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

The castle in front of Husum - so called because it was located in front of the city limits when it was built - is located in Husum in the district of North Frisia in Schleswig-Holstein. It was originally a secondary residence of the ducal house of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf and served as the occasional residence of the Danish royal family in the 18th and 19th centuries. Already during this time, the now "royal castle" took up the administration, which extended to almost the entire house after 1864 and remained here until the 20th century.

Wikipedia: Schloss vor Husum (DE)

The Husum crocus blossom is a nationally known sight of the city of Husum in the district of North Frisia in Schleswig-Holstein. In spring, about 4 million purple crocuses of the species Crocus napolitanus bloom in the park of the castle in front of Husum on an area of about 50,000 square meters and transform 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 Husum Water Tower is a former water tower in Husum, Germany. It does not stand on the highest point of the city, but near the center of the city at the northwest corner of the palace garden. In addition to its technical utility, it had an aesthetic significance from the very beginning, because tower buildings, which gave Husum a characteristic silhouette, were missing in the city.

Wikipedia: Wasserturm Husum (DE)

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 Frisia 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 to the city of Husum from the estate of Ludwig Nissen.

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 master builder Christian Frederik Hansen, is considered one of the main works of classicism in Schleswig-Holstein.

Wikipedia: Marienkirche (Husum) (DE), Website

Gasthaus zum Ritter St. Jürgen, today a home for the elderly with a sermon room on the eastern edge of the Old City of Husum, has an architectural history and nursing tradition dating back to the Middle Ages.

Wikipedia: Gasthaus zum Ritter St. Jürgen (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 a landmark of the city with its bronze statue, the "Tine".

Wikipedia: Asmussen-Woldsen-Denkmal (DE)