Hel

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.

Lighthouse in Hel

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

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…

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.