Rozewie

(autotranslated, could have mistakes)

• Tower height: 32.7 m.

• Fire height: 83.2m. (above sea level)

• Light characteristic: Fl W3s (flashing white period 3 sec.) 0.1(2.9) = 3 sec.

• Fire visibility range: 26 mm (48.1 km)

• Coordinates: 54° 49' 82'' N,18°20′18″E

Brief history of the lighthouse

• in 1696, a Swedish map was published - the oldest document confirming the existence of a lighthouse in Rozyv. According to legend, the first lighthouse keeper was the daughter of a Swedish captain, who was rescued in this place by fishermen. Since that time, sailors were warned against danger by the fire kindled by it at the edge of the shore.

• 1822, November 15, the first 16-meter lighthouse with 15 Argand lamps was put into operation.

-1875, in order to distinguish the fire in Rozyv from the fire at the lighthouse in Cholpino, another 16 m lighthouse was built

• 1866 The light on the old lighthouse was modernized. A class I Fresnel apparatus was installed and the Argand lamps were replaced by a rapeseed oil burner, and from 1877 a kerosene lamp was used.

• in 1910, a new lighthouse was modernized and raised by 5 m.

• in 1919 it was forbidden to use double markings for the lighthouse in Rozyv and the old lighthouse was turned off.

• 1945 a transmitter was installed and, in addition to the light signal, provides an RO signal according to Morse code.

• in 1972, by decision of the Voivodeship Committee for the Restoration of Monuments, the lighthouse was included in the register of architectural monuments.

• 1978, the lighthouse was raised 8 m because growing beech trees began to obscure the light. The old revolving mechanism was also replaced along with the lens with a double-sided panel containing 20 halogen reflector lamps on each side and mounted on the revolving table.

• in 1994, a GPS station was installed, allowing one to determine the position of the vessel with an accuracy of 5-10 meters.

Now the lighthouse museum has been located at the lighthouse since 1964. The museum contains an old reflector from the Stylo lighthouse with a Fresnel lens, navigation lights and models of lighthouses, starting with the ancient lighthouse on the island of Pharos. On the wall of the tower hangs a plaque in memory of Leon Vzork, the lighthouse keeper who remained at his post in September 1939, despite the German advance. On September 11, he was arrested and shot by the Germans. The lighthouse is named after the famous Polish writer Stefan Żeromski. Near the entrance there is a copy of a memorial plaque from 1933, which was destroyed during the war. The adjacent building with a brick chimney contains an old power station with a locomotive, opened to visitor access in 2006, and there are navigation signs near the lighthouse.

ENTRANCE

About 3 km by road No. 215 from Jastrzębiej Góry to Władysławowa. There is a parking lot near the lighthouse where you can leave your car.