Husum

Husum
Coat of arms
Husum
Location of Husum within Nordfriesland district
Coordinates: 54°28′0″N 9°3′0″E / 54.46667°N 9.05000°ECoordinates: 54°28′0″N 9°3′0″E / 54.46667°N 9.05000°E
Country	Germany
State	Schleswig-Holstein
District	Nordfriesland
Government
• Mayor	Uwe Schmitz
Area
• Total	25.82 km^2 (9.97 sq mi)
Population (2013-12-31)[1]
• Total	22,053
• Density	850/km^2 (2,200/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	25801–25813
Dialling codes	04841
Vehicle registration	NF
Website	husum.de

Husum (North Frisian: 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 of the annual international piano festival Raritäten der Klaviermusik (Rarities of Piano Music) founded in 1986.^[2]

History

Husum was first mentioned as Husembro in 1252, when king Abel was murdered.

Like most towns on the North Sea, Husum was ever strongly influenced by storm tides. In 1362 a disastrous storm tide, the "Grote Mandrenke" 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 in the Frisian form of Husem.

Geography

Husum is located by the North Sea; 82 km W of Kiel, 139 km NW of Hamburg and 43 km SW of Flensburg.

Subdivisions

• Zentrum
• Nordhusum
• Porrenkoog
• Osterhusum, Osterhusumfeld
• Altstadt
• Norderschlag
• Dreimühlen
• Rödemis
• Fischersiedlung
• Neustadt
• Gewerbegebiet
• Kielsburg
• Rosenburg
• Schobüll
• Halebüll
• Hockensbüll
• Lund

Culture

Being a tourist resort and the gate 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

Shipping museum

• 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

• Marienkirche (Saint Mary), collapsed 1807, re-erected 1833
• The Schloss vor Husum, 1582, was a residence of the dukes of Holstein-Gottorp
• Old Town Hall, 1601
• New Town Hall, 1988/1989

Schloss vor Husum

Market of Husum with the church (Marienkirche) and the Tine-Well

Clubs

The Spielmannszug 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. 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.^[3]

Twinning

Husum is twinned with:^[4][5]

• Kidderminster, England
• Trzcianka, Poland
• Heiligenstadt, Germany
• Gentofte, Denmark

Infrastructure

Husum station is located on the Westerland–Hamburg line (Marsh Railway), the Husum–Bad St. Peter-Ording line to the Eiderstedt peninsula and the Husum–Jübek line, which connects to the Neumünster–Flensburg line and Kiel.

Education

Grammar schools

• Hermann-Tast-Schule, humanistic grammar 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 schools in Germany.
• Bürgerschule
• Klaus-Groth-Schule
• Bornschool in Schobüll

Notable residents

• Hermann Tast (1490−1551), Protestant reformer^[6]
• Johannes Mejer (1606–1674), cartographer^[6]
• Peter Axen (1635–1707), jurist, philologist, humanist and diplomat^[7]
• Nicolaus Bruhns (1665–1697), who was an important influence on Johann Sebastian Bach, was organist in Husum from 1689 to 1697.
• Theodor Storm (1817−1888), German novelist
• Margarete Böhme (1867–1939), German writer
• Fanny zu Reventlow (1871–1918), German writer and translator
• Jan Wayne (* 1974) DJ, singer and record producer
• Freya Hoffmeister (1964) Sea Kayaker, fastest-ever circumnavigation of Iceland, currently circumnavigating South America

References

1. "Statistikamt Nord – Bevölkerung der Gemeinden in Schleswig-Holstein 4. Quartal 2013] (XLS-Datei) (Fortschreibung auf Basis des Zensus 2011)". Statistisches Amt für Hamburg und Schleswig-Holstein (in German). 25 July 2013.
2. Festival web site
3. "Ground profile: Mikkelberg-Kunst-und-Cricket Center". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
4. Our Twinning Story
5. Twin cities of Husum(in German)
6. Riewerts, (1969)
7. (ADB). Bd. 1

Sources

• Riewerts, Brar V. (1969). Die Stadt Husum in Geschichte und Gegenwart (in German). Husum: Hermann Hansen.
• Brandt, Otto (1925 (8. Aufl. 1981)). Geschichte Schleswig-Holsteins (in German). Kiel: Mühlau. Check date values in: |date= (help)
• "Husum", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB) (in German) 1, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, 1875, pp. 707–

External links

• www.husum.de – official Web site of Husum
• Husum in old postcards