Martin M. Miles' photos with the keyword: lighthouse

Lindau, located near the borders to Austria and Switzerland, was mentioned first time in 882 when a nunnery was founded here. The old town is on an island, which meanwhile is connected with the mainland by a road bridge and a railway dam. The church of St. Stephan was built around 1180, Franciscans founded a monastery here in 1224. In 1274/75 Lindau became an Imperial Free City under King Rudolf I. Lindau became Protestant in 1528. The nunnery remained Catholic while the Franciscan monastery, from which the first Reformation preachers came, was closed. During the Thirty Years' War, Lindau was unsuccessfully besieged by Swedish troops in 1646/47. Between 1445 and 1761, 18 people were indicted in witch trials in Lindau. The last victim of the witch hunt was Maria Madlener, who was executed on August 4, 1730. In 1856 a new harbour was built. The entrance to the harbour has its characteristic landmarks, the lion sculpture and Bavaria's only and Germany´s most southern lighthouse.

Cologne is the fourth-largest city in Germany - and one of the oldest. A Germanic tribe, the Ubii, had a settlement here, this was named by the Romans "Oppidum Ubiorum". In 50 AD, the Romans founded "Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium", the city then became the provincial capital of "Germania Inferior". The "Helios AG für elektrisches Licht und Telegraphenanlagenbau" was a company founded in 1882, had its headquarters in the city of Ehrenfeld, which was incorporated into Cologne in 1888. The company, named after the Greek God, was very innovative in electrical engineering but entered financial difficulties after the turn of the century. Siemens and AEG took over Helios. Later the company was aquired by aviation pioneer Arthur Delfosse, renamed "Kölner Industrie-Werke", and cars were produced here. The company finally closed down in 1930. The lighthouse towering over the factory buildings was a kind of trademark for die Helios AG. The logo can still be seen on the walls here. Actually Helios AG has indeed constructed lighthouses on the North Frisian Islands and the mouth of the Weser river.

"La mer" seen from the lookout "Pointe de Bilfot". The islands seen are the "Grand Mez de Goëlo" and the "Petit Mez de Goëlo". Seen on the right is the lighthouse "L’Ost-Pic".

The lighthouse at Cap Lévi was erected after the preceding one from the mid 19th century got destroyed in 1944. The lighthouse here warns the captains against shoals and strong currents near the cape.