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Horst is a Germanic word meaning "eagle's nest" (in modern German) and "man from the forest" (in Old High German). It may refer to:
Science
- Horst (geology), a raised fault block bounded by normal faults or graben
Given name
- Horst (given name)
- Horst Buchholz (1933–2003), German actor
- Horst Bulau (born 1962), Canadian ski jumper
- Horst P. Horst (1906–1999), German photographer
- Horst Janson (actor) (born 1935), German actor
- Horst Köhler (born 1943), Federal President of Germany
- Horst Mahler (born 1936), German rightist and ex-Rote Armee Fraktion member
- Horst Mahseli (1934–1999), Polish footballer
- Horst Wessel (1907–1930), right-wing political activist, assassinated in pre-Nazi-Germany
- Horst Baron (born 1962), German pornographic film actor
- Horst Rechelbacher (born 1941), founder of Aveda Corporation
Surname
- ter Horst, Dutch surname
- van der Horst, Dutch surname
- Jørn Lier Horst (born 1970), Norwegian author
- David Horst (born 1985), a footballer
Places
- Adlerhorst, one of Hitler's command centers
- Horst, Gelsenkirchen, a part of the city of Gelsenkirchen, Germany
- Horst aan de Maas, a town in the southeast of The Netherlands
- Horst, Gelderland, a village in the municipality of Ermelo, The Netherlands
- Horst, Limburg, a village in the southeast of The Netherlands
- Horst (North Brabant), a village in the province of North Brabant, The Netherlands
- Horst, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, a village in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
- Horst, Steinburg, a municipality in the Steinburg district, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
- Horst, Lauenburg, a municipality in the Lauenburg district, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
- Horst, Seevetal, part of the Seevetal municipality in Niedersachsen, Germany
- Kasteel van Horst (Castle of Horst), a medieval castle in the municipality of Holsbeek, Belgium
Fictional characters
- Horst (Inheritance), a character in the novel Eragon
- Horst Staley, a MacArthur midshipman in the Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle science fiction novel The Mote in God's Eye
- Dr. Horst, a character in the 2002 film Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself played by Mads Mikkelsen
- Horst, a character in the 2007 film Ratatouille (film) played by Will Arnett
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