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 district of Pinneberg and has a population of about 43,500 inhabitants. Pinneberg is located 18&nb ...
in
Schleswig-Holstein
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in
Germany
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. It is 30 km north of
Hamburg
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on the small river
Krückau, a tributary of the
Elbe
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, and with about 50,000 inhabitants is the sixth-largest town in the state of
Schleswig-Holstein
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,
Germany
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. It is the birthplace of writer and edito
Hermann Schlüter(1851–1919), the mathematician
Hermann Weyl
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(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:
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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, Germany (1990)
*
Stargard
Stargard (; 1945: ''Starogród'', 1950–2016: ''Stargard Szczeciński''; formerly German language, German: ''Stargard in Pommern'', or ''Stargard an der Ihna''; csb, Stôrgard) is a city in northwestern Poland, located in the West Pomeranian V ...
, Poland (1993)
*
Raisio, Finland (2000)
Notable people
The following people were born in Elmshorn (in order of year of birth):
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Johann Christoph Biernatzki (1795–1840), writer
*
Johannes Rehmke (1848–1930), philosopher
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Fritz Höger
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(1877–1949), (born in Bekenreihe near Elmshorn), architect
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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 asso ...
(1885–1955), mathematician
* Wilhelm Mohr (1885–1969), politician, member of the CDU
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Carl August Rathjens (1887–1966), geographer
* Wilhelm Peetz (1892–1935),
communist
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and resistance fighter against national socialism
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Harald Paulsen (1895–1954), actor and director
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Karsten Voigt (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
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Michael Stich (born 1968), tennis player (grew up in Elmshorn)
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Tim Mälzer (born 1971), cook and author of cookery books
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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
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Hanno Behrens (born 1990), soccer player
See also
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Kooperative Gesamtschule Elmshorn
References
External links
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Elmshorner Nachrichten (Local Newspaper)
Pinneberg (district)
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