I've only featured one other lighthouse in Poland before this one, and it has a few more, given that it has a good amount of Baltic Sea coastline between Kaliningrad and Germany.
As you'll see, this one has an interesting architectural history. But first, see where it is. It's located north of Gdynia and next to a monument to Stefan Zeromski.
But enough about him, let's learn about the lighthouse from the Lighthouse Directory.
"1822 (twice heightened). Active; focal plane 83 m (272 ft); white flash every 3 s. 32 m (105 ft) round tower, lower half concrete-clad (stone?) with a gallery at the top, upper half a tapered 2-stage steel tower with lantern and two more galleries. Lower half of tower is unpainted, upper half painted red. ...
This unusual lighthouse was actually built in three stages. The original tower, now clad in concrete, was about 18 m (60 ft) tall. In 1910, when trees had grown tall enough to obscure the light, a 5 m (17 ft) conical steel tower was added atop the old tower, raising the height to 24 m (79 ft). ...
In 1978, when even more height was required, the tower was extended a second time with a cylindrical steel section. The lighthouse marks Cape Rozewie, the northernmost point of Poland and the western entrance to the Gulf of Gdańsk. The lower section of the lighthouse houses a lighthouse museum with exhibits on all the Polish lighthouses; among the exhibits are the Fresnel lens from Stilo and the lantern from the former German lightship Adlergrund."
So I'll just look at the pictures.
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