Overview

• A 2019 structural assessment found the 140-year-old lighthouse at risk, prompting a 2023 decision to move it ashore.
• Four North Sea communities—Wilhelmshaven, Bremerhaven, Hooksiel and Fedderwardersiel—have submitted proposals to host the monument.
• The German Foundation for Monument Protection is managing the relocation process on behalf of the federal government.
• A final site selection is scheduled for late summer 2025 as logistical planning and funding details remain under discussion.
• Decommissioned since 1964 and protected since 1982, the lighthouse is expected to become a major tourist attraction once reassembled on land.