Bruch, Germany
14th century
Kirchberg (Rhineland-Palatinate), Germany
14th century
Frankenstein, Germany
13th century
Dhronecken, Germany
13th century
Annweiler, Germany
12th century
Trippstadt, Germany
12th century
Wissen, Germany
13th century
Dasburg, Germany
9th century AD
Freudenburg, Germany
1330-1337
Altleiningen, Germany
1100-1110
Katzenelnbogen, Germany
c. 1095
Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany
c. 787 AD
Kempfeld, Germany
14th century
Lauterecken-Wolfstein, Germany
13th century
Lambrecht, Germany
11th century
Kaiserslautern, Germany
12th century
Laurenburg, Germany
11th century
Thaleischweiler-Fröschen, Germany
c. 1100
Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis, Germany
14th century
Palatinate Forest, 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.