Model cut-out-sheet, Scale 1:160

Author: Przemyslaw Tabernacki
4 Bogen DIN A 4 Size of the model L 37 x B 16 x H 27 cm
Cover and model sheets multicoulered printing

Degree of difficulty: midle

Publisher: Schreiber / Aue-Verlag

Model cut-out-sheet, Scale 1:160

Author: Przemyslaw Tabernacki
4 Bogen DIN A 4 Size of the model L 37 x B 16 x H 27 cm
Cover and model sheets multicoulered printing

Degree of difficulty: midle

Publisher: Schreiber / Aue-Verlag

Westerheversand Lighthouse is located near Westerhever on the Eiderstedt Peninsula in Schleswig-Holstein in Germany. It was built in 1906 on a settlement mound about 1.000 metres from the dikes. A dwelling mound is a man-made mound of earth that serves to protect against flooding. The foundation of the tower consists of 127 wooden piles. Under the base is a reinforced concrete chamber, which served as a water reservoir for the drinking water supply for the lighthouse keepers and their families. The tower was built from 608 iron plates in the so-called tubbing method of construction. Other lighthouses along the North Sea coast have also been built in the same way. The advantages are low weight, short assembly time and low maintenance costs. Next to the lighthouse stand two keeper`s houses, which now house a nature conservation station of the Wadden Sea National Park.