De Ven

The white square brick lighthouse rises 15 meters above the IJsselmeerdijk, featuring a red lantern and a viewing balcony at its summit point.

Built between 1699 and 1700, De Ven lighthouse burned down in 1819, leaving only the outer walls intact until restoration works began twenty years later.

De Ven lighthouse received the Rijksmonument status in 1966, confirming its position as a protected Dutch maritime heritage structure in North Holland.

The lighthouse stands at coordinates 52.741944 latitude and 5.282222 longitude, providing navigation guidance to vessels over a distance of 11 nautical miles.

Among the three original lighthouses guiding ships from Waddenzee to Amsterdam, De Ven remains the sole surviving structure of this maritime network.

Location: Enkhuizen

Inception: 1700

Floors above the ground: 4

Height: 15 m

Made from material: brick

GPS coordinates: 52.74194,5.28222

Latest update: March 3, 2025 00:51