Sylt-Ost

Sylt-Ost
Sylt-Ost
Municipality
	St. Severin in Keitum
	Coat of arms
	Location of Sylt-Ost within the Nordfriesland district
	Sylt-Ost Sylt-Ost
	Coordinates: 54°52′N08°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

Last updated September 01, 2023

Sylt-Ost (translated, East Sylt) 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]

Subdivision

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.

Politics

Mayors

1986-1996: Heinz Maurus, CDU
1996-2005: Ingbert Liebing, CDU
2005-2008: Christoph Schmatloch, CDU
2008: Erik Kennel

Arms

Blazon: Per fess low or and azure. Above a sun rising in his splendour gules, accompanied by five eight-pointed mullets azure. Below a herring argent swimming to the left.^[2]

The coat of arms was designed by a Sylt artist and granted in 2002. The five mullets (stars) in it symbolise the villages of the municipality. The herring is meant to depict the former importance of fishery for the area, it was already used as the seal of the Sylt bailiffs in the 17th century. The colours are the traditional North Frisian colours which are also reflected in the island's national costume.

Economy

The most important factor of income in the area is tourism, which nowadays completely dominates the Sylt economy. Having been the most important sector prior to the arrival of the tourist business, agriculture today plays a minor role.

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Sylt may refer to:

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Morsum is a village on the North Sea island of Sylt in the district of Nordfriesland in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Today, it is an Ortsteil of the Gemeinde Sylt. Morsum is located close to the scientifically important geotope Morsum-Kliff and to the beginning of the Hindenburgdamm linking Sylt with the mainland.

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Tinnum is a village on the North Sea island of Sylt in the district of Nordfriesland in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Today, it is an Ortsteil of the Gemeinde Sylt.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Keitum</span> Ortsteil of Gemeinde Sylt in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Keitum is a village on the North Sea island of Sylt in the district of Nordfriesland in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Today, it is an Ortsteil of the Gemeinde Sylt.

References

↑ "Westerland und Sylt-Ost fusionieren" (in German). Schleswig-Holsteinischer Zeitungsverlag. Archived from the original on 2012-09-19.
↑ Schleswig-Holstein Municipal Roll of Arms ^{[ permanent dead link ]} (in German)

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[1] "Westerland und Sylt-Ost fusionieren" (in German). Schleswig-Holsteinischer Zeitungsverlag. Archived from the original on 2012-09-19.

[2] Schleswig-Holstein Municipal Roll of Arms ^{[ permanent dead link ]} (in German)

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