Location Urk Automated yes Height 18 m Province Flevoland | Year first lit 1845 Construction brick tower Opened 1845 Phone +31 527 684 040 | |
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Tower shape tapered cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern Markings / pattern White tower, black trim, red lantern with green dome Address Vuurtorenstraat 80, 8321 Urk, Netherlands Similar vissersmonument, Het Oude Raadhuis, Harlingen Lighthouse, Westerlichttoren, Scheveningen Lighthouse | ||
Zuiderzee automatiek urk lighthouse beacon in turbulent waters
Urk Lighthouse is a lighthouse in Urk at the eastern banks of the IJsselmeer. From 1617 a coal fire was used for the local fishermen as well as for the ships sailing from Amsterdam to the North Sea. The current lighthouse station was established in 1837. The tower was built in 1845 as a round brick tower attached to a keeper's house. A Fresnel lens is still in use. The lighthouse was restored in 1972 and declared a national monument of the Netherlands in 1982. The tower can be visited during guided tours.
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