Brandaris

The Brandaris is a lighthouse on the Dutch Wadden Sea island Terschelling, in Friesland. It is the oldest lighthouse inside the Netherlands, indexed as a Rijksmonument, variety 35032 and rated with a very excessive historical price. The first tower changed into constructed in 1323 to guide ships on their manner to Amsterdam, thru the Zuiderzee, the narrow starting among Vlieland and Terschelling. A precise role marking became essential due to the fact many islands in the North Sea appearance very comparable.

When the ocean flooded Terschelling in 1570 the tower changed into completely destroyed. In 1592 the construction of a new tower was started, however it collapsed before it became finished because bad building materials had been used. The modern tower turned into built in 1594. In 1837 the tower became the first lighthouse in the Netherlands to be geared up with a rotating Fresnel lens. Electrification occurred in 1907. Today, the light in the tower is managed fully automatically.