Husum

Husum stands on the North Frisian coast. When first mentioned as Husembro in 1252 it was inland, but the great storm flood of 1362 inundated the settlement and opened an inlet that became its harbour. A marketplace followed, and the population grew in the late fourteenth century. Husum acquired its first church in 1431 and town privileges in 1603. Like its neighbours on the low coast, it suffered badly in the floods of 1634 and 1717.