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Revision as of 15:48, 1 November 2011 by Markussep (talk | contribs) (→Places)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)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
Given name
- Horst (given name)
- Horst Buchholz, a German actor
- Horst Bulau, a Canadian ski jumper
- Horst Ibelgaufts the author of COPE (Cytokines & Cells Online Pathfinder Encyclopaedia)
- Horst P. Horst, a German photographer
- Horst Janson, a German actor
- Horst Köhler, Federal President of Germany
- Horst Mahseli, a Polish footballer
- Horst Wessel, right-wing political activist, assassinated in pre-Nazi-Germany
- Horst Schultz, World record holder.
- Horst Rechelbacher, founder of Aveda
Surname
- Horst, Dutch surname
- ter Horst, Dutch surname
- van der Horst, Dutch surname
- Jørn Lier Horst (b. 1970), a Norwegian author
- David Horst, 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 Netherlands
- Horst, Gelderland, a village in the centre of the Netherlands
- Horst, Limburg, a village in the southeast of the Netherlands
- Horst, North Brabant, a village in the south of 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, a 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 popular book 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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