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).

Twin towns – sister cities

Elmshorn is twinned with:

  • Tarascon, France (1987)
  • Wittenberge, Germany (1990)
  • Stargard, Poland (1993)
  • Raisio, Finland (2000)

Education

The private university Nordakademie Hochschule der Wirtschaft is situated in Elmshorn.

Notable 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
  • (born 1959), Cultural Prize 2002, graphic artist and object artist
  • (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

  • Kooperative Gesamtschule Elmshorn

References

  • Elmshorner Nachrichten (Local Newspaper)