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Elmshorn
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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- ).
Elmshorn is a town of about 50,000 people located in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, roughly 30 kilometers north of Hamburg along the Krückau River. It is notable as the sixth-largest town in its state and as the birthplace of several notable figures, including mathematician Hermann Weyl and writer Hermann Schlüter.
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Key facts
- German location.type
- Stadt
- German location.image_photo
- Elmshorn Bismarckschule.jpg
- German location.image_caption
- Bismarck School in Elmshorn
- German location.image_flag
- Flagge Elmshorn.png
- German location.image_coa
- Elmshorn-Wappen.png
- German location.image_plan
- Elmshorn in PI.svg
- German location.state
- Schleswig-Holstein
- German location.district
- Pinneberg
- German location.elevation
- 0-21
- German location.area
- 21.36
- German location.postal_code
- 25335, 25336, 25337
- German location.area_code
- 04121
- German location.licence
- PI
- German location.Gemeindeschlüssel
- 01 0 56 015
- German location.website
- www.elmshorn.de
- German location.mayor
- Volker Hatje
- German location.party
- Ind
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Described at
Elmshorn
The historical entry for Elmshorn, Pinneberg, Schleswig, Schleswig-Holstein, Preussen, including parish and jurisdiction information, in the Meyers Gazetteer of the German Empire also known as Meyers Orts- und Verkehrs-Lexikon des Deutschen Reichs.
meyersgaz.org →The original entry has a correcting entry in the addendum. Any data listed above has already been changed to match the correcting entry StdA Elmshorn [self] - The Standesamt for Elmshorn is in itself. The Standesamt is where the Civil Registration Office is located. A Elmshorn [self] - The Amtsbezirk for Elmshorn is itself. The Amtsbezirk is the District Office. The list below are those places from the Meyers Gazetteer that are nearby to Elmshorn (which may include itself) and are listed as containing a Catholic Church or Parish, a Protestant Church or Parish, a Synagogue, or Other Church.
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 50728
- Area
- 21.36
- Elevation
- 3
- Official website
- www.elmshorn.de
- Image
- Hafenfest.jpg
- Dialing code
- 04121
- Licence plate code
- PI
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- postal code
- 25337
- Commons category
- Elmshorn
- Commons gallery
- Elmshorn
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- Moshnitsa
- described at URL
- www.meyersgaz.org/place/10430033
- hashtag
- Elmshorn
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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).
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