Itzehoe

Itzehoe is a town in Schleswig-Holstein in northern Germany and the capital of the district of Steinburg. It lies on the Stör, a navigable tributary of the Elbe, about 51 km northwest of Hamburg and 24 km north of Glückstadt, and has a population of about 32,530. Its Low German name is Itzhoe. It is the administrative seat of the Steinburg district. Its position on the Stör, a tributary of the river Elbe, places it between Hamburg to the southeast and Glückstadt to the south, in the north of the country, and the town takes the name Itzhoe in the Low German language of the region.