Pilsum Lighthouse

Pilsum Lighthouse

Pilsum Lighthouse on the dyke
Pilsum Lighthouse
Lower Saxony
Coordinates 53°29′53″N 7°02′44″E / 53.498013°N 7.045658°E / 53.498013; 7.045658Coordinates: 53°29′53″N 7°02′44″E / 53.498013°N 7.045658°E / 53.498013; 7.045658
Year first constructed 1891
Deactivated 1915-2005
Construction cast iron tower
Tower shape cylinfrical tower with conical roof, no balcony and lantern
Markings / pattern tower with horizontal red and yellow bands, green roof
Height 11 metres (36 ft)
Characteristic no available
ARLHS number FED-018
Managing agent Diechacht Krummhörn

The Pilsum Lighthouse (German: Pilsumer Leuchtturm) was built in 1889 in order to provide a beacon for the Ems‌hörn channel on Germany's North Sea coast.[1] It is located on a dyke near the village of Pilsum in the municipality of Krummhörn. It has guided ships through the narrow channel until 1915.[1] In the First World War its light was extinguished in order that enemy ships could not navigate the route.[1] After that it was no longer needed, because the channel was changed.[1] The height of the structure is 11 metres;[1] the height of the light about sea level is 15 metres. Today the tower is one of the best-known symbols of East Frisia.[1]

Film

The tower grew in popularity as a result of the film Otto – Der Außerfriesische ("Otto - the Outer Frisian") by comedian Otto Waalkes.[1] In the film Otto lives in the lighthouse. Although the lighthouse is one of the central scenes in Otto – der Außerfriesische, for some reason the picture used on cinema advertisements and later on the inlays of the video and DVD editions was of the Westerheversand Lighthouse, not the Pilsum Lighthouse.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Scheiblich, Reinhard; Staack, Hans Helge (2010). Leuchttürme Lexikon [Glossary of Lighthouses] (in German). Edition Ellert & Richter. pp. 136–138. ISBN 978-3-8319-0038-1.

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