The lighthouse Norderney (official name: Big Norderneyer lighthouse) [1] is approximately in the middle of the East Frisian island of Norderney on an approximately 10 m high dune [2] immediately north of the island airfield. The lighthouse was built in the years 1871 to 1874 and is an active navigational aids from the mainland coast of Lower Saxony. With a tower height of 54.6 m above sea level. NN (overall height with a lantern close to 60 m), he is lead architecturally noteworthy, while the tallest building in the island and is used for navigation as a navigation control point, a landmark and a guide. [3] 253 steps to a fenced gallery passage around the spire. [3] mean diameter of the tower is 6.45 meters. The tower with the international order assigned number B 1054 is one of the Waterways and Shipping Administration of the Federal Republic of Germany (WSV), (​​ESC) on the outskirts of Emden. To the Lighthouse is also a 1871-1874 built two-story keeper's house and machinery, in which up to the 50s of the 20th Century, a telegraph station was located. Source: Wikepedia