De Ven is a lighthouse in Oosterdijk, a village in the municipality of

Enkhuizen Enkhuizen () is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland and the region of West-Frisia. History Enkhuizen, like Hoorn and Amsterdam, was one of the harbor-towns of the VOC, from where overseas trade w ...

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. Built in 1699–1700, it is one of the oldest lighthouses in the Netherlands.

History

De Ven was one of the three lighthouses indicating the route from the

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; the other two were at

Marken Marken (; Marken's dialect: ''Mereke'') is a village in the municipality of Waterland in the province of North Holland, Netherlands. It had a population of 1,745 as of 2021, and occupies a peninsula in the Markermeer. It was, until 1957, an isla ...

and

Durgerdam Durgerdam is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Amsterdam, and lies about 7 km east of the city centre, along the dyke of the IJmeer. Durgerdam is a part of the ''deelgemeente'' (sub-munici ...

. De Ven is the only one remaining of the three original lighthouses. In 1819 the lighthouse burned down, with only the outer walls still standing. An emergency solution functioned for twenty years. In 1834, the light was equipped with a Fresnel lens. For years, a second tower next to the lighthouse passed on information to passing ships about wind and weather. Since 1966 the lighthouse is a Rijksmonument. The light was extinguished on 16 April 2009 since the light characteristic no longer properly marked the shipping route to

Lemmer Lemmer () is a town in the municipality of De Fryske Marren, in the Dutch province of Friesland. Lemmer lies adjacent to the IJsselmeer and the Frisian Lakes and is one of Friesland's best-known surface water sports locations. Lemmer is a bustlin ...

. After protests the light was reinstated with a different characteristic, on 21 October 2009. The lighthouse is not open to the public.

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Information on haringstad.com

Information on Nederlandse Vuurtorens

Information on www.hollandfocus.com
Lighthouses completed in 1700 Towers completed in 1700 Lighthouses in North Holland Rijksmonuments in North Holland 1700 establishments in the Dutch Republic Buildings and structures in Enkhuizen 18th-century architecture in the Netherlands {{Netherlands-lighthouse-stub

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