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experimented with radio communications between the
Mainland and ships at sea during the winter of 1899–1900. A wooden hut was built within the structure, equipped with the necessary antennas and technical equipment for the very first coastal radio station in
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In 1853, the
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it was completely removed for the same reason. In 1924 it was rebuilt, but instead of the eponymous ball, two round perpendicular composite discs were attached at the top. The current construction was built after 1945.
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begins. From a nautical point of view, the
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to a distance of 32 km. In the autumn of 1900, transmissions were sent as far as the Elbe
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estuaries. Its distinctive design, well known to skippers, is now a popular tourist destination.
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was placed in the channel throughout the year. At the outbreak of the
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The
History of the Kugelbake (Cuxhaven: Stiftung Kugelbake, o. JA.)
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was built in 2009 for container traffic on the Elbe, registered at
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in 1870, the light was reduced to confuse potential enemies and in
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The
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and was once a vital nautical landmark. At this point, the
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is about 18 km wide. Geographically speaking, the
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architectural heritage monument in Lower Saxony
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Lighthouses and day marks in the Elbe estuary (1831)
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Beate
Szerelmy, Isolde Bacher, Hilke Maunder (eds.)
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The
Kugelbake stands at a busy shipping lane in the
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558:Kugelbake as seen from the tidal flats
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395:Maritime Monuments on the Elbe estuary
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185:, at the northernmost point of
16:Day beacon in Cuxhaven, Germany
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895:Lighthouses completed in 1853
443:The Kugelbake at cuxpedia.de
415:Die Geschichte der Kugelbake
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678:Bremerhaven
535:(in German)
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399:(in German)
313:World War I
305:lightvessel
239:borough of
211:lighthouses
205:, the term
203:Middle Ages
107:1700s
104:Constructed
91: /
66:Coordinates
55:, Germany
884:Categories
807:Warnemünde
782:Baltic Sea
719:Heligoland
663:Alte Weser
657:Roter Sand
413:T. Thees:
382:References
334:Heligoland
199:Low German
175:day beacon
122:wood
76:53°53′30″N
19:Lighthouse
812:Dornbusch
698:Kugelbake
624:North Sea
359:Kugelbake
253:North Sea
197:. In the
195:North Sea
171:Kugelbake
79:8°41′14″E
23:Kugelbake
890:Cuxhaven
752:Dagebüll
668:Hohe Weg
528:Archived
489:Archived
370:See also
364:Cuxhaven
357:MV
267:: 29.63m
237:Cuxhaven
217:Position
179:Cuxhaven
149:Heritage
53:Cuxhaven
49:Location
852:Cologne
795:Neuland
615:Italics
545:Gallery
355:vessel
330:Silvana
326:Germany
297:bearing
272:History
245:estuary
183:Germany
835:Lindau
741:Olhörn
736:Kampen
645:Pilsum
639:Campen
514:Online
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134:Height
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746:Oland
724:Amrum
353:Ro-Ro
293:Pilot
257:Weser
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900:Elbe
844:Land
790:Bülk
707:High
468:ISBN
249:Elbe
241:Döse
226:RMS
207:bake
191:Elbe
169:The
712:Low
265:MHW
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351:A
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