Deactivated 1915-2005 Characteristic no available Opened 1891 Year first constructed 1891 | Construction cast iron tower ARLHS number FED-018 Height 11 m Phone +49 4923 91110 | |
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Tower shape cylinfrical tower with conical roof, no balcony and lantern Markings / pattern tower with horizontal red and yellow bands, green roof Similar Campen Lighthouse, Roter Sand, Borkum Großer Light, Norddeich, Dat Otto Huus | ||
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. 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. In the First World War its light was extinguished in order that enemy ships could not navigate the route. After that it was no longer needed, because the channel was changed. The height of the structure is 11 metres; the height of the light about sea level is 15 metres. Today the tower is one of the best-known symbols of East Frisia.
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Film
The tower grew in popularity as a result of the film Otto – Der Außerfriesische ("Otto - the Outer Frisian") by comedian Otto Waalkes. 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.