Viewpoints and Towers
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.
A Lighthouse in Hel
Hel Lighthouse is an active lighthouse in the town of Hel, Pomeranian Voivodeship in Poland.
B 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…
C 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.
Wieża kier. ogniem 27 BAS
A Cold War-era fire control tower belonging to the 27th Permanent Artillery Battery, designed to coordinate coastal defense and target acquisition.
Wieża Sterownicza
A military control tower located within the Hel Fortified Area, historically used for coordinating defensive operations.
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