Roßkopf, Rosskopf or Roskopf may refer to:
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Erik Rosskopf (born 1965), U.S. Virgin Islands swimmer
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Georges Frederic Roskopf
Georges Frederic Roskopf (15 March 1813 – 14 April 1889), the inventor of the pin-pallet escapement, was born in Germany and became a naturalized Swiss citizen.
Early life and introduction
In 1829, when Roskopf was 16, he went to La Chaux-de ...
(1813–1889), German-Swiss watchmaker and inventor of the pin-pallet escapement
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pin-pallet escapement
A Roskopf, pin-lever, or pin-pallet escapement is an inexpensive, less accurate version of the lever escapement, used in mechanical alarm clocks, kitchen timers, mantel clocks and, until the 1970s, cheap watches now known as pin lever watches. ...
he devised
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Joey Rosskopf
Joseph Rosskopf (born September 5, 1989) is an American cyclist from Decatur, Georgia, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam .
Career
A professional since 2010, Rosskopf was named in the start list for the 2015 Vuelta a España and the start list ...
(born 1989), American cyclist
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Jörg Roßkopf
Jörg Roßkopf (born May 22, 1969 in Dieburg, Hesse) is a former professional German table tennis player who is currently the head coach of the German Men's National Table Tennis Team. As a player, he won the title in Men's Doubles at the 1989 Wo ...
(born 1969), German table tennis player and coach
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Matías Roskopf
Matías Exequiel Roskopf (born 14 January 1998) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward for Uruguayan club Central Español.
Club career Boca Juniors
Roskopf started out in the youth ranks of Colón in 2007, prior to jo ...
(born 1998), Argentine footballer
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Wendel Roskopf (1480–1549), stonemason and master builder
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Rosskopf (Carnic Alps), 2,603 m, mountain in the Carnic Alps in Austria
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Roßkopf (Ötztal Alps), 2,390 m, mountain in the hiking area of Hochötz near
Oetz
Oetz is a municipality in the Imst (district), Imst district of Tyrol (state), Tyrol, Austria, located 11.7 km (7.3 mi) southeast of Imst at the lower course of the Ötztaler Ache in the outer Ötztal valley at the foot of Acherkogel mou ...
in Austria
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Roßkopf (Stubai Alps), Monte Cavallo, 2,189 m, mountain and ski region near
Sterzing
Sterzing (; it, Vipiteno ) is a comune in South Tyrol in northern Italy. It is the main town of the southern Wipptal, and the Eisack River flows through the medieval town.
History
Origin
The town traces its roots to 14 B.C., when Nero Claudius ...
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Roßkopf (Allgäu Alps), 1,958 m, mountain in the Allgäu Alps near Hinterstein
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Roßkopf (Kitzbühel Alps)
The Roßkopf is a mountain in the Austrian state of Tyrol in the Kitzbühel Alps. It is highBrandl, Sepp (2010). ''Kitzbüheler Alpen'', Rother Wanderführer, Bergverlag Rother, Munich, p. 57. and lies about 7 kilometres due south of Wörgl. To ...
, 1,731 m, mountain in the Kitzbühel Alps in the municipality of Wildschönau
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Roßkopf (Bavaria), 1,580 m, mountain in the Spitzingsee region in the Bavarian Alps
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Roßkopf (Bavarian Prealps), 891 m, mountain between
Walchensee
Walchensee or Lake Walchen is one of the deepest and largest alpine lakes in Germany, with a maximum depth of and an area of . The lake is south of Munich in the middle of the Bavarian Alps. The entire lake, including the island of Sassau, ...
and
Kochelsee
Kochelsee or Lake Kochel is a lake south of Munich on the edge of the Bavarian Alps. The western 1.7 km² or 28.3 percent of the lake lies within the borders of the town of Schlehdorf, while the rest belongs to Kochel am See. The southern edge of ...
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Roßkopf (Breisgau)
Roßkopf (Breisgau) is a mountain of Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
The high Rosskopf is a mountain in the Black Forest in the northeast of Freiburg and the southeast of Gundelfingen. It is on the edge of the territory of the city between the Glot ...
, 737 m, mountain in the Black Forest
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Roßkopf (Taunus)
Roßkopf is a mountain of Hesse, Germany.
Mountains of Hesse
Mountains and hills of the Taunus
High Taunus
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, 632 m, mountain in the Hochtaunuskreis between Wehrheim and Bad Homburg, Germany
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Roßkopf (Spessart), 516 m, hill in the
Spessart
Spessart is a ''Mittelgebirge'', a range of low wooded mountains, in the States of Bavaria and Hesse in Germany. It is bordered by the Vogelsberg, Rhön and Odenwald. The highest elevation is the Geiersberg at 586 metres above sea level.
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on the Bavarian-Hessian border
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German-language surnames