Proud lighthouse at the West Pier in Warnemünde by Silva Wischeropp

About "Proud lighthouse at the West Pier in Warnemünde"

by Silva Wischeropp

About the artwork

This maritime landscape photograph with the famous lighthouse on the West Mole was taken on 31 May 2011 in the late afternoon hours. The picture was taken with the NIKON D90 and the Nikkor lens: 80.0-200.0 mm f/2.8.
The abstract conversion of the colour tones into classic black and white lends the motif a timeless and elegant atmosphere.

In order to secure Warnemünde harbour, the city of Rostock obliged the patrician Rötger Horn in 1288 to keep the harbour entrance at a depth of twelve feet for five years. At the end of the 16th century, stone embankments were piled up to protect the harbour entrance, and between 1897 and 1903, under the direction of harbour construction director Karl Friedrich Kerner (1847-1920), piers were built to permanently secure the sea channel and access to the overseas port.

Today there are three piers in Warnemünde: the west pier, the east pier and the small "centre pier". Between the central and eastern jetties, ships enter the sea canal, which leads to the overseas harbour and on to Rostock's city harbour. The central and western jetties mark the entrance to the Alter Strom.
The area of the railway station island that ends north of the Warnemünde Sailing Club at the tip with the "Esperanza" is known as the "Mittelmole".
On the Bahnhofsinsel you will find the Warnemünde railway station, the Warnemünde fish market, restaurants and shops as well as the moorings of local fishermen and sailors.