Sylt-Ost

Sylt-Ost
St. Severin in Keitum
Location of Sylt-Ost within the Nordfriesland district

Location of Sylt-Ost
Sylt-Ost
Sylt-Ost
Coordinates: 54°52′N 08°22′E / 54.867°N 8.367°E / 54.867; 8.367
CountryGermany
StateSchleswig-Holstein
DistrictNordfriesland
Disbanded1 January 2009
Area
 • Total
37.97 km2 (14.66 sq mi)
Elevation
1 m (3.3 ft)
Population
 (2007-12-31)
 • Total
5,833
 • Density153.6/km2 (397.9/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
25980
Dialling codes04651
Vehicle registrationNF
Websitewww.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.