Riese

Giant may refer to:

  • Giant, an oversized mythological beings or mythical creatures in human form
  • Tallness, colloquially an oversized man
  • Samsonfigur and Olot, up to eight meters high figures in parades and processions
  • Giant star, in astronomy very large stars
  • Giant Wheel, a turn figure
  • Giant rabbit, a group of rabbit breeds
  • Giant ( landform ), a steep terrain in the mountains, also see astragalus (geology)
  • Giant ( wood), a wood trough for transport of logs from the mountain into the valley
  • Project Riese, a non consummate leader headquarters in the Silesian Owl Mountains
  • Riese: Kingdom Falling, a Canadian Science-Fiction/Fantasy-Fernsehserie

Giant hot following geographical and astronomical objects:

  • Riese Pio X church in Venice, Italy ( short giant)
  • Giant ( ancient Egyptian constellation ), name of a ancient Egyptian constellation

Giant is a surname:

  • Alexander Riese (1840-1924), German classical scholar
  • Arnold giant (1871-1912), Austrian politician
  • Berthold Riese (* 1944), German ethnologist and archaeologist
  • Eberhard Riese ( * 1951), Study Director and Vice- President of the Magic Circle of Germany
  • Friedrich Riese (1895-1966), German Kriminaldirektor and SS leaders
  • Friedrich Christian Riese (1790-1868), German mathematician, Professor of Math and Astron. in Bonn
  • Friedrich Wilhelm Riese ( probably 1805-1879 ) German librettist and playwright
  • Gerhard giant (* 1954), German badminton player
  • Hajo Riese ( born 1933), professor of economics
  • Johann Karl Friedrich Riese (1759-1834), German sculptor and porcelain artist
  • Catherine giant ( b. 1946 as Catherine Brenner ), Austrian writer
  • Lorenzo giant (1836-1907; well Lorenz giant), German singer (tenor )
  • Max giant, inventor of the Penates cream
  • Otto Riese (1894-1977), German jurist and judge at the European Court of Justice
  • Philip Riese ( * 1989), German football player
  • Roland Giant ( badminton) ( born 1949 ), German badminton player
  • Roland Giant ( politician ) ( born 1960 ), German politician ( FDP)
  • Steffen Oliver Riese (* 1974), German photographer
  • Walther Riese (1890-1976), German - American psychiatrist and medical historian

See also:

  • Adam Ries ( 1492/3-1559 ), often wrongly Adam Riese, German Reckoner
  • Ries, giants, Reese
  • Rieser
  • Zum Riesen
  • Disambiguation
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