Borkum Great Light

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.

Borkum Großer Leuchtturm

The lighthouse in 2008
Location	Borkum, Germany
Coordinates	53°35′19.55″N 6°39′43.68″E
Tower
Constructed	1817 (first)
Foundation	3-story octagonal base
Construction	brick tower
Height	197 feet (60 m)
Shape	cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern[1]
Markings	unpainted gray-brown tower, brown basement, red lantern dome.
Heritage	architectural heritage monument in Lower Saxony
Light
First lit	1879
Focal height	207 feet (63 m)
Intensity	2,000,000 cd
Range	24 nautical miles (44 km; 28 mi) 19 nautical miles (35 km; 22 mi) directional white 15 nautical miles (28 km; 17 mi) directional red/green
Characteristic	Fl (2) W 12s. F WRG depending on direction

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.

See also

• Germany portal
• Engineering portal

• List of lighthouses and lightvessels in Germany
• List of tallest lighthouses in the world

References

1. Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Germany: Borkum to Wilhelmshaven". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
2. 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.

External links

• Borkum Great Light in Lighthouse Digest's Lighthouse Explorer Database