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Pilsum Lighthouse

Pilsum Lighthouse was built in 1891 as a sector light for the Ems‌hörn channel on Germany's North Sea coast. It is located on a dyke near the village of in the municipality of .
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: lighthouse in red and yellow in Lower Saxony, Germany
  • Also known as: “Leuchtturm Pilsum” and “Pilsumer Leuchtturm”
  • Wheelchair access: no

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Pilsum Cross Church and Greetsiel Church.

Church
Photo: Carschten, CC BY-SA 3.0 de.
is situated 2 km southeast of Pilsum Lighthouse.

Church
Photo: Carschten, CC BY-SA 3.0 de.
is situated 3 km east of Pilsum Lighthouse.

Hotel
Photo: Matthias Süßen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a hotel, which is situated 3 km east of Pilsum Lighthouse.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pilsum and Greetsiel.

Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a village in the region of , in , . It is part of the municipality of . The village is located between and .

Village
Photo: Benreis, CC BY 3.0.
is a small port on the bight of in western , , that was first documented in letters from the year 1388. Since 1972, has been part of the municipality of , which has its administrative seat in . is situated 3 km east of Pilsum Lighthouse.

Village
is a village in the region of , in , . It is part of the municipality of . The village is located between and . is situated 4½ km south of Pilsum Lighthouse.

Pilsum Lighthouse

Latitude
53.49799° or 53° 29′ 53″ north
Longitude
7.04571° or 7° 2′ 45″ east
Inception
1889
Height
65 metres (214 feet)
Open location code
9F59F2XW+57
Open­Street­Map ID
way 243297523
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­lighthouse
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­no
Geo­Names ID
11102246
Wiki­data ID
Q539709
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Satellite Map

Discover Pilsum Lighthouse from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Spanish—“Pilsum Lighthouse” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Far de Pilsum”
  • Chinese: “皮尔苏姆灯塔”
  • Czech: “maják Pilsum”
  • Czech: “Maják Pilsum”
  • Dutch: “Vuurtoren van Pilsum”
  • French: “phare de Pilsum”
  • French: “Phare de Pilsum”
  • German: “Pilsumer Leuchtturm”
  • Italian: “Faro di Pilsum”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Pilsum fyr”
  • Persian: “فانوس دریایی پیلسوم”
  • Polish: “Latarnia morska Pilsum”
  • Spanish: “Faro de Pilsum”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Pilsum Lighthouse”. Photo: Ohrenschmalz, Public domain.