The Lighthouses of Germany (North Sea)

Located on the north bank of the estuary about 5 km east of Knock and 10 km west of Emden. (B 1012)

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Located on the west bank of the Ems in Campen, about 17 km west of Emden. (Not to be confused with Kampen which you will note is spelled with a "K") ^{DE 186} (B 0983)

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It is the landfall light for the Ems estuary and the port of Emden. Recently restored. Located on the main road near the west end of the island. (B 0970)

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Located on the southwestern side of the island, south of the town of Borkum.

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Located off the end of the breakwater at Reede Borkum, the ferry terminal at the south end of the island. Accessible only by boat. (B 0976)

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Located in the center of the island of Norderney; accessible by road. The 2-story crew quarters have been converted to vacation housing and a restaurant. (B 1054)

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Although it has never been an official aid to navigation, it is widely recognized as one of Wangerooge's three lighthouses. Located near the southwestern corner of Wangeroode.

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This tower was actually completed in 1942, and for the rest of World War II it supported an antiaircraft battery. British occupying forces activated the lighthouse at the end of the war. The lighthouse guides ships past the Mellumplate (Mellum Flats), a broad shallow area in the mouth of the Jade. Located about 6 km east of Schillig. Accessible only by boat. (B 1122) ARLHS # FED-017

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Located about 3 km southeast of the A tower. ARLHS # FED-013

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Located approx. 2 km west of Schillig. ARLHS # FED-214

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Located a short distance offshore about 4 km north of Voslapp. Accessible only by boat. (B 1138)

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The top floor of the building is the control room for the locks. The front light is on a steel post 180 m in front of the building, at the outer edge of the island. (B 1159)

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This venerable offshore lighthouse stands on a submerged sandbank (formerly an island) in the middle of the Jadebusen (Jade Bay), with its 13 sectors guiding vessels on various courses through the bay's tricky channels. Located about 5 km south of Wilhelmshaven; distantly visible from the Wilhelmshaven waterfront and many other locations around the roughly circular bay. (B 1152)

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Located in shallow water of the Jade about 2.5 km northwest of Eckwarden. (B 1141)

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Located in shallow water of the Jade about 2 km east of Tossens. (B 1134)

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Located about 3 km northeast of Roter Sand. Accessible only by boat. This photo is dated 1964. (B 1118)

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This historic lighthouse guides ships around a dangerous shallow area called the Hohe Weg (high way) off the entrance to the Weser. Located 25 km northwest of Bremerhaven. Accessible only by boat. (B 1198) ARLHS # FED-108

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Located about 4 km east northeast of the Hohe Weg Light, marking the main channel into the Weser and Bremerhaven. (B 1225.1)

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Located about 3 km east of Eversand Range Front Light. Accessible only by boat. ARLHS # FED-339

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Located about 2 km southeast of Dwarsgat Range Rear Light. Accessible only by boat. (B 1210)

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This is an outbound range, guiding ships leaving the Weser. Located 930 m northwest of the front light. Accessible only by boat. (B 1228.1)

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Located about 3 km southeast of Langlütjen Range Front. Accessible only by boat. (B 1224)

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Like the Solthörn Range, this is an outbound range, guiding ships leaving the Weser. Located 1300 m north northwest of the front light. Accessible only by boat. (B 1240.1)

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This is an outbound range, guiding ships leaving the Weser. Located 700 m north northwest of the front light. (B 1239.1) ARLHS # FED-340

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Located on the waterfront at Dorum. Before it was moved, this light was next to DE74. ^{DE 74}

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This is the only Außerweser light built on land. Located just north of the Imsum container ship terminal on the west bank of the Weser north of Bremerhaven. (B 1230.1)

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Located at the end of the east mole of the harbor entrance, north of downtown Bremerhaven; accessible by walking the mole.

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This elegant lighthouse could not be more different from the front range tower. Located about 200 m (220 yd) north of the front light, near the lock that provides entry to the Neuer Haven.

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The Geeste is the old harbor of Bremerhaven. Located at the end of the north mole, which extends only a short distance into the river. (B 1274)

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Located on the dike south of downtown Bremerhaven and near the north end of the Fischereihafen.

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Located in an industrial area on the east side of the Fischereihafen, 1280 m southeast of the front light. (B 1256.9)

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This is an upstream (southbound) range guiding ships from Bremerhaven southwestward toward Nordenham. Located onshore on the west side of the Weser between Blexen and Nordenham. (B 1279.9)

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This is the front light of a downstream (northbound) range. Located behind a dike and adjacent to an industrial property on the west bank of the river somewhere to the north of Nordenham. (B 1280.1)

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Located in the water on the west side of the river 1850 m south of Nordenham. Accessible only by boat. (B 1286)

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Located on the east bank of the Weser a short distance south of the Sandstedt ferry terminal.

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The original lighthouse was relocated to Bremerhaven. This is a downstream (northbound) range. Located in a field 420 m north northeast of the front range light and a short distance southeast of the old rear range light, west of the village of Sandstedt. ^{DE 59} (B 1297)

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Located 1320 m south of the front light. (B 1288.1)

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Located near the riverbank on the west side of Harriersand Island, 960 m south southwest of the rear light. (B 1299.4)

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This is the rear light of a downstream (northbound) range. Located on the southwest side of the Weser opposite Farge, near the ferry terminal. (B 1302.41)

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Located 220 m southeast of the front light, in shallow water (often exposed) on the southwest side of the Weser. (B 1302.39)

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This is the front light of an upstream range guiding ships into the harbor of Bremen. Located on the south bank of the Weser off Industriestraße in Lemwerder, just west of Bremen. (B 1303)

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Located on the south side of Industriestraße in Lemwerder, 430 m southeast of the front light. (B 1303.1)

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Located on the east mole at the entrance to the Neustädter Hafen (New City Harbor) in Bremen. (B 1307)

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Located at the southern end of the island. Island accessible by passenger ferry from Cuxhaven. ^ferry (B 1344)

The building is a public reading room (Lesehalle) adjacent to a popular seaside resort. Located on the North Sea waterfront of Duhnen, just west of Cuxhaven at the southern entrance to the Elbe estuary.

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Located on the point of land at the south side of the entrance to the Elbe, at the northwestern corner of Cuxhaven. The 'Kugelbake' marks the geographical border between the river Elbe and the North sea. It is the landmark of Cuxhaven and the symbol on it's emblem. To put this object in scale, there is a person standing under the tower.

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This is the front light of an inbound (eastbound) range; the rear light is on the Altenbruch Oberfeuer. Located on the dike at the edge of the Elbe, 2940 m northwest of the rear light and about 8 km southeast of Cuxhaven. ^{DE 99} (B 1360.9)

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Located near the Altenbruch harbor."Dicke Berta" translates to "fat Bertha". Compare this photo with the image below which is "skinny Bertha".

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This light guides ships into Amerikahafen, a harbor built on the east side of Cuxhaven for transatlantic liners. Located on the north mole of the harbor. (B 1374) ARLHS # FED-067

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This tower carries the front lights for both the inbound Belum and outbound Otterndorf ranges. Located just offshore in the Elbe, 1340 m west of the Belum Oberfeuer and 2660 m east of the Otterndorf Oberfeuer. (B 1396)

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This is the rear light of an inbound (eastbound) range. Located in a marshy area in front of the dike about 4 km east of the Otterndorf harbor entrance. (B 1395.9)

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This is the rear light of a major range guiding ships into the Elbe; its light reaches some 37 km out to sea. Located quite close to the old lighthouse. (B 1412.1)

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This is the rear light of the range guiding ships to the canal entrance. Located in an industrial park 1.6 km northeast of the canal entrance. (B1416.1)

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Located on the north mole at the original canal entrance. (B 1442)

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Located on the south mole at the newer canal entrance. (B 1436)

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This is the rear light of a downstream (westbound) range; the front light is carried to the Scheelenkuhlen Unterfeuer. Located 1075 m northwest of the front light and about the same distance southwest of St. Margarethen. (B 1453.9)

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Located just off the B431 highway about 5 km southeast of St. Margarethen. (B 1454.1)

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The present lighthouse is built in a restricted area on the grounds of the Brokdorf nuclear power plant. Located 1560 m north of the front light. (B 1460)

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Located in the village of Hollerwettern on the northeast side of the Elbe, about 4 km southeast of Wewelsfleth.

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Located at the mouth of the Stör River about 4 km north of Glückstadt. Note that you can actually see the rear range in this photo, yes, it's just a light on a horizontal bar. (B 1464) ARLHS # FED-348

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This is the rear light of an upstream (eastbound) range leading ships to Glückstadt. Located on the Neuendeich road on the north side of Glückstadt. (B 1456.1)

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Located at the southern entrance to Glückstadt harbor, on the northeast side of the Elbe. (Note that the atlas did not describe which was North and which was South, so these two lights may be reversed.)

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Located on the northeast bank of the Elbe at Bielenberg, roughly opposite the Ruthensand lighthouses.

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Located just behind the dike on the southwest bank of the Elbe at Krautsand. (B 1482)

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This is an upsteam (eastbound) range. Located in a pasture on the south bank of the Elbe about 4 km northeast of Drochtersen and 11 km southeast of Krautsand. (B 1474.1)

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Located on the northwest bank of the Elbe at Kollmar, 1330 m north of the front light. (B 1498.1)

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This light and the Kollmar Oberfeuer (above) form a downstream (westbound) range guiding ships around the west side of the island. Located on an artificial islet in the river off the northern end of the island. Accessible only by boat. ARLHS # FED 182

The front light, located on the west bank of Pagensand. (B 1501) ARLHS # FED-181

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This range guides upstream (eastbound) traffic as it approaches the island. Located in the middle of Pagensand. ARLHS # FED 183

The directional light guides upstream (eastbound) traffic. Located just off the riverbank 610 m north of the front light. (B 1524.1)

This range guides downstream (westbound) traffic. Located on the southwest bank of the Elbe at Stadersand, about 2 km north of the Stadersand Unterfeuer The columns in the background belong to Dow Chemical GMBH at which your webmaster was once employed. Did he get pictures of these lights? (NO!, sorry) (B 1524)

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This range guides upstream (eastbound) traffic. Located adjacent to a nuclear power generating station at Stadersand on the southwest bank of the Elbe about 10 km northeast of Stade. (B 1522.1) ARLHS # FED-228

This light guides upstream (eastbound) traffic. Located in front of the dike on the south bank of the Elbe at Twielenfleth, only a few steps from the older light. (B 1532)

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Located on the Minneweg in Grünendeich, 1546 m west of the front light. (B 1540.1) ARLHS # FED-097

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The Lühe range is a downstream (westbound) range. Located on the south bank of the Elbe very close to the west side of the mouth of the Lühe River. (B 1540) ARLHS # FED-149

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Located 750 m southeast of the front light, about 2 km southeast of Lühe on the south bank of the Elbe. (B 1534.1)

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Located on the north bank of the Elbe at Wittenbergen. (B 1568)

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Located on a concrete foundation just off the north bank of the Elbe in the Blankenese neighborhood just west of Hamburg; accessible by a short pier. (B 1568.7)

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Located on the south bank of the Norderelbe near the end of Antwerpenstraße, in the harbor area just downstream from the center of Hamburg. (B 1581.71)

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Located north of the new Altenwerder Container Terminal. (B 1594.65)

Located 110 m south of the front light. (B 1594.651)

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Located 110 m south of the front light. (B 1594.71)

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The Bunthäuser Spitze is a narrow point of land dividing the Norderelbe and Süderelbe, the northern and southern branches of the Elbe, on the southeast side of Hamburg; the lighthouse marked this point for boats bound downstream.

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The lighthouse was built from prefabricated segments. The range light is shown to the south southwest, and a directional light is also shown to the northwest; both lines guide ships bound for the harbor on the Hauptinsel. Located 120 m behind the front light, on the beach on the south side of Düne. (B 1326.1)

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Note that the river flows south, so the light in the front (red) is West, and the light in the rear is East.

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The lighthouse stands at the southwestern corner of the Eiderstedt peninsula marking the entrance to the Eider estuary. Located about 3 km southeast of St. Peter and about 30 km west of Tönning. (B 1624) ARLHS # FED-231

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Located about 1 km southeast of the ferry terminal in Dagebüll. While this is referred to as the front range, there is no mention of the rear range for this light.

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Located about 1.5 km southwest of the rear light. Accessible only by boat. (B 1676)

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Oland is a small island about 11 km south of Dagebüll; its population is about 50. The island is joined tenuously to the mainland by a causeway that can be crossed by 4WD vehicles at low tide, but more often, by narrow gauge train. Located on the village wharf, on the northwest side of the island. (B 1714)

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It marks the southeastern corner of Föhr, the largest of the North Frisian Islands, west of Dagebüll. Island accessible by ferry from Dagebüll; the lighthouse is about 2 km south of the ferry terminal at Wyk. ^ferry (B1704)

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Located on the waterfront of Wittdün, at the south end of Amrum, near the ferry terminal.

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Located on the east side of Amrum near the center of the island, about 10 km north of Wittdün. (B 1691)

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Located at the south end of the island of Sylt.

Located atop a bluff (the red cliff) at Kampen in the northern third of Sylt. (Not to be confused with DE 4 which is spelled with a "C".) ^DE4 (B 1740)

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This, Germany's northernmost lighthouse, is one of two lighthouses built by the Danish government to guide ships through the channel between Sylt and the adjacent (and still Danish) island of Rømø. Both lighthouses are on the Ellenbogen ("elbow"), a 10 km long sand spit which is a protected natural area. Located at the northwest corner of Sylt, about 10 km by road from the town of List. ^list (B 1746)

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