Elmshorn
Town in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Elmshorn (German pronunciation: [ɛlmsˈhɔʁn] ⓘ; Low German: 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- ).
01Economy and industry
Historically, Elmshorn was home to many companies in the food industry, including those engaged in 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).
02Twin towns, sister cities
Elmshorn is twinned with:
- Tarascon, France (1987)
- Wittenberge, Germany (1990)
- Stargard, Poland (1993)
- Raisio, Finland (2000)
03Education
The private university Nordakademie Hochschule der Wirtschaft is situated in Elmshorn.
04Notable people
The following people were born in Elmshorn (in order of year of birth):
- Johann Christoph Biernatzki (1795-1840), writer.
- 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)
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- Elmshorn Bismarckschule.jpg by Uwe Barghaan, CC BY 3.0
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