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Coordinates: 53°45′7″N 9°39′04″E / 53.75194°N 9.65111°E / 53.75194; 9.65111
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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).
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==
==International relations==
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany}}
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany}}


Elmshorn is [[Twin towns and sister cities|twinned]] with:<ref>{{cite web |title=Städtepartnerschaften|url=https://www.elmshorn.de/INTERNET/Stadtportr%C3%A4t-Elmshorn/Stadtportr%C3%A4t/St%C3%A4dtepartnerschaften|website=elmshorn.de|publisher=Elmshorn|language=de|accessdate=2019-11-30}}</ref>
===Twin towns — Sister cities===
*{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Tarascon]], France (1987)
Elmshorn is [[Twin towns and sister cities|twinned]] with:
*{{flagicon|GER}} [[Wittenberge]], Germany (1990)

* {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Tarascon]], France (1987)
*{{flagicon|POL}} [[Stargard]], Poland (1993)
* {{flagicon|GER}} [[Wittenberge]], Germany (1990)
*{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Raisio]], Finland (2000)
* {{flagicon|POL}} [[Stargard]], Poland (1993)
* {{flagicon|FIN}} [[Raisio]], Finland (2000)
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Ventura, California|Ventura]], California


==Sons and daughters of the city==
==Sons and daughters of the city==

Revision as of 18:46, 30 November 2019

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Coat of arms of Elmshorn
Location of Elmshorn within Pinneberg district
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Elmshorn is located in Germany
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Elmshorn
Elmshorn is located in Schleswig-Holstein
Elmshorn
Elmshorn
Coordinates: 53°45′7″N 9°39′04″E / 53.75194°N 9.65111°E / 53.75194; 9.65111
CountryGermany
StateSchleswig-Holstein
DistrictPinneberg
Government
 • MayorVolker Hatje
Area
 • Total21.36 km2 (8.25 sq mi)
Highest elevation
21 m (69 ft)
Lowest elevation
0 m (0 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[1]
 • Total50,772
 • Density2,400/km2 (6,200/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
25335, 25336, 25337
Dialling codes04121
Vehicle registrationPI
Websitewww.elmshorn.de

Elmshorn (German pronunciation: [ɛlmsˈhɔʁn]) 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 49,000 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

Elmshorn is twinned with:[2]

Sons and daughters of the city

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

See also

References

  1. ^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden in Schleswig-Holstein 4. Quartal 2022" (XLS) (in German). Statistisches Amt für Hamburg und Schleswig-Holstein.
  2. ^ "Städtepartnerschaften". elmshorn.de (in German). Elmshorn. Retrieved 2019-11-30.

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