Elmshorn
Elmshorn | |
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![]() Bismarck School in Elmshorn | |
Coordinates: 53°45′7″N 9°39′04″E / 53.75194°N 9.65111°ECoordinates: 53°45′7″N 9°39′04″E / 53.75194°N 9.65111°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 (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] (listen); 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
Tarascon, France (1987)
Wittenberge, Germany (1990)
Stargard, Poland (1993)
Raisio, Finland (2000)
Notable people
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
- Anders Petersen (born 1959), Cultural Prize 2002, graphic artist and object artist
- Gaby Tiedemann (Ixi) (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
References
- ^ "Statistikamt Nord – Bevölkerung der Gemeinden in Schleswig-Holstein 4. Quartal 2020 (XLS-file)". Statistisches Amt für Hamburg und Schleswig-Holstein (in German).
- ^ "Städtepartnerschaften". elmshorn.de (in German). Elmshorn. Retrieved 2019-11-30.
External links
- No URL found. Please specify a URL here or add one to Wikidata. (in German)
- Elmshorner Nachrichten (Local Newspaper)
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