From Świnoujście to Kikut

The lighthouse in Świnoujście stands in the Warszów district. According to Wikipedia it is the tallest on the Polish Baltic coast and the tallest brick lighthouse in the world. The tower is 67.7 m high, the light is at 65 m above sea level, and 308 steps lead to the top. Construction began in 1854 and the light was first lit on 1 December 1857. The heritage register dates the structure to 1854-1857. According to Wikipedia the range of the white light is 25 nautical miles and of the red light 9. The lighthouse was opened to visitors on 5 August 2000.

Further east, in Wolin National Park, on the Strażnica hill near Wisełka, stands the Kikut lighthouse. It was created from a converted viewing tower: a round fieldstone tower 10.2 m high was raised by 2.6 m with brick, and the light was first lit on 10 February 1962. The tower is 18.2 m tall, but the light is at 91.5 m above sea level and its range is 16 nautical miles. According to Wikipedia it is the only unmanned lighthouse in Poland and it cannot be entered; it is viewed from outside, after reaching it along a forest trail.

Niechorze and Kołobrzeg

The lighthouse in Niechorze stands on the cliff edge in Rewal municipality. The light yellow brick tower is 45 m high, and 208 steps lead to the viewing terrace. The first light was lit here on 1 December 1866, and the heritage register dates the whole structure to 1863-1866, that is, from the start of construction. According to Wikipedia, in 1945 the retreating Germans placed eight mines in the building, which were found and defused, and after the equipment was rebuilt the lighthouse was brought back into service on 18 December 1948. Two hundred metres from the tower is the Lighthouse Miniatures Park, with models of the lighthouses of the Polish coast.

The lighthouse in Kołobrzeg stands on the main platform of a former fort. The previous one was blown up by German sappers in 1945, because Polish artillerymen had used it as a landmark in the fighting for the city. According to Wikipedia the tower is 26 m high, the light is at 36 m above sea level, and the nominal range is 16 nautical miles. The year the present lighthouse was built is given differently in different places: Wikipedia states that it was completed by November 1945 at the latest, but 1946 is also found.

Gąski, Darłówko and Jarosławiec

The lighthouse in Gąski is a brick tower from 1876-1878; the heritage register gives 1876-1877. 190 granite steps lead to the terrace. Wikipedia gives the height of the tower as 49.80 m, while the Gąski village website gives 50.2 m. According to Wikipedia it is regarded as a boundary point of the Pomeranian Bay. Nearby, in Chłopy, there is a fishing harbour.

The lighthouse in Darłówko, a district of Darłowo, is low and stands at the mouth of the Wieprza. The first building with a square tower was erected here in 1885, and in 1927 the tower was raised by one storey with a gallery and a lantern with a white dome. Wikipedia gives the total height of the structure as about 23 m, and the latarnie.pl website as 22 m. After renovation in 2006 the lighthouse can be visited again. In 2023 the existing light was moved to the roof of an apartment block on the other side of the harbour canal, and a three-colour sector light was installed on the tower.

The lighthouse in Jarosławiec is a brick tower 33.3 m high, standing in the centre of the village. The light was first lit here on 1 July 1838. The first tower, built in 1829-1832, was judged too low and was never put into operation, so a second one was built. According to Wikipedia the light is at 50.2 m above sea level, and the range of the rotating lamp from 1975 is 23 nautical miles. The structure was entered in the heritage register in 1993.

Navigation marks and harbours next to the lighthouses

The marking system also includes structures lower than the towers. Stawa Młyny is a white, ten-metre mark shaped like a windmill at the end of the West Breakwater in Świnoujście. Together with the Galeriowa mark, 522 m to the south, it forms a leading line guiding vessels along the fairway to the port. It was built in 1873-1874. West of Kołobrzeg, on the Resko Canal, lies the small Dźwirzyno seaport, which according to its description on the portal is about 11 km from the port of Kołobrzeg.