Electric lighthouse

Round, red-and-white striped and in the middle of the dunes. Around 1890, however, the builders were less interested in creating the perfect vacation motif than in making night navigation in the area of the Ems estuary even safer. It has not been in operation for several years now. But that doesn't stop the electric lighthouse from continuing to radiate an almost clichéd North Sea romance with its paint job. The 27-meter-high electric lighthouse stands on the edge dune south of the center of Borkum and is easily reached from there by a 15-minute walk. On August 11, 2003, the responsible waterways and shipping office in Emden extinguished the leading light because a sandbank is currently running through the fairway. The tower continues to serve the German-Dutch traffic control system in the Ems estuary as a radar antenna carrier. Year of construction: 1987-1988 Complete renovation: 2003 Tower height: 28 m Owner: Emden Waterways and Shipping Office