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Science

Horst (geology) In physical geography and geology, a horst is a raised fault block bounded by Fault (geology), normal faults. Horsts are typically found together with Graben, grabens. While a horst lifted or remains stationary, the grabens on either side Subside ...

, a raised fault block bounded by normal faults or graben

People

Horst (given name) Horst is a male given name used mostly in German-speaking countries. Etymology/meaning The name is of Old High German origin, meaning "man from the forest", "bosk" or "brushwood". In modern German, "Horst" is also a Translation of English ''ae ...

* Horst (surname) *

ter Horst Ter Horst is a Dutch toponymic surname. The original bearer of the name was from the horst, which is a historical indication of raised terrain covered with shrubs. People with the name include: * Guusje ter Horst (b. 1952), Dutch politician and gov ...

, Dutch surname *

van der Horst Van der Horst is a Dutch toponymic surname. The original bearer of the name was from the ''horst'', which is a historical indication of raised terrain covered with shrubs.Horst, Steinburg Horst is a municipality in the district of Steinburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated approximately 14 km southeast of Itzehoe, and 7 km northwest of Elmshorn. Horst is the seat of the ''Amt'' ("collective municipality") ...

, a municipality in the district of Steinburg in Schleswig-Holstein *

Horst, Lauenburg Horst is a municipality in the district of Lauenburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. History During excavations In archaeology, excavation is the exposure, processing and recording of archaeological remains. An excavation site or "dig" i ...

, a municipality in the district of Lauenburg in Schleswig-Holstein *

Horst, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Horst is a village and a former municipality in the Vorpommern-Rügen district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. Since 7 June 2009, it is part of the Sundhagen Sundhagen is a municipality in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany, located in Amt ...

, a village and district in the municipality of Sundhagen, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern * , a district in the city of

Gelsenkirchen Gelsenkirchen (, , ; wep, Gelsenkiärken) is the 25th most populous city of Germany and the 11th most populous in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia with 262,528 (2016) inhabitants. On the Emscher River (a tributary of the Rhine), it lies ...

, North Rhine-Westphalia * , a town in the municipality of

Seevetal Seevetal (Northern Low Saxon: ''Seevdaal'') is a municipality in the district of Harburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 20 km south of Hamburg, and 15 km west of Winsen (Luhe). Its seat is in the village Hittfeld ...

, Lower Saxony

Netherlands

Horst aan de Maas Horst aan de Maas (; li, Haors aan de Maos ) is a municipality in the southeastern Netherlands, in the province of Limburg. In 2010 the municipalities Sevenum and part of Meerlo-Wanssum joined the municipality. Population centres America, Bro ...

, a municipality in the province of Limburg **

Horst, Limburg Horst is a village in the Dutch province of Limburg. It is located in the municipality of Horst aan de Maas. Although the municipality is named after the village, Horst itself is not called "aan de Maas", because it does not lie directly on the ri ...

, the municipal seat of Horst aan de Maas * , a hamlet in the municipality of Ermelo, Gelderland * , a village in the municipality of

Gilze en Rijen Gilze en Rijen () is a municipality in the southern Netherlands. The municipality contains four villages: Rijen, Gilze, Hulten and Molenschot. It is home to the Gilze-Rijen Air Base. Rijen grew in the 19th century due to its leather factories. P ...

, North Brabant *

Schothorst Schothorst is the second largest district by population in the Dutch city of Amersfoort. It is located in central Amersfoort, between the districts of Liendert, Landgoed Schothorst (an estate) and De Koppel. The neighbourhood was built in the 1970s ...

, , and , districts in the city and municipality of

Amersfoort Amersfoort () is a city and municipality in the province of Utrecht, Netherlands, about 20 km from the city of Utrecht and 40 km south east of Amsterdam. As of 1 December 2021, the municipality had a population of 158,531, making it the second- ...

, Utrecht

Poland

Niechorze Niechorze (german: Horst) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Rewal, within Gryfice County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It is situated between the Baltic Sea to the north and Liwia Łuża lake to the sout ...

, German name for a village in West Pomeranian Voivodeship, north-western Poland

Buildings

* , a castle in the Belgian municipality of

Holsbeek Holsbeek () is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant. The municipality comprises the towns of Holsbeek proper, , and . On January 1, 2006, Holsbeek had a total population of 9,205. The total area is 38.50 km2 which ...

, Flemish Brabant * , a former castle in the Dutch municipality of

Achterberg Achterberg is a village in the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is part of the municipality of Rhenen and it lies about 5 km west of Wageningen. The village was first mentioned in 1417 as Achterbergh, and means "(settlement) behind the hill". ...

, Utrecht * , a partially rebuild castle ruin in the Dutch municipality of

Adlerhorst The Adlerhorst ("Eagle's Nest") was a World War II bunker complex in Germany, located near Langenhain-Ziegenberg, the later settlement of Wiesental and Kransberg within the districts of Wetteraukreis and Hochtaunuskreis in the state of Hesse ...

, a former bunker complex in the German state of Hesse

Geographic features

Horst (Spessart) Horst is a wooded hill of Hesse, Germany. It lies in the ''Mittelgebirge'' Spessart not far from the border to Bavaria. It is located between Bad Orb and Jossgrund in the Main-Kinzig-Kreis Main-Kinzig-Kreis is a Kreis (district) in the east o ...

, a hill in Hesse, Germany *

Horst (Vogelsberg) Horst is a hill in the Vogelsberg of Hesse, Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member ...

, a hill in Hesse, Germany

Sport

STV Horst-Emscher STV Horst-Emscher was a German association football club from the city of Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club's greatest success has been to qualify for the 1950 German football championship, where it was knocked out by SpVgg Fürt ...

, a defunct German association football club

Fictional characters

Horst (Inheritance) This is a list of key characters in ''The Inheritance Cycle'', a fantasy adventure series by Christopher Paolini. The series contains several hundred characters, while the following list contains only the most frequently mentioned. Many of the na ...

, 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 ''The Mote in God's Eye'' is a science fiction novel by American writers Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle, first published in 1974. The story is set in the distant future of Pournelle's CoDominium universe, and charts the first contact between hu ...

'' * Dr. Horst, a character in the 2002 film ''

Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself ''Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself'' is a 2002 Danish-Scottish drama film directed by Lone Scherfig and starring Jamie Sives, Adrian Rawlins, Shirley Henderson, Lisa McKinlay, Mads Mikkelsen, and Julia Davis. Harbour and his suicidal brother, W ...

'' played by Mads Mikkelsen * Horst, a character in the 2007 film ''

Ratatouille Ratatouille ( , ), oc, ratatolha , is a French Provençal dish of stewed vegetables which originated in Nice, and is sometimes referred to as ''ratatouille niçoise'' (). Recipes and cooking times differ widely, but common ingredients include ...

'' played by Will Arnett * Horst Cabal, the main character's elder brother from

Jonathan L. Howard Jonathan L. Howard is a British writer and game designer, known mainly for his novels about Johannes Cabal the Necromancer. He lives with his wife and daughter near Bristol. Work Howard worked as scriptwriter and video game writer since the earl ...

's Johannes Cabal series * Horst Loeffler, the main character's almost ex-husband from the 2013 postmodern detective novel ''

Bleeding Edge Emerging technologies are technologies whose development, practical applications, or both are still largely unrealized. These technologies are generally new but also include older technologies finding new applications. Emerging technologies a ...

'' by Thomas Pynchon {{Disambiguation, geo, surname