Sylt (municipality)

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Sylt (municipality)
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Coordinates: 54 ° 54 '  N , 8 ° 19'  E

Basic data
State : Schleswig-Holstein
Circle : North Friesland
Height : 1 m above sea level NHN
Area : 57.32 km 2
Residents: 13,689 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 239 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 25980
Area code : 04651
License plate : NF
Community key : 01 0 54 168
LOCODE : DE SYT
Community structure: 7 districts
Address of the
municipal administration: 		Andreas-Nielsen-Strasse 1
25980 Sylt
Website : www.gemeinde-sylt.de
Mayor : Nikolas Häckel ( independent )
Location of the municipality of Sylt in the district of North Friesland
Achtrup Ahrenshöft Ahrenviöl Ahrenviölfeld Alkersum Almdorf Arlewatt Aventoft Bargum Behrendorf Bohmstedt Bondelum Bordelum Borgsum Bosbüll Braderup Bramstedtlund Bredstedt Breklum Dagebüll Drage Drelsdorf Dunsum Elisabeth-Sophien-Koog Ellhöft Emmelsbüll-Horsbüll Enge-Sande Fresendelf Friedrich-Wilhelm-Lübke-Koog Friedrichstadt Galmsbüll Garding Garding Kirchspiel Goldebek Goldelund Gröde Grothusenkoog Hallig Hooge Haselund Hattstedt Hattstedtermarsch Högel Holm Hörnum (Sylt) Horstedt Hude Humptrup Humptrup Husum Immenstedt Joldelund Kampen (Sylt) Karlum Katharinenheerd Klanxbüll Klixbüll Koldenbüttel Kolkerheide Kotzenbüll Ladelund Langeneß Langenhorn Leck Lexgaard List auf Sylt Löwenstedt Lütjenholm Midlum Mildstedt Nebel Neukirchen Nieblum Niebüll Norddorf auf Amrum Norderfriedrichskoog Nordstrand Nordstrand Norstedt Ockholm Oevenum Oldenswort Oldersbek Olderup Oldsum Oldsum Ostenfeld (Husum) Oster-Ohrstedt Osterhever Pellworm Pellworm Pellworm Poppenbüll Ramstedt Rantrum Reußenköge Risum-Lindholm Rodenäs Sankt Peter-Ording Schwabstedt Schwabstedt Schwesing Seeth Simonsberg Sollwitt Sönnebüll Sprakebüll Stadum Stedesand Struckum Süderende Süderhöft Süderlügum Südermarsch Sylt Tating Tetenbüll Tinningstedt Tönning Tümlauer-Koog Uelvesbüll Uphusum Utersum Viöl Vollerwiek Vollstedt Welt Wenningstedt-Braderup (Sylt) Wester-Ohrstedt Westerhever Westre Winnert Wisch Witsum Wittbek Wittdün auf Amrum Witzwort Wobbenbüll Wrixum Wyk auf Föhrmap
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Sylt is a municipality on the North Sea island of the same name in the district of North Friesland in Schleswig-Holstein . It was created on January 1, 2009 from the merger of the city of Westerland with the communities of Sylt-Ost and Rantum . The municipality is located in the center of the island. It covers almost 60 percent of the island's area and 70 percent of its inhabitants.

history

Town hall of the municipality of Sylt

The merger of the three municipalities was preceded by a multi-year discussion on the unification of the city of Westerland with the six municipalities of the Sylt Landscape Office . The aim was to create a common local government for the entire island. However, the project failed due to resistance from individual communities. A merger bill drawn up in summer 2007 was not passed.

In December 2007, a local citizens' initiative launched a referendum to merge the two municipalities of Westerland and Sylt-Ost. On May 25, 2008, the merger of the two municipalities on January 1, 2009 was decided by referendum. In July 2008, the residents of Rantum also declared their willingness to merge during a residents' meeting. Finally, on September 30, 2008, the mayors of the three municipalities signed the territorial unification agreements. In contrast to the former city of Westerland, the municipality of Sylt initially did not apply for city ​​rights .

The municipality of Sylt also carries out the administrative business for the Sylt landscape office to which it does not belong. According to a unanimous decision, the administrative seat is the previous town hall of Westerland, plus branch offices and citizens' offices. The political bodies of Wenningstedt-Braderup , Hörnum and List on Sylt are currently discussing specific accession scenarios. Only the municipality of Kampen has not yet participated in the merger efforts.

Districts

With the exception of Westerland, the districts are called "Seebad". The district of Westerland is called "North Sea Spa". Each district forms a local council, with Keitum and Munkmarsch forming a joint local council.

politics

 %
40
30th
20th
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38.1%
13.8%
13.6%
7.8%
13.0%
8.1%
5.7%
SWG b
ZS f
islander
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Remarks:
b Sylt voter community
f Future Sylt

Community representation

In the election for the Sylt municipal council on May 6, 2018, the CDU won eleven, the Sylt voter community (SWG), the SPD and the Greens four each, the Südschleswigsche voter association (SSW), the list Zukunft Sylt and the list Die Insulaner two seats each . The mayor is Peter Schnittgard (CDU).

mayor

  • 2009–2015: Petra Reiber (independent)
  • since 2015: Nikolas Häckel (independent)

Administrative community

Since January 1st, 2009, Sylt has been managing the administrative business of the Sylt Landscape Office as part of an administrative partnership .

traffic

Rail traffic in the municipality

The community is located on the march from Hamburg to Westerland . There are intercity trains and trains on the RE 6 line . There are also trains operated by the Niebüll – Westerland car train service .
The Sylt island railway is no longer in operation.

Web links

Commons : Municipality of Sylt  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ North Statistics Office - Population of the municipalities in Schleswig-Holstein 4th quarter 2019 (XLSX file) (update based on the 2011 census) ( help on this ).
  2. ↑ http://www.gemeinde-sylt.de/
  3. ^ StBA: Area changes on January 1, 2009
  4. ^ NDR, result of the Sylt municipal election 2018
  5. ^ Sylt: Peter Schnittgard is the new mayor of the municipality of Sylt. justsylt.de, accessed on July 24, 2017