Hel

Viewpoints and towers in Hel

The Hel Peninsula's strategic location has left a legacy of elevated structures designed for maritime navigation and coastal defense. This list features the 41.5-meter active brick lighthouse and the deactivated steel lattice tower at Góra Szwedów. It also includes significant military architecture, such as the nine-story fire control tower of the Schleswig-Holstein battery and Cold War-era observation posts used by Permanent Artillery Batteries to monitor the Baltic Sea.

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Lighthouse in Hel

Hel Lighthouse is an active lighthouse in the town of Hel, Pomeranian Voivodeship in Poland.

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Góra Szwedów Lighthouse

Góra Szwedów Lighthouse is a deactivated lighthouse on the coast of the Baltic Sea in the administrative region of the town of Hel, Puck…

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Wieża radarowa

A post-war military radar tower used for coastal surveillance and monitoring maritime traffic around the tip of the Hel Peninsula.

Dostrzegalnia p.poż LP

A high observation tower managed by the State Forests for the early detection and monitoring of forest fires within the peninsula's woodland areas.

Wieża kierowania ogniem baterii Schleswig-Holstein

A nine-story concrete fire control tower built during WWII for the 406 mm Schleswig-Holstein battery. It now serves as an exhibition space for the Museum of Coastal Defence.