Map of Elmshorn, Germany

Elmshorn is a city in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, with a population of about 48,703. It lies at 53.7540°N, 9.6534°E. Elmshorn is about 285 km (177 mi) northwest of Berlin, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Pinneberg, 13 km to the southeast.

Elmshorn at a glance

Where is Elmshorn?

• The 6th largest city in Schleswig-Holstein on this site.
• Located in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 7 h 25 min on the shortest day to 17 h 05 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Elmshorn

• Pinneberg — 13 km southeast
• Wedel — 19 km south
• Stade — 21 km southwest
• Norderstedt — 23 km east
• Hamburg — 32 km southeast
• Buxtehude — 32 km south
• Neumünster — 42 km northeast
• Seevetal — 44 km southeast
• Buchholz in der Nordheide — 50 km south
• Cuxhaven — 64 km west

Largest cities in Schleswig-Holstein

• Kiel — 252,668
• Lübeck — 212,207
• Flensburg — 85,838
• Norderstedt — 82,844
• Neumünster — 80,196
• Pinneberg — 40,577
• Wedel — 34,912

Largest cities in Germany

• Berlin — 3,426,354
• Hamburg — 1,973,896
• Munich — 1,505,005
• Cologne — 1,024,621
• Frankfurt am Main — 650,000
• Düsseldorf — 618,685
• Stuttgart — 612,663
• Essen — 593,085
• Dortmund — 588,462
• Dresden — 564,904

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Sources: place names, coordinates, populations and time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0, data retrieved October 2026). Population figures are the latest values recorded in GeoNames; depending on the country they refer to the city proper, a municipality or a wider urban area, so they can differ from census or metro-area figures. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.