Dagebüll Lighthouse is a retired lighthouse in

Dagebüll Dagebüll (; ; ) is a municipality located at the west coast of Schleswig-Holstein in the Nordfriesland district, Germany. Today's Dagebüll was created in 1978 as a merger of the municipalities of Fahretoft, Juliane-Marien-Koog and Waygaard. Da ...

Nordfriesland Nordfriesland (; ; Low German: Noordfreesland), also known as North Frisia, is the northernmost Districts of Germany, district of Germany, part of the state of Schleswig-Holstein. It includes almost all of traditional North Frisia (with the e ...

Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...

. 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 Leading lights, also known as range lights in the United States, are a pair of light beacons used in navigation to indicate a safe passage for vessels entering a shallow or dangerous channel; they may also be used for position fixing. At nigh ...

. The lighthouse is situated in the southern part of the municipality near the depot of the lorry rail to islands of Oland and

Langeneß Langeneß (; ; ) is a municipality in the district of Nordfriesland, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It consists of the halligen (islands) Langeneß and Oland. Before the flood of 1634 the two islands were directly attached. Langeneß itself h ...

. After an additional storey was added to the tower due to a raise of the sea dike in 1980, the tower is now tall. Its focal height is at above the highest

high tide Tides are the rise and fall of sea levels caused by the combined effects of the gravitational forces exerted by the Moon (and to a much lesser extent, the Sun) and are also caused by the Earth and Moon orbiting one another. Tide tables ...

. The lighthouse has a pitched roof, a black and green copper construction. As of 2018, the tower is being used as a hotel room for 2 guests.

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* Lighthouses in Schleswig-Holstein Buildings and structures in Nordfriesland Lighthouses completed in 1929 {{SchleswigHolstein-struct-stub

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