Ehrenstein is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Albert Ehrenstein
Albert Ehrenstein (23 December 1886 – 8 April 1950) was an Austrian-born German Expressionist poet. His poetry exemplifies rejection of bourgeois values and fascination with the Orient, particularly with China.
He spent most of his life in B ...
(1886-1950), Hungarian-Austrian writer
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David Ehrenstein (born 1947), American critic
Ehrenstein may also refer to:
*Schloß Ehrenstein (Ehrenstein Castle), a castle in
Ohrdruf
Ohrdruf () is a small town in the district of Gotha in the German state of Thuringia. It lies some 30 km southwest of Erfurt at the foot of the northern slope of the Thuringian Forest. The former municipalities Crawinkel, Gräfenhain and W ...
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Thuringia
Thuringia (; german: Thüringen ), officially the Free State of Thuringia ( ), is a state of central Germany, covering , the sixth smallest of the sixteen German states. It has a population of about 2.1 million.
Erfurt is the capital and larg ...
, Germany.
See also
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Ehrenstein illusion
The Ehrenstein illusion is an optical illusion studied by the German psychologist (1899 – 1961) in which the sides of a square placed inside a pattern of concentric circles take an apparent curved shape.
File:Ehrenstein.svg, Original Ehren ...
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German toponymic surnames
German-language surnames
Jewish surnames