Elmshorn (; nds, Elmshoorn) is a town in the district of

Pinneberg Pinneberg (; Northern Low Saxon: ''Pinnbarg'') is a town in the federal state of Schleswig-Holstein in northern Germany. It is the capital of the Pinneberg (district), district of Pinneberg and has a population of about 43,500 inhabitants. Pinneb ...

Schleswig-Holstein Schleswig-Holstein (; da, Slesvig-Holsten; nds, Sleswig-Holsteen; frr, Slaswik-Holstiinj) is the northernmost of the 16 states of Germany, comprising most of the historical duchy of Holstein and the southern part of the former Duchy of Sch ...

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. It is 30 km north of

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on the small river

Krückau Krückau is a river in the federal state of Schleswig-Holstein in the north of Germany. It flows into the river Elbe near Seestermühe. The lower part between the Elbe and Elmshorn is navigable but not classified.Elbe The Elbe (; cs, Labe ; nds, Ilv or ''Elv''; Upper and dsb, Łobjo) is one of the major rivers of Central Europe. It rises in the Giant Mountains of the northern Czech Republic before traversing much of Bohemia (western half of the Czech Repu ...

, and with about 50,000 inhabitants is the sixth-largest town in the state of

. It is the birthplace of writer and edito
Hermann Schlüter
(1851–1919), the mathematician

Hermann Weyl Hermann Klaus Hugo Weyl, (; 9 November 1885 – 8 December 1955) was a German mathematician, theoretical physicist and philosopher. Although much of his working life was spent in Zürich, Switzerland, and then Princeton, New Jersey, he is assoc ...

(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: *

Tarascon Tarascon (; ), sometimes referred to as Tarascon-sur-Rhône, is a commune situated at the extreme west of the Bouches-du-Rhône department of France in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Inhabitants are referred to as Tarasconnais or Taras ...

, France (1987) *

Wittenberge Wittenberge () is a town of eighteen thousand people on the middle Elbe in the district of Prignitz, Brandenburg, Germany. Geography Wittenberge is situated at the right (north-eastern) bank of the middle Elbe at its confluence with the Stepe ...

, Germany (1990) * Stargard, Poland (1993) *

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, Finland (2000)

Notable people

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

Johann Christoph Biernatzki Johann Christoph Biernatzki (1795–1840) was a German author. Biography He was born at Elmshorn, in the Duchy of Holstein, and, from 1825 to 1840, served as a Lutheran pastor at Friedrichstadt in the province of Schleswig. His most important publ ...

(1795–1840), writer *

Johannes Rehmke Johannes Rehmke (1 February 1848 – 23 December 1930) was a German philosopher and since 1885 professor at Greifswald University, later also provost of this university. He offered sharp criticisms of Immanuel Kant's approach to epistemology. In h ...

(1848–1930), philosopher *

Fritz Höger Fritz originated as a German nickname for Friedrich, or Frederick (''Der Alte Fritz'', and ''Stary Fryc'' were common nicknames for King Frederick II of Prussia and Frederick III, German Emperor) as well as for similar names including Fridoli ...

(1877–1949), (born in Bekenreihe near Elmshorn), architect *

(1885–1955), mathematician * Wilhelm Mohr (1885–1969), politician, member of the CDU *

Carl August Rathjens Carl August Rathjens (born 11 March 1887 in Elmshorn, Germany; died 29 July 1966 in Hamburg, Germany) was a German geographer whose primary interests were in South Arabian historiography, geology and ethnography. He made several visits to Yemen, ...

(1887–1966), geographer * Wilhelm Peetz (1892–1935),

communist Communism (from Latin la, communis, lit=common, universal, label=none) is a far-left sociopolitical, philosophical, and economic ideology and current within the socialist movement whose goal is the establishment of a communist society, a s ...

and resistance fighter against national socialism *

Harald Paulsen Harald Paulsen (26 August 1895 – 4 August 1954) was a German stage and film actor and director. He appeared in 125 films between 1920 and 1954. Career Paulsen first appeared on stage at age sixteen. He then studied under from Leopold Jessner, ...

(1895–1954), actor and director *

Karsten Voigt Karsten Dietrich Voigt (born 11 April 1941 in Elmshorn, Germany) is a German politician ( SPD). Early life and education From 1960–1969, Voigt studied history, German, and Scandinavian languages and literature at the universities in Hamburg, ...

(born 1941), politician and member of the SPD * (born 1959), Cultural Prize 2002, graphic artist and object artist * (born 1962), singer and one-hit wonder *

Michael Stich Michael Detlef Stich (, ; born 18 October 1968) is a German former professional tennis player. He won the men's singles title at Wimbledon in 1991, the men's doubles titles at both Wimbledon and the Olympic Games in 1992, and was a singles run ...

(born 1968), tennis player (grew up in Elmshorn) *

Tim Mälzer Tim Mälzer (born 22 January 1971 in Elmshorn, Schleswig-Holstein) is a German television chef, restaurateur, cookbook author and television presenter. Biography Mälzer was born in 1971 in Elmshorn, Schleswig-Holstein, the son of a salesman ...

(born 1971), cook and author of cookery books *

Chiara Schoras Chiara Schoras (born 26 September 1975, in Elmshorn) is a German actress. Biography Schoras is the daughter of an Italian mother and a German father. She studied dance, singing and acting at the ''Centro di Danza Balletto di Roma''. Her mentor F ...

(born 1975), actress *

Hanno Behrens Hanno Behrens (; born 26 March 1990) is a German professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Liga 1 club Persija Jakarta. Career Behrens began his career with Hamburger SV, breaking into the reserve team in 2008. The following year, ...

(born 1990), soccer player

References

External links

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Elmshorner Nachrichten (Local Newspaper)
Pinneberg (district) {{Pinneberg-geo-stub

Economy and industry

Twin towns – sister cities

Notable people

See also

References

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