Horst may refer to:
Science
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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 grabens. While a horst is lifted or remains stationary, the grabens on either side Subsidence, ...
, a raised fault block bounded by normal faults or graben
People
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Horst (given name)
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Horst (surname)
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ter Horst, Dutch surname
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van der Horst, Dutch surname
Places
Settlements
Germany
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Horst, Steinburg, a municipality in the district of Steinburg in Schleswig-Holstein
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Horst, Lauenburg, a municipality in the district of Lauenburg in Schleswig-Holstein
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Horst, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, a village and district in the municipality of Sundhagen, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
* , a district in the city of
Gelsenkirchen
Gelsenkirchen (, , ; ) is the List of cities in Germany by population, 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, Emscher River (a tribu ...
, North Rhine-Westphalia
* , a town in the municipality of
Seevetal
Seevetal (Northern Low Saxon: ''Seevdaal'') is a municipality in the district of Harburg (district), 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 t ...
, Lower Saxony
Netherlands
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Horst aan de Maas, a municipality in the province of Limburg
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Horst, Limburg, 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 Municipalities of the Netherlands, 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 centur ...
, North Brabant
Poland
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Niechorze
Niechorze ( or ''Groß Horst'', from the 1930s till 1945 ''Horst-Seebad'') 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 ...
, 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 whic ...
, 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
Horst aan de Maas
Geographic features
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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 ...
, a hill in Hesse, Germany
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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 lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen ...
, a hill in Hesse, Germany
Sport
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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
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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 ...
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* 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 ...
'' played by Mads Mikkelsen
* Horst, a character in the 2007 film ''
Ratatouille
Ratatouille ( , ; ) is a French Provençal dish of stewed vegetables that originated in Nice and is sometimes referred to as ''ratatouille niçoise'' (). Recipes and cooking times differ widely, but common ingredients include tomato, garlic ...
'' played by Will Arnett
* Horst Cabal, the main character's elder brother from
Jonathan L. Howard's Johannes Cabal series
* Horst Loeffler, the main character's almost ex-husband from the 2013 postmodern detective novel ''
Bleeding Edge'' by Thomas Pynchon
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