Sylt

Sylt is a municipality on the island of in the district of Nordfriesland, in , . It has around 13,000 inhabitants and covers about 60% of the area of the island.
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  • Type: Locality with 14,200 residents
  • Description: municipality in Schleswig-Holstein state, Germany on the island of the same name
  • Also known as: 01054168” and “Sylt (municipality)

Places of Interest

Highlights include Sylt and Sylt Airport.

belongs to the and is one of the most popular holiday destinations in Germany. It is a narrow island with a 40-km white beach and dunes on the western side and opens to mudflats on the eastern side.

Aerodrome
is an on the island of , located in the municipality of the same name. It mostly features summer seasonal scheduled traffic to major German cities as well as general aviation and gliding.

Archaeological site
The is a dolmen, a rectangular megalithic tomb from the Funnelbeaker culture, located near on the island of in , . Discovered in 1925, it was moved to the present site in 1954 when a new airport was developed.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Westerland and Tinnum.

Town
is a seaside resort and a former municipality located on the island of . Since 1 January 2009, has been part of the municipality Gemeinde Sylt. is situated 4 km northwest of Sylt.

Village
Photo: Marschmensch, Public domain.
is a village on the island of in the district of Nordfriesland in , . Today, it is an Ortsteil of the Gemeinde Sylt.

Village
is a village on the island of in the district of Nordfriesland in , . Today, it is an Ortsteil of the Gemeinde Sylt.

Sylt

Latitude
54.8833° or 54° 53′ north
Longitude
8.35° or 8° 21′ east
Population
14,200
Elevation
1 metre (3 feet)
Open location code
9F6CV8MX+8X
Geo­Names ID
7602562
Wiki­data ID
Q21008
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Sylt” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Sylt
  • Aragonese: Sylt
  • Arpitan: Sylt
  • Asturian: Sylt
  • Basque: Sylt
  • Bavarian: Sylt
  • Belarusian: Зільт
  • Breton: Sylt
  • Catalan: Sylt
  • Cebuano: Sylt
  • Chinese: Sylt
  • Chinese: 叙尔特
  • Chinese: 敘爾特
  • Chinese: 西尔特
  • Corsican: Sylt
  • Croatian: Sylt
  • Czech: Sylt
  • Danish: Sild Kommune
  • Dutch: Sylt
  • Esperanto: Sylt
  • Estonian: Sylt
  • Finnish: Sylt
  • French: Sylt
  • Friulian: Sylt
  • Galician: Sylt
  • German: Sylt (Gemeinde)
  • German: Sylt
  • Greek: Ζυλτ (δήμος)
  • Greek: Ζυλτ
  • Hungarian: Sylt
  • Icelandic: Sylt
  • Ido: Sylt
  • Indonesian: Sylt
  • Interlingua: Sylt
  • Interlingue: Sylt
  • Irish: Sylt
  • Italian: Sylt
  • Kongo: Sylt
  • Ladin: Sylt municipality
  • Ladin: Sylt
  • Ligurian: Sylt
  • Limburgan: Sylt
  • Lithuanian: Zyltas
  • Low German: Sylt
  • Luxembourgish: Sylt
  • Macedonian: Зилт
  • Malagasy: Sylt
  • Malay: Sylt
  • Min Nan Chinese: Sylt (municipality)
  • Min Nan Chinese: Sylt
  • Minangkabau: Sylt
  • Narom: Sylt
  • Neapolitan: Sylt
  • Northern Frisian: Söl‘
  • Northern Frisian: Söl’
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Sylt
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Sylt
  • Occitan (post 1500): Sylt
  • Persian: زیلت (مونیکیپالیتی)
  • Persian: زیلت
  • Picard: Sylt
  • Piemontese: Sylt
  • Polish: Sylt
  • Portuguese: Sylt
  • Romanian: Sylt
  • Romansh: Sylt
  • Russian: Зильт
  • Sardinian: Sylt
  • Scots: Sylt
  • Scottish Gaelic: Sylt
  • Serbian: Sylt
  • Serbian: Зилт
  • Serbo-Croatian: Sylt
  • Sicilian: Sylt
  • Slovak: Sylt
  • Slovenian: Sylt
  • Spanish: Sylt
  • Swahili: Sylt
  • Swedish: Sylt, Schleswig-Holstein
  • Swedish: Sylt
  • Swiss German: Sylt
  • Turkish: Sylt
  • Ukrainian: Зильт
  • Ukrainian: Зюльт
  • Venetian: Sylt
  • Vietnamese: Sylt, Nordfriesland
  • Vietnamese: Sylt
  • Vlaams: Sylt
  • Volapük: Sylt
  • Walloon: Sylt
  • Waray (Philippines): Sylt
  • Welsh: Sylt
  • Western Frisian: Sylt
  • Wolof: Sylt
  • Zulu: Sylt

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