Borkum Great Light

Lighthouse on Borkum, Germany

Lighthouse

53°35′19.55″N 6°39′43.68″E / 53.5887639°N 6.6621333°E / 53.5887639; 6.6621333TowerConstructed1817 (first)Foundation3-story octagonal baseConstructionbrick towerHeight197 feet (60 m)Shapecylindrical tower with balcony and lantern^[1]Markingsunpainted gray-brown tower, brown basement, red lantern dome.Heritagearchitectural heritage monument in Lower Saxony

LightFirst lit1879Focal height207 feet (63 m)Intensity2,000,000 cdRange24 nautical miles (44 km; 28 mi)
19 nautical miles (35 km; 22 mi) directional white
15 nautical miles (28 km; 17 mi) directional red/greenCharacteristicFl (2) W 12s.
F WRG depending on direction

Borkum Great Light (from German: Borkum Großer Leuchtturm, "Borkum greater lighthouse"), also known as Borkum Neuer Light (Neuer Leuchtturm, "new lighthouse"), is an active lighthouse on the island of Borkum, Leer district, state of Lower Saxony, Germany. At a height of 197 feet (60 m) it is the twenty-fourth tallest "traditional lighthouse" in the world,^[2] as well as the third tallest brick lighthouse in the world. The lighthouse is located at the west side of the Borkum Island. It is the landfall light for the Ems estuary and the port of Emden, serving also as a day mark.

This lighthouse also bears a directional continuous light at a height of 151 feet (46 m) to three different directions with the colors white, red and green.

The tower was built in the summer of 1879 in a record time of six months, following a fire at the old lighthouse.

The site is open, and the tower is open to the public daily April through October and on Thursday, Friday, and Sunday afternoons November through March.

References

^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Germany: Borkum to Wilhelmshaven". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
^ Rowlett, Russ. "The Tallest Lighthouses". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

List of Lights, Pub. 114: British Isles, English Channel and North Sea (PDF). List of Lights. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2010. p. 158.
Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Germany: Borkum to Wilhelmshaven". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
"Leuchtturm Borkum". wsa-emden.de (in German). Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 14 August 2010.