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People and fictional characters

Hedwig (given 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 9th c ...

, 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 t ...

(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 ...

, (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

Other uses

Hedwig Fountain The Hedwig Fountain () or Lindenhof Fountain is a fountain in the Lindenhof hill in Zurich, Switzerland, which was built in 1912. The helmeted statue of a woman beside the fountain was made by Gustav Siber. It was built to honor the Zurich women ...

, 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-Arab-Byzantine culture, Norman Sicily and dating from the 10th–12th centuries AD. They are named after the Silesian princess Hedwig of Andechs, ...

, a type of glass * Hedwig, code name of

Red Hat Linux Red Hat Linux was a widely used commercial 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. Red Hat published the first non-beta release ...

version 6.0, released in 1999 *

476 Hedwig 476 Hedwig (1901 GQ) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on 17 August 1901 by Luigi Carnera at Heidelberg. Named in honour of the wife of Swedish-Danish astronomer Elis Strömgren. See also * List of Solar System objects by size This articl ...

, a main-belt asteroid