Elsterberg, Germany
1200-1225
Oelsnitz, Vogtland, Germany
c. 1200
Liebstadt, Germany
13th century
Pockau-Lengefeld, Germany
c. 1200
Gnandstein, Germany
1240
Hainewalde, Germany
1750-1753
Hörnitz, Germany
1651-1654
Strehla, Germany
1335
Reinsberg, Germany
12th century
Hoyerswerda, Germany
16th century
Döbschütz, Germany
10th century AD
Auerbach, Vogtland, Germany
12th century
Niederau, Germany
1274
Bärenstein, Germany
14th century
Bad Düben, Germany
c. 1237
Weißenborn, Saxony, Germany
13th century
Hartenstein, Germany
12th century
Tannenberg, Germany
12th century
Mügeln, Germany
1150
Pöhl, Germany
14th 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.