Range light

Baltiysk Lighthouse

Also known as: Балтийский, Балтийск, Пиллау, Baltijsk

active · Tower 32 m

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At a glance

Place

Country
Russia
Region
Baltiysk

Structure

Status
active Legacy archive claim · Балтийский (Пиллау, Балтийск)
Construction date
1813 Multiple lighthouse phases
Tower height
32 Legacy archive claim · Балтийский (Пиллау, Балтийск)

Signal

Light characteristic
БлЗтм12с (св9.0 зтм 3.0) Legacy archive claim · Балтийский (Пиллау, Балтийск)
Visibility
16 Legacy archive claim · Балтийский (Пиллау, Балтийск)

Light Signature

БлЗтм12с (св9.0 зтм 3.0)

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Historical or reported light signal. Please verify with sources.

Names & naming history

Some source names have not yet been assigned a reviewed language; script labels preserve provenance without hiding the row.

Latin script · Alternative

RU · Alternative

RU · Official

Machine-readable names JSON

(autotranslated, could have mistakes)

Image removed from public review package. Local review only · not public record-level source only · baltiysky.jpgInstalled at the very shore of the spit separating the Gulf of Gdansk from Primorskaya Bay, in the south-eastern part of the Baltic Sea, it provides a safe approach to the port of Baltiysk.

Until 1945, this port on the Baltic Spit (Note from site editor: from another source on the mainland), founded in 1686 as an outport of the Königsberg fortress (now Kaliningrad), belonged to East Prussia and was called Pillau. The first lighthouse in the southeastern part of the city was built by German engineers in 1813.

It was rebuilt many times, and its light-optical equipment was improved. In pre-war times, the last major reconstruction was carried out in 1902. By the beginning of the Great Patriotic War, the lighthouse was a red top and a white 32 m high round tower with a cone-shaped roof and two galleries below.

As a result of the defeat of the German enemy group "Semland" on April 25, 1945, Pillau was taken by Soviet troops of the 3rd Belorussian Front. During the retreat, the Germans disabled the lighthouse and destroyed a number of premises.

Since the port of Pillau (renamed Baltiysk on November 27, 1946) became the base for ships of the Baltic Fleet, the lighthouse had to be urgently restored. At first, a temporary fire was lit here, and in 1953, after the completion of the new technical building, the lighthouse was completely restored. The source of fire in the lantern structure was a light-optical apparatus from the German company Tate Mayer. The device was powered by domestic diesel units.

In 1955, an eight-apartment building was built for service personnel, and warehouses were built for storing property and fuels and lubricants. At the end of the northern pier, a nautofon was installed and a radio beacon was mounted for radio deviation work.

The employees of the Baltiysk lighthouse service not only the lighthouse itself, but also control the operation of the entire illuminated navigation fence of the port of Baltiysk, the main and additional navigation lights of the outport. Petr Nikitovich Velik worked at the lighthouse for more than 20 years. Under his leadership, the team was repeatedly recognized as the best in the Baltic Fleet.

The lighthouse currently shines a white eclipsing light over a distance of 16 miles. Together with the Front Baltic Lighthouse, which is a white rhombus and a white trapezoid with a black vertical stripe on an openwork tetrahedral tower, it marks the alignment 302.1°—122.1°, leading to the sea channel of the port of Baltiysk.

Source: Beacons of Russia

You can also read Symbols of Baltiysk / S.A. Yakimov.-Kaliningrad: IP Mishutkina, 2006. - 144 p.

from "Lights and Signs of the Baltic Sea":

No. 4529 (S3100) Baltic front   54 38.6N 19 53.1E BlZtm12s (sv 9.0 ztm 3.0) 12M Two white shields, one above the other in the form of a rhombus and a trapezoid with a black vertical stripe, mounted on an openwork tetrahedral tower. The height of the structure is 21m, the height of the fire is 12m. Section 302.1-122.1. It shines around the clock in sector 12 in the direction of the alignment.

No. 4530 (S3100.1) Baltic rear  4.4 kbt from the front. BlZtm12s (sv9.0 ztm 3.0) 16M. Red and white round tower with two galleries and a lantern structure with a conical roof 32m-30m. Shines 85-10.Rmk.

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Heritage identity & evidence

Identity

LUX ID
LUX-LH-000066
Type
Range light
Object kind
Range light
Current status
active

Review & coverage

Showcase rank 3 · candidateReadiness needs-reviewText location onlyRecord-level source only29 accepted field claims

External identifiers

No reviewed external identifiers yet.

Key source-backed claims

Claim evidence

Operational status

Selected valueInherited from archiveNeeds reviewed field source

Selected value: active

Why this value is shown: Current evidence is active; Source: Legacy archive field; Inherited from the archive

Field support: Needs a reviewed field source

Archive value: active

Show claim history
  • active selected why: Current evidence is active; Source: Legacy archive field; Inherited from the archive · Балтийский (Пиллау, Балтийск) Current · archive · Legacy archive field
    Technical details
    claim_id
    CLAIM-LUX-LH-000066-status-001
    review_status
    current
    confidence
    archive
    source_type
    migration_field
    winner_reason
    current active claim; source type migration_field; confidence archive
Technical details
field_id
status
current_claim_id
CLAIM-LUX-LH-000066-status-001
winner_reason
current active claim; source type migration_field; confidence archive
field_support_status
no-trusted-reference
candidate_count
1
distinct_value_count
1
review_guidance
accepted/current claims without valid_to; prefer accepted, then latest valid_from, curated source, confidence, id.

Construction or building date

Multiple lighthouse phasesInherited from archiveNeeds reviewed field source

Phase history: 1813

Reviewer action: Treat each active date as a separate lighthouse phase, rebuild, first-light, or current-structure date before promoting phase-specific facts.

Field support: Needs a reviewed field source

Archive value: 1813

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Technical details
field_id
construction_date
current_claim_id
CLAIM-LUX-LH-000066-construction_date-001
field_support_status
no-trusted-reference
candidate_count
1
distinct_value_count
1
review_guidance
repeatable lifecycle phase field; display active values as phase history and only flag conflict when review assigns two different values to the same phase.

Tower height

Selected valueInherited from archiveNeeds reviewed field source

Selected value: 32

Why this value is shown: Current evidence is active; Source: Legacy archive field; Inherited from the archive

Field support: Needs a reviewed field source

Archive value: 32 m

Show claim history
  • 32 selected why: Current evidence is active; Source: Legacy archive field; Inherited from the archive · Балтийский (Пиллау, Балтийск) Current · archive · Legacy archive field
    Technical details
    claim_id
    CLAIM-LUX-LH-000066-tower_height-001
    review_status
    current
    confidence
    archive
    source_type
    migration_field
    winner_reason
    current active claim; source type migration_field; confidence archive
Technical details
field_id
tower_height
current_claim_id
CLAIM-LUX-LH-000066-tower_height-001
winner_reason
current active claim; source type migration_field; confidence archive
field_support_status
no-trusted-reference
candidate_count
1
distinct_value_count
1
review_guidance
accepted/current claims without valid_to; prefer accepted, then latest valid_from, curated source, confidence, id.

Light characteristic

Selected valueInherited from archiveNeeds reviewed field source

Selected value: БлЗтм12с (св9.0 зтм 3.0)

Why this value is shown: Current evidence is active; Source: Legacy archive field; Inherited from the archive

Field support: Needs a reviewed field source

Archive value: Not translated

Show claim history
  • БлЗтм12с (св9.0 зтм 3.0) selected why: Current evidence is active; Source: Legacy archive field; Inherited from the archive · Балтийский (Пиллау, Балтийск) Current · archive · Legacy archive field
    Technical details
    claim_id
    CLAIM-LUX-LH-000066-light_characteristic-001
    review_status
    current
    confidence
    archive
    source_type
    migration_field
    winner_reason
    current active claim; source type migration_field; confidence archive
Technical details
field_id
light_characteristic
current_claim_id
CLAIM-LUX-LH-000066-light_characteristic-001
winner_reason
current active claim; source type migration_field; confidence archive
field_support_status
no-trusted-reference
candidate_count
1
distinct_value_count
1
review_guidance
accepted/current claims without valid_to; prefer accepted, then latest valid_from, curated source, confidence, id.

Light visibility / range

Selected valueInherited from archiveNeeds reviewed field source

Selected value: 16

Why this value is shown: Current evidence is active; Source: Legacy archive field; Inherited from the archive

Field support: Needs a reviewed field source

Archive value: 16 miles

Show claim history
  • 16 selected why: Current evidence is active; Source: Legacy archive field; Inherited from the archive · Балтийский (Пиллау, Балтийск) Current · archive · Legacy archive field
    Technical details
    claim_id
    CLAIM-LUX-LH-000066-light_visibility-001
    review_status
    current
    confidence
    archive
    source_type
    migration_field
    winner_reason
    current active claim; source type migration_field; confidence archive
Technical details
field_id
light_visibility
current_claim_id
CLAIM-LUX-LH-000066-light_visibility-001
winner_reason
current active claim; source type migration_field; confidence archive
field_support_status
no-trusted-reference
candidate_count
1
distinct_value_count
1
review_guidance
accepted/current claims without valid_to; prefer accepted, then latest valid_from, curated source, confidence, id.

Alternate name

Name variantsNeeds reviewed field source

Name variants: Pillau; Baltijsk; Балтийск

Reviewer action: Classify names by language/script and role such as official, local, translated, transliterated, historical, or alternate.

Field support: Needs a reviewed field source

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Technical details
field_id
alternate_name
current_claim_id
CLAIM-LUX-LH-000066-alternate_name-003
field_support_status
no-trusted-reference
candidate_count
3
distinct_value_count
3
review_guidance
name variant field; classify by language/script and role instead of choosing one scalar winner.

Key sources

1 active / 1 total in-archive source link. Full sources and reference search leads below

External Identity Graph

  • LUX Light Archive
    LUX-LH-000066 Canonical LUX ID

    Local identity anchor for the record and related claims.

  • Wikidata
    Search / review Search lead

    review lead · Resolve to a verified QID before treating as evidence.

  • Wikipedia
    Search / review Search lead

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  • ARLHS
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  • OpenStreetMap
    Search / review Search lead

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  • Source URLs
    1 active / 1 total in-record source link Record source URLs

    record provenance · Record-level source URLs are listed in the source provenance section.

  • Lighthouse Directory
    Search / review Review source

    review lead · Use the regional directory page as a trusted catalogue lead; add the exact URL after review.

Evidence graph

Derived view of how sources, facts, identifiers, lifecycle events, and relationships support this record.

7 sources8 field-supported facts6 object-only refs

Facts

  • Alternate name alternate_name · Балтийск
  • Alternate name alternate_name · Baltijsk
  • Alternate name alternate_name · Pillau
  • Construction or building date construction_date · 1813
  • Light characteristic light_characteristic · БлЗтм12с (св9.0 зтм 3.0)
  • Light visibility / range light_visibility · 16
  • Operational status status · active
  • Tower height tower_height · 32

Lifecycle

  • No lifecycle evidence nodes yet.

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Reconstructed state

Open state profile JSON
1813

History and connections

Lifecycle summary

Built

Current status: active

Lifecycle events

  1. BuiltInherited from legacy archive

    Construction date recorded.

    1 source · medium confidence
  2. Location changedApproximate location

    approximate area coordinate recorded.

    1 source

Construction phases

Repeated construction dates are treated as lighthouse phases or rebuilds, not one current-date conflict.

  1. 1686 · Source narrative · Narrative lead

    Source narrative context: Until 1945, this port on the Baltic Spit (Note from site editor: from another source on the mainland) , founded in 1686 as an outport of the Königsberg fortress (now Kaliningrad), belonged to East Prussia and was called Pillau. The first lighthouse in the southeastern part of the city was built by German engineers in 1813.

  2. 1813 · Балтийский (Пиллау, Балтийск) · Phase claim

    Source narrative context: ...ussia and was called Pillau. The first lighthouse in the southeastern part of the city was built by German engineers in 1813.

  3. 1945 · Source narrative · Narrative lead

    Source narrative context: As a result of the defeat of the German enemy group "Semland" on April 25, 1945, Pillau was taken by Soviet troops of the 3rd Belorussian Front. During the retreat, the Germans disabled the lighthouse and destroyed a number of premises.

Coordinate roles

  • approximate area · Mayachnik Bolshoy Tyuters source links

Evidence and data

Detailed timeline, graph, map history, and JSON exports for review and research.

1 history events 2 record changes 1 connected objects 0 places

Coverage: no-accepted-coordinates

Lighthouse history (1 events)
  1. Construction date recordedrecord-derived
Record history (2 changes)
  1. Archive record createdarchive-metadata
  2. Archive record updatedarchive-metadata
Connection graph (1 objects)
Geo timeline (0 places)

No accepted coordinate point yet. The text geography remains listed as context.

  • Geography contextРоссия, Балтийск · text-only

Rights & Attribution

Content License

Original editorial content on this page: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International. See Rights & Reuse.

Media Rights

No published media with documented rights on this record.

Attribution

"Baltiysk Lighthouse" · LUX-LH-000066 · © LUX143 · Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International · https://light.lux143.org/lighthouses/LUX-LH-000066/

Citation

LUX Light Archive, Lighthouse record: "Baltiysk Lighthouse", LUX-LH-000066, https://light.lux143.org/lighthouses/LUX-LH-000066/, accessed 2026-07-03, archive v0.24.42.

Legacy archive provenance

This object now uses its LUX identity as the public record. The original Drupal node is preserved as migration provenance and a compatibility route.

Canonical LUX ID
LUX-LH-000066
Legacy node
node:556
Legacy URL
/node/556/
Drupal source type
lighthouse
Source system
drupal_migration
Source path
/node/556

Source provenance

Forum sources

Trusted References

Known external identifiers and review leads for Wikipedia, Wikidata, map, registry, and catalogue coverage. Search leads are not accepted evidence until reviewed. Field-level evidence is implied only when evidence scope or supported fields are explicit.

SourceStatusEvidence scopeReferenceReview note
Wikidatasearch-candidateSearch / reviewResolve to a verified QID before treating as evidence.
Wikipediasearch-candidateSearch / reviewUseful for public descriptions and cross-checking, but text must be rewritten or quoted sparingly.
OpenStreetMapsearch-candidateSearch / reviewResolve to a stable node, way, or relation URL before acceptance.
ARLHSreview-sourceSearch / reviewSearch the World List of Lights and add a verified ARLHS ID when found.
Lighthouse Directoryreview-sourceSearch / reviewUse the regional directory page as a trusted catalogue lead; add the exact URL after review.
Record identifiers
Node
556
Source type
lighthouse
Review class
Navigation light or range light
Created
27/05/2011 12:37:51 UTC
Changed
16/03/2016 08:56:24 UTC
Source path
/node/556
All technical fields
Status
active Legacy archive claim · Балтийский (Пиллау, Балтийск)
Construction date
1813 Multiple lighthouse phases
Tower height
32 Legacy archive claim · Балтийский (Пиллау, Балтийск)
Focal height
Not recorded
Light height
Not recorded
Light characteristic
БлЗтм12с (св9.0 зтм 3.0) Legacy archive claim · Балтийский (Пиллау, Балтийск)
Light number
Not recorded
Operation
Not recorded
Visibility
16 Legacy archive claim · Балтийский (Пиллау, Балтийск)
Legacy light IDs
Not recorded
Call sign
Not recorded
Lens / optics
Not curated
Latitude
Not recorded
Longitude
Not recorded

Empty lighthouse fields are shown so review gaps are visible. Lens and optics are curated as heritage assets when evidence exists.