Lichtentanne, Germany
c. 1200
Schlettau, Germany
13th century
Zwickau, Germany
1587-1590
Limbach-Oberfrohna, Germany
1635
Grimma, Germany
13th century
Trebsen, Germany
991 AD
Netzschkau, Germany
1490
Crimmitschau, Germany
12th century
Glauchau, Germany
1470
Hartenstein, Saxony, Germany
12th century
Wolkenstein, Germany
14th century
Wermsdorf, Germany
1721
Leisnig, Germany
10th century AD
Chemnitz, Germany
14th century
Radeberg, Germany
13th century
Plauen, Germany
c. 1250
Frankenberg, Saxony, Germany
c. 1210
Klipphausen, Germany
c. 1200
Wildenfels, Germany
12th century
Frohburg, Germany
16th century
Towering 52 meters above the sea, Bengtskär lighthouse is the tallest one in Scandinavia. The building started in in 1905 after the shipwreck of S/S Helsingfors and was completed in 1906. The lighthouse was designed by architect Florentin Granholm. On December a special petrol lantern, designed and built in Paris, was brought to Bengtskär and installed atop the tower.
German fleet bombarded Bengstkär in the First World War in 1914. Since the Gulf of Finland was heavily mined, it was not until 1919 that the surrounding seas were declared safe for shipping, that the light was lit again.
After the war the military value of Bengtskär increased as part of the defence system of independent Finland. In Second World War (1941) Soviet Union made a suprise attack to island. After a bloody battle, the small Finnish garrison emerged victorious. Intermittent repairs to the facility continued during the post-war period.