Campen Lighthouse

The Campen Lighthouse is the tallest lighthouse in Germany. He stands at the mouth of the Ems to the North Sea, northwest of Emden. The Campen Lighthouse serves as a day mark and at night as a leading light for the drive through the Randzelgat in Westerems off Borkum.

The highest with 65.3 meters German lighthouse stands out because of its unusual design, because it is a free-standing lattice tower with a triangular cross section and a staircase tube in the middle. The red tripod tower with white center tube carries the red lantern chamber with two galleries and a green roof. The lighthouse was built in 1889 and completed in 1890. Officially, he went on 1 October 1891 in operation.

The beacon is one with a light intensity of 4.5 million candelas of the strongest beacons in Germany. It has a range of about 55 kilometers. It is noteworthy that there is a precision light sectors with an opening angle of only 0.3 degrees. In the power house of the tower, the oldest still functioning diesel engine is in Germany. It was built in 1906 by MAN and has an output of 20 hp.

The Campen Lighthouse can be visited regularly, Heritage Day and the nacelle, where it is usually the diesel engine is presented in operation.

History

The lighthouse was planned in 1883 lighting of the sub -Ems as one of five beacons are within the framework of the German - Dutch project and completed in 1890. On October 1, 1891 all five lighthouses could be put together in service. Each of the five leading light was responsible for a specified section on the ship track between the North Sea and Emden. The Lighthouse Campen wears a leading light and is day mark. The other lighthouses within the transnational project were:

  • Small lighthouse of Borkum, German, lighthouse operation in the summer of 2003 set
  • Pilsumer Lighthouse, German, lighthouse ceased operations in October 1919
  • Lighthouse Watum, Dutch, destroyed in World War II
  • Lighthouse Delfzijl, Netherlands, destroyed in World War II
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