Dagebüll lighthouse

Dagebüll

Location	Dagebüll, Nordfriesland district, Germany
Coordinates	54°43′31″N 8°41′59.5″E / 54.72528°N 8.699861°E / 54.72528; 8.699861Coordinates: 54°43′31″N 8°41′59.5″E / 54.72528°N 8.699861°E / 54.72528; 8.699861
Year first constructed	1929
Deactivated	1988
Foundation	36 wooden poles.
Construction	Bricks
Tower shape	Square tower with octagonal lantern
Markings / pattern	Unpainted brick tower with black and green pitched roof.
Height	15.20 metres (50 ft)
Focal height	10.30 metres (34 ft)
Range	17 nautical miles (31 km; 20 mi)
Characteristic	ISO 4 s
ARLHS number	FED-068

Dagebüll lighthouse is a retired lighthouse in Dagebüll, Nordfriesland, Germany. Until its replacement in 1988 by a direction light on the dock of the Dagebüll ferry port, it served as the lower light of the Dagebüll range of leading lights. The lighthouse is situated in the southern part of the municipality near the depot of the lorry rail to islands of Oland and Langeneß. After an additional storey had be added to the tower due to a raise of the sea dike in 1980, the tower is now 12.5 m tall. It's focal height is at 10.3 m above the highest high tide. Especially notable is the pitched roof, a black and green copper construction.

References

• Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Germany: Cuxhaven to Sylt". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/lighthouse/deu2b.htm. 
• "Die schönsten Leuchttürme Norddeutschlands: Dagebüll (Nordsee)" (in German). Norddeutscher Rundfunk. http://www3.ndr.de/sendungen/hitlisten_des_nordens/hitlistenabstimmung102.html?mode=item&IID=19443&LID=48. 
• "Leuchtfeuer Dagebüll" (in German). Leuchtturm-Atlas. http://www.leuchtturm-atlas.de/HTML/DagebXT.html.