Meissner, Meißner or Meisner may refer to:

Geography

Meissner is the name of the following geographic features: * the Meißner (range), an important mountain range in Hesse, Germany * Hoher Meißner, the highest peak of the Meißner range *

Meißner, Hesse Meißner (; or ''Meissner'') is a municipality in the Werra-Meißner-Kreis in Hesse, Germany. As of 2022, city had a population of 2,950. Geography Location Meißner lies at the Krösselberg between the Hoher Meißner and the Werra valley in t ...

, a community in the district

Werra-Meißner-Kreis Werra-Meißner is a ''Kreis'' (district) in the north of Hesse, Germany. Neighboring districts are Göttingen, Eichsfeld, Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis, Wartburgkreis, district-free Eisenach, Hersfeld-Rotenburg, Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Kassel. History The di ...

, in Hesse, Germany

Surnames

Meissner is a German surname. Notable people with the surname and its variants include: *

Alexander Meissner Alexander Meissner (September 14, 1883 – January 3, 1958) was an Austrian engineer and physicist. He was born in Vienna and died in Berlin. His field of interest was: antenna design, amplification and detection advanced the development of rad ...

(1883–1958), Austrian engineer and physicist * Andy Meisner (born 1973), American politician * August Gottlieb Meißner (1753–1807), German writer * Beate Meißner (born 1982), German politician * Boris Meissner (1915–2003), German lawyer and social scientist * Bruno Meissner (1868–1947), German assyriologist *

Carl Meissner Carl Daniel Friedrich Meissner (1 November 1800 – 2 May 1874) was a Swiss botanist. Biography Born in Bern, Switzerland on 1 November 1800, he was christened Meisner but later changed the spelling of his name to Meissner. For most of his 40 ...

(1800–1874), Swiss botanist ** Meisner's Banksia, Australian shrub *

(1830–1900), German Latin scholar * Christopher Meissner, American professor of economics at the University of California, Davis * Constantin Meissner (1854-1942), Romanian teacher * Doris Meissner (born 1941), American Commissioner of the Immigration and Naturalization Service * Elena Meissner (1867–1940), Romanian feminist * Elinor Meissner Traeger (1906–1983), composer * Ernst Meisner (born 1982), Dutch dancer and choreographer * Friedrich Ludwig Meissner (1796–1860), German obstetrician *

Fred Meissner Fred F. Meissner (November 10, 1931 – September 18, 2007) was an American geologist and engineer who contributed to the fields of geology, geophysics, engineering, petroleum engineering, geochemistry, mineralogy, physics, mining, economic geo ...

(1931–2007), American geologist and engineer * Freda Meissner-Blau (1927–2015), Austrian politician and activist *

Georg Meissner George Meissner (19 November 1829 – 30 March 1905) was a German anatomist and physiologist born in Hanover. He studied medicine at the University of Göttingen, where he worked closely with Rudolf Wagner (1806–1864). In 1851 he accompa ...

(1829–1905), German anatomist and physiologist ** Meissner's corpuscle, type of mechanoreceptor **

Meissner's plexus The submucosal plexus (Meissner's plexus, plexus of the submucosa, plexus submucosus) lies in the submucosa of the intestinal wall. The nerves of this plexus are derived from the myenteric plexus which itself is derived from the plexuses of para ...

, intestinal

nerve plexus A nerve plexus is a plexus (branching network) of intersecting nerves. A nerve plexus is composed of afferent and efferent fibers that arise from the merging of the anterior rami of spinal nerves and blood vessels. There are five spinal nerve ple ...

* Greg Meisner (born 1959), American football player *

Günter Meisner Günter Meisner (18 April 1926 – 5 December 1994) was a German character actor. He is remembered for his several cinematic portrayals of Adolf Hitler and for his role as Arthur Slugworth / Mr. Wilkinson in '' Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Fact ...

(1926–1994), German actor * Hans-Otto Meissner (1909–1992), German writer and novelist * Heike Meißner, (born 1970), German hurdler and runner * Heinrich August Meissner (1862–1940), German railway engineer and Ottoman

Pasha Pasha (; ; ) was a high rank in the Ottoman Empire, Ottoman political and military system, typically granted to governors, generals, dignitary, dignitaries, and others. ''Pasha'' was also one of the highest titles in the 20th-century Kingdom of ...

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Ottoman Palestine, 1800-1914: Studies in Economic and Social History
Chapter 6, p.179 * James Meissner (1896–1936), American World War I flying ace *

Janusz Meissner Janusz Meissner (pen name: "''porucznik'' Herbert," English: "Flt Lt Herbert"; 21 January 1901 in Warsaw – 28 February 1978 in Kraków) was a Polish writer and journalist, and a pilot of Polish Air Force. Life In late 1919 Meissner completed ...

(1901–1978), Polish writer and aviator * Joachim Meisner (1933–2017), Cardinal and archbishop of Cologne, Germany * Jochen Meißner (born 1943), German rower * Johann Heinrich Meissner (1701–1770), German sculptor and wood carver * Joern Meissner (born 1970), German academic and business consultant * Karl Meissner (1891–1959), German-American physicist * Katrin Meissner (born 1973), German swimmer * Kimmie Meissner (born 1989), American figure skater * Krzysztof Antoni Meissner (born 1961), Polish theoretical physicist *

Maurice Meisner Maurice Jerome Meisner (November 17, 1931 – January 23, 2012) was an American sinologist and professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He studied the Chinese Communist Revolution and the People's Republic and held a strong interest i ...

(1931–2012), American historian of 20th century China * Otto Meissner (1880–1953), head of the Office of the Reich President, Germany * Paul Traugott Meissner (1778–1864), Austrian chemist * Randy Meisner (1946–2023), founder of the band the

Eagles Eagle is the common name for the golden eagle, bald eagle, and other birds of prey in the family of the Accipitridae. Eagles belong to several groups of Genus, genera, some of which are closely related. True eagles comprise the genus ''Aquila ( ...

and solo artist ** ''Randy Meisner'' (1978 album), self-titled ** ''Randy Meisner'' (1982 album), self-titled * Renate Meissner (born 1950), German sprinter and triple Olympic champion * Sanford Meisner (1905–1997), American actor and acting coach ** Meisner technique, an acting technique * Silvio Meißner (born 1973), German football player * Stan Meissner (born 1956), Canadian songwriter/composer * Stefan Meissner (born 1973), German football player * Stuart Meissner (born 1962), American federal prosecutor and politician * Verne Meisner (1938–2005), American polka musician *

Walther Meissner Fritz Walther Meißner (anglicized: ''Meissner'') (16 December 1882 – 16 November 1974) was a German technical physicist. Meißner was born in Berlin to Waldemar Meißner and Johanna Greger. He studied mechanical engineering and physics at ...

(1882–1974), German technical physicist **

Meissner effect In condensed-matter physics, the Meissner effect (or Meißner–Ochsenfeld effect) is the expulsion of a magnetic field from a superconductor during its transition to the superconducting state when it is cooled below the critical temperature. Th ...

, decay of a magnetic field inside a superconductor * Wolf Meissner (born 1969), German wheelchair curler, 2018 Winter Paralympian

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