Borkum Great Light

{{Short description|Lighthouse on Borkum, Germany}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2019}}

{{Infobox lighthouse

| image_name = Neuer Leuchtturm Borkum.jpg

| caption = The lighthouse in 2008

| location = Borkum, Germany

| coordinates = {{coord|53|35|19.55|N|6|39|43.68|E|display=inline,title}}

| yearbuilt = 1817 (first)

| yearlit = 1879

| foundation = 3-story octagonal base

| construction = brick tower

| shape = cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern{{cite rowlett|deu1a|accessdate=29 January 2016}}

| marking = unpainted gray-brown tower, brown basement, red lantern dome.

| height = {{convert|197|ft}}

| focalheight = {{convert|207|ft}}

| intensity = 2,000,000 cd

| range = {{convert|24|nmi}}
{{convert|19|nmi}} directional white
{{convert|15|nmi}} directional red/green

| characteristic = Fl (2) W 12s.
F WRG depending on direction

}}

Borkum Great Light (from {{langx|de|Borkum Großer Leuchtturm}}, "Borkum greater lighthouse"), also known as Borkum Neuer Light (Neuer Leuchtturm, "new lighthouse"), is an active lighthouse on the island of Borkum, Leer district, state of Lower Saxony, Germany. At a height of {{convert|197|ft}} it is the twenty-fourth tallest "traditional lighthouse" in the world,{{cite rowlett|tallest}} as well as the third tallest brick lighthouse in the world. The lighthouse is located at the west side of the Borkum Island. It is the landfall light for the Ems estuary and the port of Emden, serving also as a day mark.

This lighthouse also bears a directional continuous light at a height of {{convert|151|ft}} to three different directions with the colors white, red and green.

The tower was built in the summer of 1879 in a record time of six months, following a fire at the old lighthouse.

The site is open, and the tower is open to the public daily April through October and on Thursday, Friday, and Sunday afternoons November through March.