Soergel or Sörgel is a German-language surname from a nickname for a sorrowful person from a derivative of

Middle High German Middle High German (MHG; german: Mittelhochdeutsch (Mhd.)) is the term for the form of German spoken in the High Middle Ages. It is conventionally dated between 1050 and 1350, developing from Old High German and into Early New High German. High ...

Sorge "sorrow", "trouble". It may refer to: * Ed Soergel (1930–1975), Canadian football player * Herman Sörgel (1885–1952), German architect *

Janet Soergel Mielke Janet Soergel Mielke (born Janet A. Soergel, June 30, 1937) is a retired American secretary, union officer, and Democratic politician from Rock County, Wisconsin. She served two terms in the Wisconsin State Assembly, from 1971 through 1975. Biog ...

(1937), American politician and secretary * Wolfgang Soergel (born 1962), German mathematician, specializing in

geometry Geometry (; ) is, with arithmetic, one of the oldest branches of mathematics. It is concerned with properties of space such as the distance, shape, size, and relative position of figures. A mathematician who works in the field of geometry is c ...

and representation theory

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