Westerems

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Westerems and Osterems around 1883

The Westerems (nl. Westereems ) is the western branch of the mouth of the outer Ems into the North Sea .

Westerems in the outer Ems estuary: mudflats in pale, areas under the chart zero in bright blue tones; waters shielded from the tides are covered in blue

The Westerems runs in a north-west-south-east direction south-west of the most westerly East Frisian island of Borkum . The Randzelgat forms the main fairway south of Borkum . The arm of the Ems east of Borkum is called Osterems . The main fairway of the Ems was the Osterems in the 16th century. However, it silted up heavily and the Westerems was increasingly used as a waterway to approach Emden .

The term Westerems has two meanings. On the one hand it denotes the entire outer arm of the Ems west of Borkum, on the other hand it is specifically the name of the main fairway in the outermost area of ​​the Ems estuary. The other fairways next to the Westerems (formerly also known as Westgat ) are called Hubertgat (Dutch: Huibertgat) and Riffgat .

When driving through Randzelgat, the highest German lighthouse at 65.3 meters, the Campen lighthouse , serves as a daytime marker and at night as a beacon. The tower, built as a three-legged steel structure, stands on the East Frisian west coast. It was planned in 1883 as part of the German-Dutch project lighting the Unter-Ems as one of five beacons to control the Ems at night.

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  1. ↑ Official nautical chart No. 90 (INT 1461), BSH , 33rd edition, Rostock 2012
  2. ↑ Principle "Illumination of the Unter-Ems" , accessed on June 24, 2011

Coordinates: 53 ° 36 ′ 0 ″  N , 6 ° 36 ′ 0 ″  E