Elmshorn

Elmshorn
Coat of arms
Elmshorn
Location of Elmshorn within Pinneberg district
Coordinates: 53°45′7″N 9°39′04″E / 53.75194°N 9.65111°E / 53.75194; 9.65111Coordinates: 53°45′7″N 9°39′04″E / 53.75194°N 9.65111°E / 53.75194; 9.65111
Country	Germany
State	Schleswig-Holstein
District	Pinneberg
Government
• Mayor	Brigitte Fronzek
Area
• Total	21.36 km2 (8.25 sq mi)
Elevation	0-21 m (−69 ft)
Population (2015-12-31)
• Total	48,684
• Density	2,300/km2 (5,900/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	25335, 25336, 25337
Dialling codes	04121
Vehicle registration	PI
Website	www.stadt-elmshorn.de

Elmshorn (German pronunciation: [ɛlmsˈhɔʁn]) is a town in the district of Pinneberg in Schleswig-Holstein in Germany. It is located 30 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. In the surrounding areas are small farms and dairy/ horse farms. It is the birthplace of writer and editor Hermann Schlüter (1851–1919), the mathematician Hermann Weyl (1885–1955), and the medievalist Heinz Woehlk (1944- ).

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 twinned with:

The following persons were born in Elmshorn (sorted by year of birth):