Some pictures in the morning hours at the landmark Kugelbake. Cold but not fully clear view, still some dust. Using the Nikon D3 with the Sigma 15-30 on Feisol tripod with Arca D4 head.
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Category: Cuxhaven
Everything around my hometown and the Cuxland
Stormfront Felix
Stormfront Felix didn’t hit Cuxhaven hard. Only slightly more water during high tide on Saturday. Opportunity to run the first test with the recently bought Sigma 15-30. Some pictures of Felix influenced weekend here, more in the SmugMug Gallery… While the quality, especially in the corners, cannot compete with the Walimex 14mm it offers some […]
Cuxhaven
Cuxhaven: Lighthouse “Kleiner Preusse”
Cuxhaven
Clear but cold and windy morning at Altenbruch’s lighthouse “Dicke Bertha”. River Elbe facing Hamburg direction in early morning hours. After it got too cold, I went to the Steubenhöft which was the pier for the ships heading to America in the early 20th century.
Cuxhaven: Castle Ritzebüttel
Ritzebüttel Castle in Cuxhaven was the residence of the Hamburg bailiff during the period of membership of Cuxhaven to Hamburg. The castle, which dates partly from the 14th century, is one of the oldest surviving secular buildings of the North German Brick Gothic in the region.
Cuxhaven: Lighthouse “Kleiner Preusse”
From Wikipedia: The lighthouse was built in 1906 along the dike of Wremer garnet cutter port as a cross light. Because of its small size and its black and white paint, he received his name “Little Prussian”. In 1930 he was again dismantled, after wearing a red and white paint few years. The current lighthouse is […]
Cuxhaven: Lighthouse Obereversand
From Wikipedia: The former Eversand upper fire is now placed in Dorum-Neufeld. The height is 37.40 m above low water. It is a black, four-sided tower on grid structure, with two galleries and round lantern. The top fire Eversand was built 1886/87 on behalf of the Hanseatic City of Bremen by the AG Weser. Together with the lower […]
Cuxhaven: Hinrich-Wilhelm-Kopf caserne
Hinrich-Wilhelm-Kopf caserne. The place I spent nearly 10 years of my life for “working”. Now this has obviously gotten down. Since more than 15 years no one is there anymore and this is truly visible. Curious what happens to that huge area when they close fully down in summer this year and try to sell […]
Cuxhaven: Kugelbake Landmark
From Wikipedia: The Kugelbake (German: Ball Beacon) is a historic aid to navigation in the city of Cuxhaven, Germany, at the northernmost point of Lower Saxony, where the River Elbe flows into the North Sea. In the Low German dialect of the Middle Ages, the term bake referred to all navigational aids – including lighthouses. About […]