Elmshorn

Infobox German Location
Art = Stadt
image_photo = Elmshorn konigstrasse.jpg
Wappen = Elmshorn-Wappen.pnglat_deg = 53 |lat_min = 45 |lat_sec = 7
lon_deg = 9 |lon_min = 39 |lon_sec = 04
Bundesland = Schleswig-Holstein
Kreis = Pinneberg
Höhe = 0-21
Fläche = 21.36
Einwohner = 49386
Stand = 2005-06-30
PLZ = 25335, 25336, 25337
Vorwahl = 04121
Kfz = PI
Gemeindeschlüssel = 01 0 56 015
Adresse = Schulstraße 15–17
25335 Elmshorn
Website = [http://www.stadt-elmshorn.de/ www.stadt-elmshorn.de]
Bürgermeister = Brigitte Fronzek

Elmshorn (IPA2|ɛlmsˈhɔʁn) is a town in the district of Pinneberg in Schleswig-Holstein in Germany. It is located 32 km north of Hamburg at the small river Krückau, close to the Elbe river, is the sixth-largest city in the state of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Elmshorn has a shopping center and common area in the center of town called the "Buttermarkt" by the locals although its official name is Karl-Marx-Platz [http://www.elmshorn-land.de/inhalt/index504.html] . In the surrounding areas are small farms and dairy/ horse farms. It is the birthplace of writer and editor [http://www.iisg.nl/archives/en/files/s/10768538.php 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/ 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). Elmshorn is also the headquarters of telecommunications company Talkline.

Notable Residents

* Fritz Höger (1877-1949), architect
* Hermann Weyl, mathematician
* Harald Paulsen (1895-1954), actor
* Michael Stich (* 1968), Tennis-player, living in Elmshorn

References

External links

* [http://www.stadt-elmshorn.de/ Official Elmshorn Website]