Elmshorn

Elmshorn (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
Elmshorn is twinned with:
 * 🇫🇷 Tarascon, France (1987)
 * 🇩🇪 Wittenberge, Germany (1990)
 * 🇵🇱 Stargard, Poland (1993)
 * 🇫🇮 Raisio, Finland (2000)

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 soldier and organized the sailing at the Summer Olympics
 * Karsten Voigt (born 1941), politician and member of the SPD
 * (born 1959), Cultural Prize 2002, graphic artist and object artist
 * Ixi (singer) (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
 * Chiara Schoras (born 1975), actress
 * Hanno Behrens (born 1990), soccer player, over 400 pro games