Hedwig may refer to:

People and fictional characters

Hedwig (name) Hedwig is a German language, German feminine given name, from Old High German ''Hadwig, Hadewig, Haduwig''. It is a Germanic name consisting of the two elements ''hadu'' "battle, combat" and ''wig'' "fight, duel". The name is on record since the 9 ...

, a list of people and fictional characters with the given name *

Grzegorz Hedwig Grzegorz Hedwig (born 17 July 1988) is a Polish slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2003. Hedwig won three medals in the C1 team event at the European Championships (2 silvers and 1 bronze). He finished 12th in the ...

(born 1988), Polish slalom canoeist *

Johann Hedwig Johann Hedwig (8 December 1730 – 18 February 1799), also styled as Johannes Hedwig, was a German botanist notable for his studies of mosses. He is sometimes called the "father of bryology". He is known for his particular observations of sexual r ...

, (1730–1799), German botanist *

Romanus Adolf Hedwig Romanus Adolf Hedwig (1772 – 1806), sometimes styled as Romano Adolpho Hedwigio or simply R.A.H., was a German botanist best known for his studies into pteridophytes, spermatophytes, mycology, and bryology. He is the son of notable bryologist Jo ...

(1772–1806), German botanist, son of Johann Hedwig *

Hedwig Jagiellon (disambiguation) Hedwig or Jadwiga Jagiellon(ka) may refer to: * Hedwig Jagiellon (1408–1431), daughter of Jogaila, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, and Anna of Celje * Hedwig Jagiellon (1457–1502), daughter of King Casimir IV Jagiellon of Poland an ...

, a list of princesses

Other uses

Hedwig Fountain The Hedwig Fountain (german: Hedwigbrunnen) or Lindenhof Fountain is a fountain in the Lindenhof hill in Zürich, Switzerland, which was built in 1912. The helmeted statue of a woman beside the fountain was made by Gustav Siber. It was built to h ...

, a fountain in Zürich, Switzerland *

Hedwig glass Hedwig glasses or Hedwig beakers are a type of glass beaker originating in the Middle East or Norman Sicily and dating from the 10th-12th centuries AD. They are named after the Silesian princess Saint Hedwig (1174–1245), to whom three of them ...

, a type of glass * Hedwig, code name of

Red Hat Linux Red Hat Linux was a widely used Commercial software, commercial Open-source software, open-source Linux distribution created by Red Hat until its discontinuation in 2004. Early releases of Red Hat Linux were called Red Hat Commercial Linux. R ...

version 6.0, released in 1999 *

476 Hedwig Hedwig (minor planet designation: 476 Hedwig) (1901 GQ) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 17, 1901, by Luigi Carnera at Heidelberg. Named in honour of the wife of Swedish-Danish astronomer Elis Strömgren. See also * List of Solar Sy ...

, a main-belt asteroid