Hornstein

Hornstein called:

• Hornstein ( rock), in mineralogy, a group of sedimentary rocks

Hornstein is the name of geographical objects:

• Hornstein (Burgenland), town in Burgenland
• Hornstein ( Bingen ), the municipality of Bingen ( bei Sigmaringen ), Sigmaringen County, Baden- Wuerttemberg
• Hornstein ( Deggenhausertal ), the municipality of Deggenhausertal, Lake Constance, Baden- Wuerttemberg
• Hornstein (Upper Bavaria), the municipality of Egling, district of Bad Tölz- Wolfratshausen, Upper Bavaria

Castles:

• Weimar City Palace in Weimar
• Castle Hornstein near Bingen in Baden- Württemberg
• Ruin Hornstein at Hornstein in Burgenland
• Hornstein Castle in Krumpendorf in Carinthia

Hornstein is the surname of the following persons:

• Of a noble family, the Baron von Hornstein
• Christel Hornstein (born 1954 ), German journalist, social scientist and since 2000, Equal Opportunity Officer, University of Wuppertal
• Erika von Hornstein (1913-2005) writer and painter (married Erika Bausch )
• Franz Xaver Hornstein (1840-1905), Archbishop of Bucharest in Romania
• Gabriel Hornstein ( * before 1639, † after 1639 ), German artist
• George Hornstein (1900-1942), German - Jewish resistance fighter in the time of National Socialism
• Hermann von Hornstein (1843-1893), landowner and member of the German Reichstag
• Karl Heinrich von Hornstein (1668-1745), Knight of the Teutonic Order
• Marianna Franziska von Hornstein (1723-1809), last Abbess of noble ladies pin Säckingen on the Upper Rhine
• Martin Hornstein (1954-2009), Austrian cellist
• Michael Hornstein (born 1962 ), German saxophonist, composer and music producer
• Otto P. Hornstein (* 1922), German physicians
• Walter Hornstein (1929-2012), German sociologist and educationalist
• Wolf Freiherr von Hornstein (1918-2004), 1953-1972 Managing Director of UHER works München GmbH
• Wolf Freiherr von Hornstein (1918-2008), German publisher, editor and cooking

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