Elmshorn

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Elmshorn

Coat of arms	Location

Administration
Country	Germany
State	Schleswig-Holstein
District	Pinneberg
Mayor	Brigitte Fronzek
Basic statistics
Area	21.36 km² (8.2 sq mi)
Elevation	0-21 m
Population	49,386 (30/06/2005)
- Density	2,312 /km² (5,988 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	PI
Postal codes	25335, 25336, 25337
Area code	04121
Website	www.stadt-elmshorn.de Coordinates: 53°45′7″N 9°39′04″E / 53.75194, 9.65111

Elmshorn (IPA: [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." 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- ).

[edit] 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.