Elmshorn
Town in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
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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- ).
Elmshorn | |
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Bismarck School in Elmshorn | |
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Location of Elmshorn
within Pinneberg district  | |
 Location of Elmshorn | |
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| Coordinates: 53°45′7″N 9°39′04″E | |
| 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 (2023-12-31)[1] | |
• Total | 50,728 |
| • Density | 2,375/km2 (6,151/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 |
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
Education
The private university NORDAKADEMIE Hochschule der Wirtschaft is situated in Elmshorn.[3]
Notable people
The following people were born in Elmshorn (in order of year of birth):
- Johann Christoph Biernatzki (1795–1840), writer.[4]
- Johannes Rehmke (1848 in Hainholz – 1930), philosopher
- Fritz Höger (1877–1949), (born in Bekenreihe near Elmshorn), architect
- Hermann Weyl (1885–1955), mathematician, theoretical physicist, logician and philosopher.
- Carl August Rathjens (1887–1966), geographer
- Harald Paulsen (1895–1954), actor and director
- Walter Ohmsen (1911–1988), highly decorated Kriegsmarine Officer in WWII, in the 1950s-60s, a West German Navy Officer and organized the sailing at the Summer Olympics in the 1960s-70s.
- Karsten Voigt (born 1941), politician and member of the SPD
- Anders Petersen (born 1959), Cultural Prize 2002, graphic artist and object artist
- Gaby Tiedemann (Ixi) (born 1962), singer and one-hit wonder
- Anka Feldhusen (born 1966), diplomat; German ambassador in Kyiv, Ukraine since 2019
- Sören Sieg (born 1966), tenor, songwriter, composer, arranger, satirist, columnist and writer.
- Michael Stich (born 1968), tennis player (grew up in Elmshorn); 1992 Summer Olympics men's doubles winner
- Tim Mälzer (born 1971), cook and author of cookery books
- Birgit Hesse (born 1975), politician (SPD)
- Chiara Schoras (born 1975), actress
- Hanno Behrens (born 1990), soccer player, over 400 pro games
- Felix Nieder (born 1993), model and author
- Daniel Kölbl (born 1993), politician (CDU)
