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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

Names

• Horst (given name)
• ter Horst, Dutch surname
• van der Horst, Dutch surname

People with the 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
• Horst Cabal, a character from Jonathan L. Howard's Johannes Cabal series.

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