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Elmshorn
City population
48,703
#203
in Germany
#6
in Schleswig-Holstein
#11,693
worldwide
53.749, 9.662 · 285 km from Berlin
About Elmshorn
Elmshorn is a city in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany with a population of 48,703. It is the 203rd largest of the 960 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Germany, and the 11,693rd largest worldwide. It lies 285 km from Berlin.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#6of 32
Elevation
8 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Europe/Berlin
Coordinates
53.749, 9.662
Record updated
2025-08-13
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
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