European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 25, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Standard Allire for everyone tourists and locals alike is rubber boots find frisian Mink Bright yellow slickers pro decl against the a Imp i i till. Which is not to 5, the Sun does t slime Lien it does and when in riot in s glorious so Don l be put of f i f in u hear i Husum is i lie storm the reference is nol to the weather by to theodart storm author incl the town s favorite son. People come from As far away As to Visil his Birthplace even for those who Tenn t know his stories and poems the Slot museum gives in excellent glimpse Inlo How people once lived. Americans will probably be More interested in Len Niss Enhaus the museum endowed by Ludwig Nissen .1 Man who lived i he american Drea m. At the age of i i 1072, he went to America penniless met Home with ,1 Fortune. 1le rubbed shoulders with the Rockefeller and Carnegie Bulin 192l Merelu Nedlo Husum to found .1 museum would Leach about i lit landscape and culture of his native Region. It also contains ,1 Large Collot i Ion of american Art of about 190o, Folk costumes a baroque hand carved cupboard a Sailor s room from i he whaling age and Wear jugs. But the thing it Dot s Best is explain nun s struggle against the sea and Hie yearly floods Are an Ever present danger l tin Husum coast. The last big flood was in 1976. The last deadly one Wai in 1962, killing More than 100. People still Lalk about the great f bods of ,30 when 30,000 people died and of 1634 when 10,000 drowned in one night. Models show How Island houses Are traditionally built. The roof is supported by posts so evs n if the pounding Waves Wash the Walls away the roof still stands. The 400 to 5 10 people living on i he nearby islands Are of necessity self suffice pal because the flood a lets Tut them off completely from the Mainland. Water encroaches on the land at the Rote of 30 centimetres per Century. Between 1 532 and 1 120, one Church in the area was moved Back three limes. The churches always stand on a Ward or , a built up Hill he last place of Refuge in a flood. The museum salvaged an old wooden Dike a construction by Farmers who realised As Early As the 9th Century that they must work together to protect themselves from the sea. F Ach i i Len was assigned one Elrett h of like to keep in Good repair and if he shirked his duty he lost his rights and was forced to leave the Community. Today the dikes have been improved my visitors can walk or Bike along Bolh the old and new ones. The tourist office has marked four bicycle pal Hilo help the visitor explore. Beaches Are tucked away behind the Row of dikes grass preen beaches where Sii bathers can rent those big Basket called ,, sheep keep i lie brass on the dikes Cut and pack Down the Earth to make in stronger but the sheep Aren t much used for food. We ship the Multon to Greece and Turkey one Man mid. Everything to see is within an easy a i a of the pedestrian zone and Market Square where the Farmers Markel has been held thursdays Siniue i to. faces the Square the first in Germany Buzil As a Lul heian . Husum Castle is sedate with Square towers Sel in a spacious Park in which millions of Wilt run cases Bloom pm h Spring. In contains the style swim museum depicting culture of the Middle Ages. The open air museum burned do n . Many of the exhibits were saved however and in will be Tebu ill. There is a new Viking museum which is to a great extent j history of the Danes. Husum Lus a danish Community and the people have their own schools and theater. Explorers will find plenty of excursions from Husum. It is Only 30 Kilometres to the danish Border there is a train to the resort of Sylt every hour in High season. The Beach in Nordstrand can be by boat and the tint class spa St. Peter offing. With ils Long Sandy beaches is nearby. The Husmer Jucht Husum Bay is an area of 10 villages around Husum that boasts Good swimming and will soon be a big Park. One of in villages is beige Hansen where Stark it Sis sit atop houses on poles i As year 3 1 pairs nested there. It is the perfect place for them just Sheri he dampness to suit the frogs tilt storks feed on. Another is Friedrich slant a real Nell edonds town within Germany. Buzil by the dutch who tame 10 this Region to build dikes it is a Lown of quiet canals and charming gabled houses. In season boat odes ran be made through the Lawn of out Inlo the North sea the file Ifrona Al Husum above where one Cut a ways find j delicious shrimp Sandwich Fht Tow. Accommodations Husum has hotels Bolh old and new but its Ira Dilion is Euest houses Wilh three in Ronnis. Almost every Farnish Siuse in the moms for . One hold in i Husum that combines we Husum has campgrounds directly behind the dikes. The Only plan on this stretch of High enough not to have a Dike is sch Bull silting on a 5 1 Reeler High Hill Rou can bring your own f Amper Iraq let. Liere is even a Beauty farm. He Sandhaus in Idestal. Dahr neg a d-2ji1. Drage Nordi Riesland Tel. U-1hb1 -1 j m has week Long Ireal ments Lor u k Marks Haimut $565facilities include fitness mum and Whirlpool. Tor those who like Loiry the local Ash . Tin1 Husu Iner f Isch panne res Laurall is full i Seaside atmosphere. The Katske Lei restaurant under the town i Lill has a Long tradition As a Beer cellar the Only Plai e in Low n that could Slot k More than three soft no beef. Ii St Lei selves Good inter and hid mini. I lit my Uin i our 1st Oil l wll organi de and has old glib speaking personnel. Some Brut Huo including a Irnell a in ii i thu Timland i to Umi r Tsu Ilii i l.iti", of no Fei an Jub shed in English. The Tolice can Hel you Annj Aci amnio Delions suggest Bike Tir talking mules and help plan in Ial visits t tourist office do j50 i i Siim . Lei. fal3l. Lav. U n e 25t j9b7 s trip is m
