Elmshorn

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
Town
Bismarck School in Elmshorn
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Elmshorn within Pinneberg district
Elmshorn Show map of Germany Elmshorn Show map of Schleswig-Holstein
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	51,486
• Density	2,410/km2 (6,243/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

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

Elmshorn is twinned with:^[2]

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

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 soldier and organized the sailing at the Summer Olympics
• Karsten Voigt (born 1941), politician and member of the SPD
• Anders Petersen [de] (born 1959), Cultural Prize 2002, graphic artist and object artist
• Gaby Tiedemann (Ixi) [de] (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
• Chiara Schoras (born 1975), actress
• Hanno Behrens (born 1990), soccer player, over 400 pro games
• Felix Nieder (born 1993), model and author

See also

• Kooperative Gesamtschule Elmshorn