I accidentally saw a picture of this lighthouse a couple of weeks ago, and I don't even remember now what the accident was. This is only the third lighthouse from Poland that I've had in the Lighthouse of the Week slot. Poland has a large number of lighthouses for a country that doesn't actually have that much coastline to put them on.
So, here's where the Kolobrzeg Lighthouse, and Kolobrzeg, are.
And this is what the Lighthouse Directory tells us about it.
"1948 (station established 1899). Active; focal plane 33 m (108 ft); white flash every 3 s. 26 m (85 ft) round cylindrical brick tower with lantern and double gallery, rising from a large round eighteenth-century fortification. A most unusual lighthouse. The lantern is not attached directly to the tower, but is raised on eight columns; underneath, the open gallery provides a great observation platform for tourists. The tower is unpainted red brick; lantern and galleries are painted white, the lantern roof black. ... During World War II the city was almost completely destroyed when the retreating German Army held out in Kołobrzeg against a 14-day siege. Nearly everything had to be rebuilt, including the lighthouse. Today there is a small museum in the lighthouse."The pictures show what it looks like.
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