Husum
Husum | |
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Coordinates: 54°28′N 9°3′E / 54.467°N 9.050°E | |
Country | Germany |
State | Schleswig-Holstein |
District | Nordfriesland |
Government | |
• Mayor | Martin Kindl (CDU) |
Area | |
• Total | 25.82 km2 (9.97 sq mi) |
Elevation | 14 m (46 ft) |
Population (2022-12-31)[1] | |
• Total | 23,735 |
• Density | 920/km2 (2,400/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal codes | 25813 |
Dialling codes | 04841 |
Vehicle registration | NF |
Website | husum.de |
Husum (German pronunciation:
History
Husum was first mentioned as Husembro in 1252,
Like most towns on the
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.
Its first church was built in 1431.[3] Wisby rights were granted it in 1582, and in 1603 it received municipal privileges from Alexander, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg.[3] It suffered greatly from inundations in 1634 and 1717.[3]
Geography
Husum is located on the North Sea by the Bay of Husum; 82 km W of Kiel, 139 km NW of Hamburg and 43 km SW of Flensburg.
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
Being a tourist resort and the gateway to the North Frisian Islands, 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.[2]
Museums
The Theodor-Storm-Haus (Wasserreihe 31) was the house of Theodor Storm. It is home to an exhibition about the novelist and his works. The Schifffahrtsmuseum Nordfriesland (Zingel 15) shows ships from the Middle Ages 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
- Marienkirche, Husum , collapsed 1807, re-erected 1833
- The Holstein-Gottorp
- Old Town Hall, 1601
- New Town Hall, 1988/1989
Clubs
- The Spielmannszug & Jugendblasorchester Rödemis is a famous marching band from the district of Rödemis.
Husum is also home of two football clubs, the Husumer SV and the Rödemisser SV.[citation needed]
Husum Cricket Club is based at the Mikkelberg-Kunst-und-Cricket Center which has in the past hosted international women's cricket matches. The ground is located in nearby Hattstedt.[5]
Twinning
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Infrastructure
Education
Grammar schools
- Hermann-Tast-Schule, humanistic grammar school since 1527, one of the oldest schools in the state of Schleswig-Holstein.[8]
- 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 schoolsin Germany.
- Bürgerschule
- Klaus-Groth-Schule
- Bornschool in Schobüll
Notable people
- Paul Würtz (1612-1676), German officer and diplomat; variously in German, Swedish, Danish and Dutch service.
- Nicolaus Bruhns (1665–1697), organist in Husum, 1689–1697, an important influence on Johann Sebastian Bach
- Johan Georg Forchhammer (1794–1865), mineralogist and geologist
- Peter Wilhelm Forchhammer (1801–1894), classical archaeologist.[9]
- Georg Beseler (1809–1888), Prussian jurist and politician
- Friedrich Lübker (1811–1867), educator and philologist
- Theodor Storm (1817−1888), novelist of German realism style.[10]
- Charlotte Christiane von Krogh (1827–1913), a Danish painter who studied in Denmark and Germany.
- Adolf Brütt (1855–1939), sculptor
- Ludwig Nissen (1855–1924), a gemstone dealer and philanthropist in Brooklyn; founded the Nordsee Museum
- Emil Schiller (de) (1865–1945), pastor and missionary in Japan
- Richard Petersen (Wuppertaler Schwebebahn
- Margarete Böhme (1867–1939), German writer
- Ernst Graf zu Reventlow (1869–1943), naval officer, journalist and Nazi politician [11]
- Leninin the 1920s
- Fanny zu Reventlow (1871–1918), painter and writer
- Goslar Carstens (de) (1894–1978), attorney, author, local historian and politician, Mayor of Husum in 1946
- Claus-Frenz Claussen (born 1939), ENT-Medician, University teacher, author, editor, artist and inventor
- Hans Hartz (1943–2002), musician and songwriter
- Johann Wadephul (born 1963), CDU politician
- Dörte Hansen (born 1964), linguist, journalist and writer.
- Leibniz Prize
- Isgaard (born 1972), singer
- Jan Wayne (born 1974), electronic dance music DJ and producer
- Janina Uhse (born 1989), actress [12]
Sport
- Jürgen Freiwald (1940–2014), volleyball player, competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Herwig Ahrendsen (born 1948), handball player, competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Lars Hartig (born 1990), rower, competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Matthias Holst (born 1982), football player
- Morten Jensen (born 1987), football goalkeeper
See also
- Castle in front of Husum
References
- Statistisches Amt für Hamburg und Schleswig-Holstein.
- ^ a b "Festival web site". Archived from the original on 2009-11-19. Retrieved 2009-06-06.
- ^ a b c d Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 14 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 9.
- ^ "Husumer Geschichte". Husum Tourismus. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
- ^ "Ground profile: Mikkelberg-Kunst-und-Cricket Center". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
- ^ "Our Twinning Story". Archived from the original on 2014-07-02. Retrieved 2011-09-08.
- ^ Twin cities of Husum (in German)
- ISBN 9783110966299.
- ^ Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 10 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 640. .
- ^ Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 25 (11th ed.). 1911. pp. 968–969. .
- ^ Encyclopedia Americana. Vol. XXIII. 1920. .
- ^ IMDb Database retrieved 12 November 2018
Sources
- Riewerts, Brar V. (1969). Die Stadt Husum in Geschichte und Gegenwart (in German). Husum: Hermann Hansen.
- Brandt, Otto (1925). Geschichte Schleswig-Holsteins (8. Aufl. 1981) (in German). Kiel: Mühlau.
- "Husum", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 1, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, 1875, p. 707
External links
- Media related to Husum at Wikimedia Commons
- Husum travel guide from Wikivoyage
- Official website
- Husum in old postcards