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Tornesch (; ) is a town in the district of Pinneberg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated approximately southeast of Elmshorn, and northwest of Hamburg. Tornesch is also the home of the Klaus-Groth-Schule, named after the German poet Klaus Groth. It is also home to the Fritz-Reuter-Schule, named after German writer Fritz Reuter.

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German location.type
Stadt
German location.image_flag
Flagge Tornesch.png
German location.image_coa
DEU Tornesch COA.svg
German location.image_plan
Tornesch in PI.svg
German location.state
Schleswig-Holstein
German location.district
Pinneberg
German location.elevation
12
German location.area
20.61
German location.postal_code
25436
German location.area_code
04122, 04120
German location.licence
PI
German location.Gemeindeschlüssel
01 0 56 048
German location.divisions
3 Stadtteile
German location.website
www.tornesch.de
German location.mayor
Christopher Radon

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Population
14606
Area
20.61
Elevation
13
Official website
www.tornesch.de
Image
Tornesch Friedrichstraße.jpg
Dialing code
04122
Licence plate code
PI
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Tornesch
postal code
25436
P8168
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Tornesch
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Tornesch (; ) is a town in the district of Pinneberg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated approximately southeast of Elmshorn, and northwest of Hamburg. Tornesch is also the home of the Klaus-Groth-Schule, named after the German poet Klaus Groth. It is also home to the Fritz-Reuter-Schule, named after German writer Fritz Reuter.

==History== Tornesch has a place in biochemical history from the wood saccharification process developed by Scholler, also known at the Scholler-Tornesch process. The first factory to use the process was built in Tornesch. This early work was part of the development of biofuel such as cellulosic ethanol.

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