Keitum
Sign in to saveKeitum (; ; ) 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.
Key facts
- German location.name
- Keitum
- German location.image_photo
- KeitumFriesenhaus1784.jpg
- German location.image_caption
- 18th-century Friesenhaus in Keitum
- German location.state
- Schleswig-Holstein
- German location.district
- Nordfriesland
- German location.type
- Ortsteil
- German location.Town
- Gemeinde Sylt
- German location.area_code
- 04651
- German location.licence
- NF
- German location.website
- www.gemeinde-sylt.de
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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.
==Etymology== It is unclear from what the name Keitum (Kairem in North Frisian, Kejtum in Danish) is derived. One theory posits that it used to refer to the "home of Kei" or "home of Keit". Alternatively, it could be based on "Heidum" (auf der Heide or "on the heath").