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The Great Tower Neuwerk is the most significant building of the Neuwerk island, belonging to Hamburg. Completed in 1310, the structure is one of the oldest worldwide that was used as lighthouse (1814–2014) and still standing. Apart from the floors for the guesthouse for the Hamburg state guests, the tower is home to the warden, a restaurant and their personnel. The former teacher Heinrich Gechter initiated the use as a hostel for schools of Winterhude in 1920, which switched to the neighboring barn 1924. The attic was also home the bird warden for many years. In the 1600s Royal Protestant Imperial Count Palatine Johann Rist resided at Neuwerk.

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