Sylt-Ost
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Sylt-Ost | |
|---|---|
 St. Severin in Keitum | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Sylt-Ost within the Nordfriesland district  | |
  Sylt-Ost  Sylt-Ost | |
| Coordinates: 54°52′N 08°22′E / 54.867°N 8.367°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Schleswig-Holstein |
| District | Nordfriesland |
| Disbanded | 1 January 2009 |
| Area | |
• Total | 37.97 km2 (14.66 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1 m (3 ft) |
| Population (2007-12-31) | |
• Total | 5,833 |
| • Density | 150/km2 (400/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 25980 |
| Dialling codes | 04651 |
| Vehicle registration | NF |
| Website | www.gemeinde-sylt.de |
Sylt-Ost (German pronunciation: [ˌzʏltˈʔɔst], "East Sylt"; Danish: Sild Øst) is a former municipality on the island of Sylt, in the district of Nordfriesland, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It used to be the administrative seat of the Amt Landschaft Sylt and a municipality into which a number of villages had been amalgamated in 1970. However, following a referendum in May 2008, Sylt-Ost merged with Westerland and Rantum to form the collective municipality Gemeinde Sylt which was created on 1 January 2009. Since 2009, the seat of the Amt Landschaft Sylt has been in Westerland.[1]
The former municipality "Sylt-Ost" was created from five villages in 1970:
- Archsum
- Keitum
- Morsum
- Munkmarsch (previously an Ortsteil of Keitum)
- Tinnum
The five villages are now Ortsteile of Gemeinde Sylt.
