St. Severin, Sylt

Name: St. Severin
Address: Proestwai 20, Sylt, 25980, Germany
Telephone: +49 4651 31713

#1 among attractions in Sylt

Top attraction, Church, Sacred and religious sites, Romanesque architecture

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Facts and practical information

St. Severin is a Lutheran parish church in Keitum on the island of Sylt, northern Germany. It was named after the 4th-century bishop Severin of Cologne. Built in the Romanesque style and first documented in 1240, the church stands back from the town at a higher elevation. Tests have shown that the roof of the church can be dated to 1216, making it the oldest religious building in Schleswig-Holstein. The tower was built around 1450 and served as a navigation mark for seafarers as well as a prison. ()

Alternative names: Architectural style: Brick gothicCoordinates: 54°54'7"N, 8°21'50"E

Address

Proestwai 20Sylt 25980 Germany

Contact

+49 4651 31713

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Day trips

St. Severin – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Denghoog, Rotes Kliff lighthouse, Leuchtturm Kampen, St. Niels.

3 miNW
Museum, Archaeological site
Denghoog, Sylt
77 min walk • Denghoog is a Neolithic passage grave dating from around 3000 BC on the northern edge of Wenningstedt-Braderup on the German island of Sylt. The name Denghoog derives from the Söl'ring Deng and Hoog.
4.5 miN
Lighthouse, Vernacular architecture
Rotes Kliff lighthouse, Sylt
116 min walk • The Rotes Kliff Lighthouse on the island of Sylt, Germany, served as a sector light from 1913 to 1975. It is located on a cliffside north of the village of Kampen.
3.2 miN
Lighthouse, Vernacular architecture
Leuchtturm Kampen, Sylt
82 min walk • The Kampen Lighthouse is located on the geestland core of the German island of Sylt, south of Kampen. It is a white conical stone tower with a broad black band.
1.9 miW
Church, Gothic architecture
St. Niels, Sylt
49 min walk • St. Niels is a Lutheran church in Westerland, a seaside resort on the German island of Sylt. Built in 1634 and consecrated in 1637 it is the city’s oldest building and home to a congregation within the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Northern Germany.
4 miN
Nature, Cliff
Rotes Kliff, Sylt
103 min walk • The Rotes Kliff is a around 30-metre high line of sea cliffs between the villages of Wenningstedt and Kampen on the German North Sea island of Sylt.
3.8 miN
View point
Uwe Düne, Sylt
98 min walk • The Uwe Dune, also spelled Uwedüne or Uwe Düne, is the highest elevation of the German North Sea island of Sylt at 52.5 m above sea level and is not surpassed by any natural elevation within a radius of about 40...
2.6 miW
Aquarium, Park, Zoo
Sylt Aquarium, Sylt
67 min walk • The Sylt Aquarium in the south of the town of Westerland on the island of Sylt is a zoological garden specializing in fish from the North Sea and tropical fish from coral reefs. Inaugurated in 2004, the aquarium is located directly on the dune belt...
4.4 miN
Nature, Cliff, Beach
Rotes Kliff, Sylt
112 min walk • The Rotes Kliff is a around 30-metre high line of sea cliffs between the villages of Wenningstedt and Kampen on the German North Sea island of Sylt.
3.1 miW
Village, Ruins
Eidum, Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea National Park
80 min walk • Eidum or Eydum was a historic place on the German island of Sylt in the North Sea. It was several hundred metres west of the present coast line of the present-day village of Westerland.
2.3 miW
Tower
Typenturm, Sylt
60 min walk • A Typenturm is a standardised telecommunications tower built of reinforced concrete the former German federal post office. Different types of tower were developed and built at different locations, like the series FMT 1 to FMT 16.
2.2 miW
Church
Sankt Nicolai, Sylt
57 min walk • The town church of St. Nicolai is an Evangelical Lutheran church in Westerland on the island of Sylt. It is located on St. Nicolai Street, between the streets Maybachstraße and Trift.