Keitum

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.

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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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Elevation: 9
Official website: www.keitum.de
Image: KeitumFriesenhaus1784.jpg

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Commons category: Keitum
postal code: 25980

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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").