Elmshorn

Elmshorn
Bismarck School in Elmshorn
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Coordinates: 53°45′7″N 9°39′04″E / 53.75194°N 9.65111°E / 53.75194; 9.65111Coordinates: 53°45′7″N 9°39′04″E / 53.75194°N 9.65111°E / 53.75194; 9.65111
Country	Germany
State	Schleswig-Holstein
District	Pinneberg
Government
• Mayor	Volker Hatje (Ind.)
Area
• Total	21.36 km2 (8.25 sq mi)
Highest elevation	21 m (69 ft)
Lowest elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Population  (2020-12-31)[1]
• Total	49,948
• Density	2,300/km2 (6,100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	25335, 25336, 25337
Dialling codes	04121
Vehicle registration	PI
Website	www.elmshorn.de

Elmshorn (German pronunciation: [ɛlmsˈhɔʁn]) 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 49,000 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[]

Elmshorn is twinned with:^[2]

• Tarascon, France (1987)
• Wittenberge, Germany (1990)
• Stargard, Poland (1993)
• Raisio, Finland (2000)

Sons and daughters of the city[]

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

• Johann Christoph Biernatzki (1795-1840), writer
• Johannes Rehmke (1848-1930), philosopher
• Fritz Höger (1877-1949), (born in Bekenreihe near Elmshorn), architect
• Hermann Weyl (1885-1955), mathematician
• Wilhelm Mohr (1885-1969), politician, member of the CDU
• Carl August Rathjens (1887-1966), geographer
• Wilhelm Peetz (1892-1935), communist and resistance fighter against national socialism
• Harald Paulsen (1895-1954), actor and director
• Karsten Voigt (born 1941), politician and member of the SPD
•  [de] (born 1959), Cultural Prize 2002, graphic artist and object artist
•  [de] (born 1962), singer and one-hit wonder
• Michael Stich (born 1968), tennis player (grew up in Elmshorn)
• Tim Mälzer (born 1971), cook and author of cookery books
• Chiara Schoras (born 1975), actress
• Hanno Behrens (born 1990), soccer player

See also[]

• Kooperative Gesamtschule Elmshorn

References[]

External links[]

• Official website (in German)
• Elmshorner Nachrichten (Local Newspaper)

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