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Schloss vor Husum

Germany · 16th century

Founded
1582
Style
Northern Renaissance
Heritage status
Kulturdenkmal · Heritage monument in Schleswig-Holstein
Location
Husum
Coordinates
54.4799°, 9.04982°
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Schloss vor Husum in Germany
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Description

The Schloss vor Husum is a palace outside of Husum, Nordfriesland district, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, when it was erected in the 16th century. 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 after 1864 occupied most of the building. The offices remained until the 20th century, and the castle came to be known as the "royal palace".

It is the only preserved palace on the west coast of Schleswig-Holstein, and is open to the public as a museum and cultural center. The palace park is a well-known attraction throughout the region, and is especially popular when the crocuses bloom in spring. It is the venue of the annual Raritäten der Klaviermusik annual festival.

Text adapted from “Schloss vor Husum” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

In the rankings

Schloss vor Husum ranks #3,406 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #279 of the 714 mapped in Germany. Founded 1582, it is older than 33% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 887 atlas entries founded in the 16th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,805 times in the last 60 days, more than 67% of the atlas. See how Germany compares in the castle statistics.

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