Elmshorn - Encyclopedia

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ELMSHORN, a town of Germany, in the Prussian province of Schleswig-Holstein, on the Kriickau, 19 m. by rail N.W. from Altona. Pop. (1905) 13,640. Its industries include weaving, dyeing, brewing, iron-founding and the manufacture of leather goods, boots and shoes and machines. There is a considerable shipping trade.