Hirschberg
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The German word Hirschberg is composed of Hirsch
(deer) and Berg
(hill or mountain). It may refer to:
Hirsch
Hirsch may refer to:Places* Hirsch, Buenos Aires, Argentina* Hirsch, Saskatchewan, Canada* Hirsch Observatory, an astronomical observatory in Troy, New YorkPeople * August Hirsch, German physician and medical historian....
(deer) and Berg
Berg
Berg is the word for mountain in various Germanic languages, and may also refer to:-People:* Alban Berg , Austrian composer of the Second Viennese School.* Paul Berg Berg is the word for mountain in various Germanic languages, and may also refer to:-People:* Alban Berg (1885-1935), Austrian...
(hill or mountain). It may refer to:
- several places in EuropeEuropeEurope is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
, including:- Hirschberg, ThuringiaHirschberg, ThuringiaHirschberg is a town in the Saale-Orla-Kreis district, in Thuringia, Germany. It is situated on the river Saale, 20 km south of Schleiz, 12 km northwest of Hof , and 25 km southwest of Plauen .-History:...
, Germany. - Hirschberg, Rhineland-PalatinateHirschberg, Rhineland-PalatinateHirschberg is a municipality in the district of Rhein-Lahn, in Rhineland-Palatinate, in western Germany....
, Germany. - Hirschberg an der BergstraßeHirschberg an der BergstraßeHirschberg an der Bergstraße is a town in the Rhein-Neckar district of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Hirschberg is situated on the Bergstraße on the western rim of the Odenwald. It lies between Weinheim to the north and Schriesheim to the south. Hirschberg consists of two...
, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. - Hirschberg, Switzerland.
- the GermanGerman languageGerman is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
name for the formerly German now PolishPolandPoland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
town of Jelenia GóraJelenia Góra----Jelenia Góra is a city in Lower Silesia, south-western Poland. The name of the city means "deer mountain" in Polish, Czech and German. It is close to the Krkonoše mountain range running along the Polish-Czech border – ski resorts such as Karpacz and Szklarska Poręba can be found...
. - a part of the German town WarsteinWarsteinWarstein is a town in the district of Soest, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located at the north end of the Sauerland.- Geography :...
: Hirschberg, Arnsberger Wald - Hirschberger Großteich (Hirschberský rybník), Máchovo jezeroMáchovo jezeroMáchovo jezero is an artificial lake in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic, near Doksy and Bezděz Castle....
- Hirschberg, Thuringia
- several mountains and hills in Europe including:
- the highest hill in the Kaufunger WaldKaufunger WaldThe Kaufungen Forest is a range of steep, wooded hills straddling the border between the states of Hesse and Lower Saxony in central Germany.The hills lie in the fork of the Rivers Fulda and Werra, which meet at Hannoversch Münden just to the north. They are bounded to the west and north-west by...
in central GermanyGermanyGermany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. - Hirschberg (Bavaria)Hirschberg (Bavaria)The Hirschberg is a high mountain in the Bavarian Fore-alps south of Lake Tegernsee.The summit may be reached via a gentle mountain path either from Scharling, Kreuth or Bad Wiessee, all three routes being classified as not difficult. Below the summit at a height of 1,520 m is the...
, near Scharling on the TegernseeTegernseeTegernsee is a town in the Miesbach district of Bavaria, Germany. It is located on the shore of Tegernsee lake, at an elevation of 747 m above sea level....
lake, in Bavaria, Germany.
- the highest hill in the Kaufunger Wald
- people, including:
- Gebhard, Count of Dollnstein-Hirschberg, see also Bishopric of EichstädtBishopric of EichstädtThe Diocese of Eichstätt is a diocese of the Catholic Church in Bavaria. Its seat is Eichstätt, and it is subordinate to the archbishop of Bamberg. The diocese was erected in 745; from the Middle Ages until 1805, it was a state of the Holy Roman Empire. The current Bishop of Eichstätt is Dr...
- Dan HirschbergDan HirschbergDaniel S. Hirschberg is a full professor in Computer Science at University of California, Irvine. His research interests are in the theory of design and analysis of algorithms....
, an active computer scientist who obtained his PhD from Princeton UniversityPrinceton UniversityPrinceton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
in 1975. - Max HirschbergMax HirschbergMax Hirschberg was a German Jewish Weimar era anti-Nazi criminal defense lawyer and scholar.Hirschberg confronted in court directly Adolf Hitler; he was imprisoned, but released because of his conduct during World War I and allowed to practice law even after the 1933 Nazi election.In 1934, he...
(1883–1964), a Jewish lawyer.
- Gebhard, Count of Dollnstein-Hirschberg, see also Bishopric of Eichstädt