors (NfS). This meant that work on the lighthouse remained within the announced time frame.
Second highest beacon on the coast
The Buk lighthouse is located on the Bastorfer Signalberg, which is 78.8 metres above sea level and marks the western boundary of the Kühlung, an ice-age terrain formation. With a height of 95.3 metres, the beacon, built in 1878, is the second highest beacon on the German coasts of the North Sea and Baltic Sea.
Its height is only surpassed by the Travemünde orientation light, which is housed on the roof of the Maritim Hotel Travemünde. Its height of fire is 114.7 metres. The lighthouse is also located more than two kilometres inland. From the gallery of the lantern house, you can see the island of Fehmarn on a clear day.
Warning of shoal in the Bay of Wismar
In addition to its function as an orientation light on the western Baltic Sea, the Buk lighthouse also warns of the Hannibal sandbank in the entrance to Wismar Bay. Its identification consists of four flashes, in white or red depending on the sector, with a repetition of 45 seconds (LFl (4) W.R.45s 2.1+(6.9)+2.1+(6.9)+2.1+(6.9)+2.1+(15.9)). The nominal range in the white sector is 20 nautical miles.
Buk lighthouse is not the only failure
The Buk lighthouse is currently not the only lighthouse in Germany that has had to be switched off due to technical faults. The Kalkgrund lighthouse at the exit of the Flensburg Fjord is currently out of service. The entire electrical system of the tower, which unlike Buk is located at sea, has failed.
