Trier, Germany
100-200 AD
Weissenburg, Germany
90 AD
Igel, Germany
c. 250 AD
Bollendorf, Germany
2nd century AD
Neustadt an der Donau, Germany
c. 80 AD
Aalen, Germany
c. 150 AD
Bad Dürkheim, Germany
200 AD
Nehren, Germany
4th century AD
Hüfingen, Germany
Gerolfingen, Germany
100-200 AD
Tawern, Germany
1st century AD
Starnberg, Germany
133 AD
Köngen, Germany
100 AD
Blankenheim, Germany
1st century AD
Tholey, Germany
1st century AD
Jechtingen, Germany
365/13th century
Ostalbkreis, Germany
c. 200 AD
Bad Kreuznach, Germany
250 AD
Reinheim, Germany
Peiting, Germany
100 AD
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.