Borkum Great Light

Borkum Großer Leuchtturm

The lighthouse in 2008
Location	Borkum, Germany
Coordinates	53°35′19.55″N 6°39′43.68″E / 53.5887639°N 6.6621333°E / 53.5887639; 6.6621333
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

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.