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{{Infobox German location
|type              = Town
|name              = Husum
|image_photo       = Am Hafen - panoramio - Georg Denda (1).jpg
|image_caption     = Husum
|image_coa         = DEU Husum COA.svg
|image_flag        = Flagge Husum.png
|coordinates       = {{coord|54|28|N|9|3|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|image_plan        = Husum in NF.PNG
|state             = Schleswig-Holstein
|district          = Nordfriesland
|elevation         = 14
|area              = 25.8
|postal_code       = 25813
|area_code         = 04841
|licence           = NF
|Gemeindeschlüssel = 01 0 54 056
|website           = [http://www.husum.de/ husum.de]
|mayor             = Martin Kindl
|party             =CDU 
}}

'''Husum''' ({{IPA|de|ˈhuːzʊm|-|De-Husum.ogg}}; {{langx|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 of the annual international piano festival [[Raritäten der Klaviermusik]] founded in 1987.

==History==
Husum was first mentioned as ''Husembro'' in 1252,<ref name=EB1911>{{cite EB1911|wstitle=Husum |volume=14 |page=9}}</ref> when king [[Abel, King of Denmark|Abel]] was murdered.{{Citation needed|date=October 2008}}

Like most towns on the [[North Sea]], Husum was 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.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Husumer Geschichte|url=https://www.husum-tourismus.de/Vor-Ort/Husumer-Bucht-erleben/Orte-Husumer-Bucht/Husum/Geschichte|access-date=2021-01-18|website=Husum Tourismus}}</ref> It is shown on the [[Carta Marina]] in the Frisian form of Husem.

Its first church was built in 1431.<ref name=EB1911/> [[Laws of Wisbuy|Wisby rights]] were granted it in 1582, and in 1603 it received municipal privileges from [[Alexander, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg]].<ref name=EB1911/> It suffered greatly from inundations in 1634 and 1717.<ref name=EB1911/>

==Geography==
Husum is located on the [[Wadden Sea]], in the southeast of the [[North Sea]], by the [[Bay of Husum]]; 82&nbsp;km&nbsp;W of [[Kiel]], 139&nbsp;km NW of [[Hamburg]] and 43&nbsp;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==
[[Image:Schiffahrtsmuseum Nordfriesland.JPG|thumb|Shipping museum]]
[[File:Schloss vor Husum, Hof I.JPG|thumb|Schloss vor Husum]]
[[File:Husumer Marktplatz mit Marienkirche und Tine-Brunnen.jpg|thumb|Market of Husum with the church (Marienkirche) and the ''Tine-Well'']]
Being a tourist resort and the gateway to the [[North Frisian Islands]], Husum offers many cultural features.

===Festival Raritäten der Klaviermusik ===
The [[Raritäten der Klaviermusik]] international festival of rare piano music, specialising in unknown classical piano music, was founded in 1987 by {{ill|Peter Froundjian|de}}, and takes place in the [[Schloss vor Husum]].<ref name="Festival web site">{{Cite web |url=http://raritaeten-der-klaviermusik.de/home_english.phtml |title=Festival web site |access-date=2009-06-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091119083404/http://www.raritaeten-der-klaviermusik.de/home_english.phtml |archive-date=2009-11-19 |url-status=dead }}</ref>


===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 [[Schiffahrtsmuseum 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===
*{{ill|Marienkirche, Husum|de|Marienkirche (Husum)}}, 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

===Clubs===
* The {{ill|Spielmannszug & Jugendblasorchester Rödemis|de}} 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|date=October 2008}}

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]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/12/867.html|title=Ground profile: Mikkelberg-Kunst-und-Cricket Center|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=18 October 2011}}</ref>

===Twinning===
Husum is [[town twinning|twinned]] with:<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.kidderminster-husum-twinning.co.uk/en/twinning-story |title=Our Twinning Story |access-date=2011-09-08 |archive-date=2014-07-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140702023458/http://kidderminster-husum-twinning.co.uk/en/twinning-story/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[http://www.husum-tourismus.de/242.html Twin cities of Husum] {{In lang|de}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|- valign="top"
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* {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Gentofte]], [[Denmark]]
* {{flagicon|GER}} [[Heilbad Heiligenstadt|Heiligenstadt]], Germany
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* {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Kidderminster]], [[England]]
* {{flagicon|POL}} [[Trzcianka]], [[Poland]]
|}

==Infrastructure==
[[Husum (Germany) station|Husum station]] is located on the [[Westerland, Germany|Westerland]]–[[Hamburg]] line ([[Marsh Railway]]), the [[Husum–Bad St. Peter-Ording railway|Husum–Bad St. Peter-Ording line]] to the [[Eiderstedt]] peninsula and the [[Husum–Kiel railway|Husum–Jübek line]], which connects to the [[Neumünster–Flensburg railway|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.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0-hrRQvGV7sC&q=oldest+schools+in+Schleswig-Holstein&pg=PA680|title=Schmidt - Theyer|last=Killy|first=Walther|date=2005-01-01|publisher=Walter de Gruyter|isbn=9783110966299|language=en}}</ref>
* 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]]s in Germany.
* Bürgerschule
* Klaus-Groth-Schule
* Bornschool in Schobüll

==Notable people==
[[File:Theodor Storm (1817-1888).jpg|thumb|140px|[[Theodor Storm]] (1817–1888)]]
[[File:Fanny Gräfin zu Reventlow.jpg|thumb|140px|[[Fanny zu Reventlow]]]]
[[File:Autogrammstunde BASE Camp mit Janina Uhse.jpg|140px|thumb|[[Janina Uhse]], 2012]]
* [[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.<ref>{{Cite EB1911 |wstitle= Forchhammer, Peter Wilhelm |volume= 10 |last= |first= |author-link= |page=640 |short=1}}</ref>
* [[Georg Beseler]] (1809–1888), Prussian jurist and politician
* [[Friedrich Lübker]] (1811–1867), educator and philologist
* [[Theodor Storm]] (1817−1888), novelist of [[Literary realism|German realism]] style.<ref>{{Cite EB1911 |wstitle= Storm, Theodor Woldsen |volume= 25 |last= |first= |author-link= |pages=968-969 |short=1}}</ref>
* [[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
* [[Margarete Böhme]] (1867–1939), German writer
* [[Ernst Graf zu Reventlow]] (1869–1943), naval officer, journalist and Nazi politician <ref>{{Cite Americana|wstitle= Reventlow, Ernst, Count |volume= XXIII |last= |first= |short=1 }}</ref>
* [[Oskar Vogt]] (1870–1959), neuroanatomy, psychiatrist; he dissected the brain of [[Lenin]] in the 1920s
* [[Fanny zu Reventlow]] (1871–1918), painter and writer
* [[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.
* [[Joachim Friedrich Quack]] (born 1966), [[Egyptology|Egyptologist]] and recipient of the [[Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize|Leibniz Prize]]
* [[Isgaard]] (born 1972), singer
* [[Jan Wayne]] (born 1974), electronic dance music DJ and producer
* [[Janina Uhse]] (born 1989), actress <ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1361049/  IMDb Database] retrieved 12 November 2018</ref>

=== 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 (footballer)|Morten Jensen]] (born 1987), football goalkeeper

== See also ==

* [[Schloss vor Husum]]

==References==
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==Sources==
*{{cite book|last= Riewerts|first= Brar V.|year= 1969|title= Die Stadt Husum in Geschichte und Gegenwart|publisher= Hermann Hansen|location= Husum|language= de}}
*{{cite book|last= Brandt|first= Otto|year= 1925|title= Geschichte Schleswig-Holsteins (8. Aufl. 1981)|publisher= Mühlau|location= Kiel|language= de}}
*{{de-ADB|1|707}}

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* {{official|http://www.husum.de/ }}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090215051257/http://flamez.de/html/die_karten_aus_husum.html Husum in old postcards]

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