Kaiserschleuse lighthouse

Kaiserschleuse lighthouse is a building in Free Hanseatic City of Bremen, Germany. Kaiserschleuse lighthouse is situated near the government office Zollamt Bremerhaven, Abfertigungsgruppe Kaiserschleuse, as well as near the museum Altes Kraftwerk.

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Type: Building
Description: lighthouse in Free Hanseatic City of Bremen, Germany
Also known as: “Kaiserschleuse Ostfeuer”, “Pingelturm”, and “R. Rudloff”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: German Emigration Center and Bremerhaven Zoo.

German Emigration Center

Museum

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The German Emigration Center is a museum located in Bremerhaven, Germany dedicated to the history of German emigration, especially to the United States. German Emigration Center is situated 1¼ km southeast of Kaiserschleuse lighthouse.

Bremerhaven Zoo

Zoo

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The Bremerhaven Zoo is located next to the river Weser and exhibits mainly species which live in the water or in northern environments; exceptions are, for instance, chimpanzees and white-headed marmosets. Bremerhaven Zoo is situated 1¼ km southeast of Kaiserschleuse lighthouse.

German submarine Wilhelm Bauer

Museum

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German submarine Wilhelm Bauer is a Type XXI U-boat of Nazi Germany's navy, completed shortly before the end of World War II. It was scuttled at the end of the war, having never gone on patrol. German submarine Wilhelm Bauer is situated 2 km southeast of Kaiserschleuse lighthouse.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mitte and Bremerhaven.

Mitte

Suburb

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Mitte is a suburb.

Bremerhaven

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Bremerhaven is a coastal city with a population of about 120,000 in the state of Bremen, on the outer Weser in northwestern Germany. It is famous for its large harbour, one of the biggest in Germany for passenger traffic, apart from Hamburg.