Elmshorn
Town
Bismarck School in Elmshorn
Bismarck School in Elmshorn
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Location of Elmshorn within Pinneberg district
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Elmshorn is located in Germany
Elmshorn
Elmshorn
Elmshorn is located in Schleswig-Holstein
Elmshorn
Elmshorn
Coordinates: 53°45′7″N 9°39′04″E / 53.75194°N 9.65111°E / 53.75194; 9.65111
CountryGermany
StateSchleswig-Holstein
DistrictPinneberg
Government
 • MayorVolker Hatje (Ind.)
Area
 • Total21.36 km2 (8.25 sq mi)
Highest elevation
21 m (69 ft)
Lowest elevation
0 m (0 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[1]
 • Total50,772
 • Density2,400/km2 (6,200/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
25335, 25336, 25337
Dialling codes04121
Vehicle registrationPI
Websitewww.elmshorn.de

Elmshorn (German pronunciation: [ɛlmsˈhɔʁn] ⓘ; Low German: Elmshoorn) is a town in the district of Pinneberg in Schleswig-Holstein in Germany. It is 30 km north of Hamburg on the small river Krückau, a tributary of the Elbe, and with about 50,000 inhabitants is the sixth-largest town in the state of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is the birthplace of writer and editor Hermann Schlüter (1851–1919), the mathematician Hermann Weyl (1885–1955) and the medievalist Heinz Woehlk (1944- ).

Economy and industry

Historically Elmshorn had many companies in the food industry. Including meat processing and sausage production, margarine production and cereal processing. Major surviving companies include Dölling-Hareico (meat processing/sausage production) and Kölln (cereal processing, mainly oats and muesli).

Twin towns – sister cities

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany

Elmshorn is twinned with:[2]

Notable people

The following people were born in Elmshorn (in order of year of birth):

See also

References

  1. ^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden in Schleswig-Holstein 4. Quartal 2022" (XLS) (in German). Statistisches Amt für Hamburg und Schleswig-Holstein.
  2. ^ "Städtepartnerschaften". elmshorn.de (in German). Elmshorn. Retrieved 2019-11-30.
  3. ^ "Biernatzki, Johann Christoph" . New International Encyclopedia. Vol. III. 1905.

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