Postcard from Germany
The former marine navigation tower (German: Peilturm) pictured in the postcard above, was built in 1927 of brick and acted as a maritime navigation beacon. From 1911 to 1925, attempts were made – which were ground-breaking for that time – to improve navigation for the Sassnitz-Trelleborg railway ferry, established in 1909, using the emission of radio waves. To this end, large antenna fields were built within the ramparts of the medieval Jaromarsburg fortification. The foundations of the associated radio operating facility inside the ramparts have survived to this day. The technical facilities of the navigation tower were destroyed, however, in 1945.
Since 2003, the tower has housed the amber studio of Wiesbaden artist, Nils Peters.
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