Borkum Großer Light

The New Lighthouse Borkum, called nautical correctly Large lighthouse of Borkum, is in the western part of the city center of Borkum Island and is one of three lighthouses on the island.

After the Old lighthouse of Borkum was burned down, the new lighthouse was built in 1879 in record time. Between the foundation stone was laid on May 1 and the topping on September 20 were less than five months. The building plans for the construction had the Royal Prussian Water and Shipping Administration already completed in the north at this time: you had wanted to build a new tower anyway. Officer designer was Ernst Schumacher from Leer, who had already designed the built in 1874 lighthouse on Norderney.

The lighthouse is still active since November 15, 1879 for orientation before the Ems estuary. At the same time carries the lighthouse since October 1, 1891 another beacon that is the Quermarkenfeuer named Westerems today. It indicates a change of course for traveling in the Outer Ems ships from Westeremsfahrwasser in the Randzelgat. The tower was bricked by the Royal General Directorate of hydraulic engineering in the massive construction made ​​of bricks. There about 1.5 million black brown brick bricks were used for the 60.3 m high circular tower. Until its tip lead 315 steps. The lighthouse is open daily during the season and can be visited.

Upon his commissioning of the lighthouse received a 3 m high rotating lens light. Since an upgrade of 1908, he has six large lens fields, which produce three pairs of rays with a light intensity of 2 million candelas per beam. The nominal range is 24.4 nautical miles ( ≈ 40 km ). Despite the impressive values ​​the beacon is only operated with a single 400 watt metal halide lamp.

The New Lighthouse Borkum is remotely operated by the traffic control center Ems on the Knock ( Emden ).