Wierschem, Germany
12th century
Cochem, Germany
1100
Sierck-les-Bains, France
11th century
Bernkastel-Kues, Germany
13th century
Beilstein, Germany
12th century
Alken, Germany
1198-1206
Traben-Trarbach, Germany
1350
Brodenbach, Germany
12th century
Roes, Germany
12th century
Kobern-Gondorf, Germany
12th century
Alf, Germany
c. 936 AD
Lieser, Germany
1884
Kobern-Gondorf, Germany
12th century
Klotten, Germany
960 AD
Wintrange, Luxembourg
1610
Kobern-Gondorf, Germany
1859-1960
Luttange, France
14th century
Burgen, Germany
1270
Schloß Thorn, Germany
16th century
Treis-Karden, Germany
13th 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.