Husum (, frr, Hüsem) is the capital of the ''Kreis'' (district)

Nordfriesland Nordfriesland (; da, Nordfrisland; frr, Nordfraschlönj ), also known as North Frisia, is the northernmost district of Germany, part of the state of Schleswig-Holstein. It includes almost all of traditional North Frisia (with the exception o ...

Schleswig-Holstein Schleswig-Holstein (; da, Slesvig-Holsten; nds, Sleswig-Holsteen; frr, Slaswik-Holstiinj) is the northernmost of the 16 states of Germany, comprising most of the historical duchy of Holstein and the southern part of the former Duchy of Sch ...

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. The town was the birthplace of the novelist

Theodor Storm Hans Theodor Woldsen Storm (; 14 September 18174 July 1888), commonly known as Theodor Storm, was a German writer. He is considered to be one of the most important figures of German realism. Life Storm was born in the small town of Husum, on the ...

, who coined the epithet "the grey town by the sea". It is also the home of the annual international piano festival ''Raritäten der Klaviermusik'' (Rarities of Piano Music) founded in 1986.

History

Husum was first mentioned as ''Husembro'' in 1252, when king

Abel Abel ''Hábel''; ar, هابيل, Hābīl is a Biblical figure in the Book of Genesis within Abrahamic religions. He was the younger brother of Cain, and the younger son of Adam and Eve, the first couple in Biblical history. He was a shepher ...

was murdered. Like most towns on the

North Sea The North Sea lies between Great Britain, Norway, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium. An epeiric sea on the European continental shelf, it connects to the Atlantic Ocean through the English Channel in the south and the Norwegian S ...

, Husum was always strongly influenced by storm tides. In 1362 a disastrous storm tide, the "

Grote Mandrenke Saint Marcellus's flood or (Low Saxon: ; da, Den Store Manddrukning, 'Great Drowning of Men') was an intense extratropical cyclone, coinciding with a new moon, which swept across the British Isles, the Netherlands, northern Germany, and Denmark ...

" flooded the town and carved out the inland harbour. Before this date Husum was not situated directly on the coast. The people of the city took advantage of this opportunity and built a marketplace, which led to a great economic upturn. Between 1372 and 1398 the population of Husum grew rapidly, and two villages, ''Oster-Husum'' (East-Husum) and ''Wester-Husum'' (West-Husum), were founded. The name ''Husum'' is first mentioned in 1409. It is shown on the

Carta Marina ''Carta marina et descriptio septentrionalium terrarum'' (Latin for ''Marine map and description of the Northern lands''; commonly abbreviated ''Carta marina'') is the first map of the Nordic countries to give details and place names, created by S ...

in the Frisian form of Husem. Its first church was built in 1431. Wisby rights were granted it in 1582, and in 1603 it received municipal privileges from Alexander, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg. It suffered greatly from inundations in 1634 and 1717.

Geography

Husum is located on the

by the

Bay of Husum The Bay of Husum, Husum Bight or Husum Bay (german: Husumer Bucht) is a bay on the North Sea coast of the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. Its German name is used for the marketing the holiday region around the town of Husum. The bight is part ...

; 82 km W of

Kiel Kiel () is the capital and most populous city in the northern Germany, German state of Schleswig-Holstein, with a population of 246,243 (2021). Kiel lies approximately north of Hamburg. Due to its geographic location in the southeast of the J ...

, 139 km NW of

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and 43 km SW of

Flensburg Flensburg (; Danish, Low Saxon: ''Flensborg''; North Frisian: ''Flansborj''; South Jutlandic: ''Flensborre'') is an independent town (''kreisfreie Stadt'') in the north of the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. Flensburg is the centre of the ...

Subdivisions

* Zentrum (Danish: ''Indreby'') * Nordhusum (Danish: ''Nørre Husum'') * Porrenkoog (Danish: ''Porrekog'', North Frisian: ''Porekuuch'') * Osterhusum (Danish: ''Øster Husum''), Osterhusumfeld * Altstadt * Norderschlag (Danish: ''Nørreslag'') * Dreimühlen (Danish: ''Tremølle'') * Rödemis (Danish: ''Rødemis'', North Frisian: ''Rööms'') * Fischersiedlung * Neustadt (Danish: ''Nystad(en)'') * Gewerbegebiet * Schauendahl (Danish: ''Skovdal'') * Kielsburg (Danish: ''Kilsborg'') * Rosenburg * Schobüll (Danish: ''Skobøl'', North Frisian: ''Schööbel'') * Halebüll (Danish: ''Halebøl'', North Frisian: ''Hälbel'') * Hockensbüll (Danish: ''Hokkensbøl'', North Frisian: ''Hukensbel'') * Lund

Culture

Husumer Marktplatz mit Marienkirche und Tine-Brunnen

Being a tourist resort and the gateway to the

North Frisian Islands The North Frisian Islands (''Öömrang'' and ''Fering'' frr, Nuurdfresk Eilunen, ''Söl'ring'' frr, Nuurđfriisk Ailönen, link=no, da, Nordfrisiske Øer, german: Nordfriesische Inseln) are the Frisian Islands off the coast of North Frisia. The ...

, Husum offers many cultural features.

Festival ''Raritäten der Klaviermusik''

This international festival of rare piano music, specialising in unknown classical piano music, was founded in 1986 by Peter Froundjian, and takes place in the town's castle.

Museums

The (Wasserreihe 31) was the house of Theodor Storm. It is home to an exhibition about the novelist and his works. The (Zingel 15) shows ships from the

Middle Ages In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the late 5th to the late 15th centuries, similar to the post-classical period of global history. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire a ...

to the present. The models on display give a good impression of life on the coast and at sea. The ''Ostenfelder Bauernhaus'' (Nordhusumer Str.13) is an old farmhouse and the oldest open-air museum in Germany.

Sights

*, collapsed 1807, re-erected 1833 *The , 1582, was a residence of the dukes of

Holstein-Gottorp Holstein-Gottorp or Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp () is the historiographical name, as well as contemporary shorthand name, for the parts of the duchies of Schleswig and Holstein, also known as Ducal Holstein, that were ruled by the dukes of Schlesw ...

*Old Town Hall, 1601 *New Town Hall, 1988/1989

Clubs

* The is a famous

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from the district of Rödemis. Husum is also home of two football clubs, the ''Husumer SV'' and the ''Rödemisser SV''. Husum Cricket Club is based at the

Mikkelberg-Kunst-und-Cricket Center Mikkelberg-Kunst-und-Cricket Center is a cricket ground in Hattstedt, Germany. The first recorded match on the ground was held in 1991 when Denmark Women played the Netherlands Women in a fixture. The ground later served as a venue for the tw ...

which has in the past hosted international women's

cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

matches. The ground is located in nearby

Hattstedt Hattstedt ( Danish: ''Hatsted'', North Frisian: ''Haatst'') is a municipality in the district of Nordfriesland, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated near the North Sea coast, approx. 6 km northwest of Husum. Located on the edge of ...

Twinning

Husum is twinned with:

Infrastructure

Husum station Husum station is a station on the Frederikssund radial of the S-train network in Copenhagen, Denmark. It serves the area around the former village Husum, and is also the S-train station that is easiest to reach by bus from Mørkhøj in Gladsax ...

is located on the Westerland–

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line (

Marsh Railway The Marsh Railway (german: Marschbahn) is a main line in the state of Schleswig-Holstein in Germany that links the stations of Elmshorn in the south and Westerland on the island of Sylt in the north. It is part of long route from Hamburg-Alt ...

), the Husum–Bad St. Peter-Ording line to the

Eiderstedt Eiderstedt (german: Eiderstedt, ; da, Ejdersted; North Frisian: ''Ääderstää'') is a peninsula in the district of Nordfriesland in the German federal state of Schleswig-Holstein. Overview It is approximately 30 km in length and 15& ...

peninsula and the Husum–Jübek line, which connects to the Neumünster–Flensburg line and Kiel.

Education

Grammar schools

* Hermann-Tast-Schule,

humanistic Humanism is a philosophical stance that emphasizes the individual and social potential and agency of human beings. It considers human beings the starting point for serious moral and philosophical inquiry. The meaning of the term "humani ...

grammar school A grammar school is one of several different types of school in the history of education in the United Kingdom and other English-speaking countries, originally a school teaching Latin, but more recently an academically oriented secondary school ...

since 1527, one of the oldest schools in the state of Schleswig-Holstein. * Theodor-Storm-Schule

High schools

* Gemeinschaftsschule Husum-Nord * Ferdinand-Tönnies-Schule * Husum Danske Skole (Danish School)

Elementary schools

* Iven-Agßen-Schule, since 1619, one of the oldest

elementary school A primary school (in Ireland, the United Kingdom, Australia, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, and South Africa), junior school (in Australia), elementary school or grade school (in North America and the Philippines) is a school for primary ed ...

s in Germany. * Bürgerschule * Klaus-Groth-Schule * Bornschool in Schobüll

Notable people

Autogrammstunde BASE Camp mit Janina Uhse

Herwig Ahrendsen Herwig Ahrendsen (born March 1, 1948 in Husum, Schleswig-Holstein) is a former West German handball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commo ...

(born 1948), handball player, competed in the

1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. ...

Georg Beseler Carl Georg Christoph Beseler (2 November 1809 in Rödemis, now part of Husum – 28 August 1888 in Bad Harzburg) was a Prussian jurist and politician. Beseler studied law at Kiel and Munich. He was forbidden to teach law in Kiel in 1833 due to ...

(1809–1888), Prussian jurist and politician *

Margarete Böhme Margarete Böhme (8 May 1867 – 23 May 1939) was, arguably, one of the most widely read German writers of the early 20th century. Böhme authored 40 novels – as well as short stories, autobiographical sketches, and articles. ''The Diary of a L ...

(1867–1939), German writer * Adolf Brütt (1855–1939), sculptor *

Nicolaus Bruhns Nicolaus Bruhns (also ''Nikolaus'', ''Nicholas''; late 1665 – in Husum) was a Danish-German organist, violinist, and composer. He was one of the most prominent organists and composers of his generation. Biography Bruhns was born in Schwabst ...

(1665–1697), organist in Husum, 1689–1697, an important influence on

Johann Sebastian Bach Johann Sebastian Bach (28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period. He is known for his orchestral music such as the '' Brandenburg Concertos''; instrumental compositions such as the Cello Suites; keyboard w ...

* Goslar Carstens ( de) (1894–1978), German attorney, local politician, local historian and author; Mayor of Husum in 1946 * Claus-Frenz Claussen (born 1939), ENT-Medician, University teacher, author, editor, artist and inventor *

Johan Georg Forchhammer Johan Georg Forchhammer (26 July 1794 – 14 December 1865) was a Danish mineralogist and geologist. Early life and education Forchhammer was born at Husum, Schleswig. He studied at the universities of Kiel and Copenhagen from 1815 to 1818. C ...

(1794–1865), mineralogist and geologist * Peter Wilhelm Forchhammer (1801–1894), classical archaeologist * Lars Hartig (born 1990), rower, competed in the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

Hans Hartz Hans Hartz (22 October 1943 in Lunden – 30 November 2002 in Frankfurt am Main) was a German singer and Liedermacher. Career After working as a temporary worker in various professions and studying social pedagogy for while, Hartz began his ca ...

(1943–2002), musician and songwriter *

Freya Hoffmeister Freya Hoffmeister (born 10 May 1964) is a German business owner and athlete who holds several sea kayaking endurance records. In 2009 she completed a circumnavigation of Australia solo and unassisted, becoming the first woman and only the sec ...

(born 1964), business owner and athlete who holds several sea kayaking endurance records * Matthias Holst (born 1982), football player *

Isgaard Isgaard Marke (born 1972 in Husum, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany) is a classically trained singer, who in 2003 participated in the German pre-selection for the Eurovision Song Contest and reached seventh place with the song ''Golden Key''. Her alb ...

(born 1972), singer * Morten Jensen (born 1987), football goalkeeper * Friedrich Lübker (1811–1867), educator and philologist * Richard Petersen ( de) (1865–1946), Technical Director for the construction of the

Wuppertaler Schwebebahn The Wuppertaler Schwebebahn ("Wuppertal Suspension Railway") is a suspension railway in Wuppertal, Germany. Its original name was ("Eugen Langen Monorail Overhead Conveyor System"). It is the oldest electric elevated railway with hanging cars ...

Joachim Friedrich Quack Joachim Friedrich Quack (born 10 June 1966 in Husum, Schleswig-Holstein) is a German Egyptologist and Demotic Language specialist. Education He studied Egyptology, Semitic and Biblical Archaeology at the University of Tübingen and abroad at t ...

(born 1966),

Egyptologist Egyptology (from ''Egypt'' and Greek , '' -logia''; ar, علم المصريات) is the study of ancient Egyptian history, language, literature, religion, architecture and art from the 5th millennium BC until the end of its native religious ...

and recipient of the

Leibniz Prize The Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize (german: link=no, Förderpreis für deutsche Wissenschaftler im Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz-Programm der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft), in short Leibniz Prize, is awarded by the German Research Foundation to ...

Ernst Graf zu Reventlow Ernst Christian Einar Ludvig Detlev, Graf zu Reventlow (18 August 1869 – 21 November 1943) was a German naval officer, journalist and Nazi politician. Early life Ernst Christian Einar Ludvig Detlev, Graf (Count) zu Reventlow was born at Husum, ...

(1869–1943), naval officer, journalist and Nazi politician *

Fanny zu Reventlow Countess Fanny "Franziska" zu Reventlow (''Fanny Liane Wilhelmine Sophie Auguste Adrienne'') 18 May 1871 – 26 July 1918) was a German writer, artist and translator, who became famous as the "Bohemian Countess" of Schwabing (an entertainment dis ...

(1871–1918), painter and writer * Emil Schiller ( de) (1865–1945), pastor and missionary in Japan *

(1817−1888), novelist of German realism style * Janina Uhse (born 1989), actress IMDb Database
retrieved 12 November 2018 *

Oskar Vogt Oskar Vogt (6 April 1870, in Husum – 30 July 1959, in Freiburg im Breisgau) was a German physician and neurologist. He and his wife Cécile Vogt-Mugnier are known for their extensive cytoarchetectonic studies on the brain. Personal life He w ...

(1870–1959), neuroanatomy, psychiatrist; He dissected the brain of

Lenin Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov. ( 1870 – 21 January 1924), better known as Vladimir Lenin,. was a Russian revolutionary, politician, and political theorist. He served as the first and founding head of government of Soviet Russia from 1917 to 19 ...

in the 1920s *

Johann Wadephul Johann David Wadephul (born 10 February 1963, in Husum) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been a member of the German Parliament since 2009. Education Wadephul completed high school at Meldorfer Gelehrtensch ...

(born 1963), CDU politician *

Jan Wayne Jan Wayne ( (born Jan Christiansen, January 1974, Husum, Schleswig-Holstein) is a German electronic dance music DJ and producer. Discography Albums *2002 - ''Back Again'' *2003 - ''Gonna Move Ya'' Singles *2001 - "Total Eclipse of the Heart" - ...

(born 1974), electronic dance music DJ and producer

References

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