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Location of the town of Tornesch within Pinneberg district
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| Administration | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Schleswig-Holstein |
| District | Pinneberg |
| Town subdivisions | 3 Stadtteile |
| Mayor | Roland Krügel |
| Basic statistics | |
| Area | 20.62 km2 (7.96 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 12 m (39 ft) |
| Population | 12,980 (31 December 2010)[1] |
| - Density | 629 /km2 (1,630 /sq mi) |
| Other information | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | PI |
| Postal code | 25436 |
| Area codes | 04122, 04120 |
| Website | www.tornesch.de |
Tornesch is a town in the district of Pinneberg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated approx. 7 km southeast of Elmshorn, and 25 km 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.
Tornesch has a place in biochemical history from the wood saccharification[2] process developed by Scholler[3], 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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