Niebüll ( Mooring North Frisian: ''Naibel''; da, Nibøl) is a town in the district of

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 ...

, in

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. It is situated near the

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coast and the border with

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, approx. 35 km northwest of

Husum Husum (, frr, Hüsem) is the capital of the ''Kreis'' (district) Nordfriesland in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. The town was the birthplace of the novelist Theodor Storm, who coined the epithet "the grey town by the sea". It is also the home o ...

International relations

Niebüll is twinned with: *

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Notable people

* Momme Andresen (1857–1951), born in Risum, educated in Niebüll, industrial chemist who made practical developments in photography including the invention of

Rodinal Rodinal is the trade name of a black and white developing agent produced originally by the German company Agfa based on the chemical 4-aminophenol 4-Aminophenol (or ''para''-aminophenol or ''p''-aminophenol) is an organic compound with the form ...

* Carl Ludwig Jessen (1833–1917), painter of North Frisian daily life. *

Carsta Löck Carsta Löck (28 December 1902 – 9 October 1993) was a German film actress. Selected filmography * ''Refugees'' (1933) * '' Ripening Youth'' (1933) * '' The Double Fiance'' (1934) * ''Trouble with Jolanthe'' (1934) * '' Police Report'' (1934 ...

(1902–1993), actress * Max Hansen (1908–1990),

Waffen SS The (, "Armed SS") was the combat branch of the Nazi Party's ''Schutzstaffel'' (SS) organisation. Its formations included men from Nazi Germany, along with volunteers and conscripts from both occupied and unoccupied lands. The grew from th ...

Standartenführer * Bernd Raffelhüschen (born 1957), economist

References

Towns in Schleswig-Holstein Nordfriesland {{Nordfriesland-geo-stub