Elmshorn
Sign in to saveElmshorn (; ) 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- ).
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Elmshorn is a town of about 50,000 people located in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, roughly 30 kilometers north of Hamburg along the Krückau River. It is notable as the sixth-largest town in its state and as the birthplace of several notable figures, including mathematician Hermann Weyl and writer Hermann Schlüter.
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Key facts
- German location.type
- Stadt
- German location.image_photo
- Elmshorn Bismarckschule.jpg
- German location.image_caption
- Bismarck School in Elmshorn
- German location.image_flag
- Flagge Elmshorn.png
- German location.image_coa
- Elmshorn-Wappen.png
- German location.image_plan
- Elmshorn in PI.svg
- German location.state
- Schleswig-Holstein
- German location.district
- Pinneberg
- German location.elevation
- 0-21
- German location.area
- 21.36
- German location.postal_code
- 25335, 25336, 25337
- German location.area_code
- 04121
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- Economy and industry
- Twin towns – sister cities
- Education
- Notable people
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Elmshorn (; ) 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).