10 Sights in Husum, Germany (with Map and Images)

Husum 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 1986.

Wikipedia: Husum (EN)

The North Frisian Museum. Nissenhaus Husum is the central museum for the district of North Frisia and the city of Husum. It is located in the Ludwig-Nissen-Haus, a building that was transferred from Ludwig Nissen's estate to the city of Husum.

Wikipedia: Nordfriesland Museum. Nissenhaus Husum (DE), Website

The Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. Mary in Husum, built from 1829 to 1833 according to designs by the Danish state architect Christian Frederik Hansen, is considered one of the main works of classicism in Schleswig-Holstein.

Wikipedia: Marienkirche (Husum) (DE), Website

The Maritime Museum of North Frisia is located at Zingel 15 in Husum, Schleswig-Holstein. Here, the relationships of the port of the city and the district of North Frisia to shipbuilding, shipping, whaling and coastal fishing are presented on four levels. Larger exhibits such as a historic slipway, engines and anchors are located in the outdoor area.

Wikipedia: Schiffahrtsmuseum Nordfriesland (DE), Website

The Husum Water Tower is a former water tower in Husum. It does not stand on the highest point of the city area, but near the center of the city at the northwest corner of the castle garden. In addition to its technical utility, it had an aesthetic significance from the very beginning, because tower buildings that gave Husum a characteristic silhouette were missing in the city.

Wikipedia: Wasserturm Husum (DE)

The Asmussen-Woldsen Monument in Husum, also known as the Tine Fountain, is a central market fountain designed by Adolf Brütt, which is considered the city's landmark with its bronze statue, the "Tine".

Wikipedia: Asmussen-Woldsen-Denkmal (DE)

The Husum Crocus Blossom is a nationally known sight in the town of Husum in the district of Nordfriesland in Schleswig-Holstein. In spring, about 4 million purple crocuses of the species Crocus napolitanus bloom in the castle park of the castle in front of Husum on an area of about 50,000 square meters, transforming the park into a sea of purple flowers. The only occurrence of this size in northern Europe is also known as the "flower miracle of the north".

Wikipedia: Husumer Krokusblüte (DE)

The inn Zum Ritter St. Jürgen, today a retirement home with a preaching hall on the eastern edge of the old town of Husum, has a building history and tradition of care that has been passed down to the Middle Ages.

Wikipedia: Gasthaus zum Ritter St. Jürgen (DE)

The Nationalpark-Haus Husum is a centre for environmental education, nature conservation coordination and administration of the Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea National Park in Husum. The house is operated by Nationalpark Service gGmbH, WWF Germany, the Wadden Sea Protection Station and the Weltladen Husum.

Wikipedia: Nationalpark-Haus Husum (DE), Website

The Castle in front of Husum, originally named due to its location in front of the city boundaries when it was built, is situated in Husum, in the district of North Frisia in the state of Schleswig-Holstein. It was initially a secondary residence of the ducal house of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf and served as an occasional residence for the Danish royal family during the 18th and 19th centuries. It also accommodated administrative offices, which gradually expanded and eventually occupied most of the building after 1864. These offices remained there until the 20th century, and the castle came to be known as the "royal palace".

Wikipedia: Schloss vor Husum (EN), Website, Url