| Coordinates | 53°45′7″N 9°39′04″E |
|---|---|
| State | Schleswig-Holstein |
| District | Pinneberg |
| Elevation | 0-21 |
| Area | 21.36 |
| Postal code | 25335, 25336, 25337 |
| Area code | 04121 |
| Licence | PI |
| Gemeindeschlüssel | 01 0 56 015 |
| Website | www.elmshorn.de |
| Mayor | Volker Hatje |
| Party | Ind |
Elmshorn (ɛlmsˈhɔʁn; nds: 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)
Education
The private university Nordakademie Hochschule der Wirtschaft is situated in Elmshorn.[2]
Notable people
The following people were born in Elmshorn (in order of year of birth):
- Johann Christoph Biernatzki (1795–1840), writer.[3]
- Johannes Rehmke (1848 in Hainholz – 1930), philosopher
- Fritz Höger (1877–1949), (born in Bekenreihe near Elmshorn), architect
- Hermann Weyl (1885–1955), mathematician, theoretical physicist, logician and philosopher.
- Carl August Rathjens (1887–1966), geographer
- Harald Paulsen (1895–1954), actor and director
- Walter Ohmsen (1911–1988), highly decorated Kriegsmarine Officer in WWII, in the 1950s-60s, a West German Navy Officer and organized the sailing at the Summer Olympics in the 1960s-70s.
- 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
- Anka Feldhusen (born 1966), diplomat; German ambassador in Kyiv, Ukraine since 2019
- Sören Sieg (born 1966), tenor, songwriter, composer, arranger, satirist, columnist and writer.
- Michael Stich (born 1968), tennis player (grew up in Elmshorn); 1992 Summer Olympics men's doubles winner
- Tim Mälzer (born 1971), cook and author of cookery books
- Birgit Hesse (born 1975), politician (SPD)
- Chiara Schoras (born 1975), actress
- Hanno Behrens (born 1990), soccer player, over 400 pro games
- Felix Nieder (born 1993), model and author
- Daniel Kölbl (born 1993), politician (CDU)
See also
References
- ^ "Städtepartnerschaften" (in German). elmshorn.de. Elmshorn. Retrieved 2019-11-30.
- ^ "Studieren an der NORDAKADEMIE: Hochschulstandort Elmshorn". NORDAKADEMIE. Retrieved 19 October 2025.
- ^ Vol. III.
External links
- (in German)
- Elmshorner Nachrichten (Local Newspaper)