Horst

Horst is a Germanic word meaning "eagle's nest" (in modern German) and "man from the forest" (in Old High German). It may refer to:

Science

• Horst (geology)

Given name

• Horst (given name)
• Horst Buchholz, a German actor
• Horst Bulau, a Canadian ski jumper
• Horst Ibelgaufts the author of COPE (Cytokines & Cells Online Pathfinder Encyclopaedia)
• Horst P. Horst, a German photographer
• Horst Janson, a German actor
• Horst Köhler, Federal President of Germany
• Horst Mahseli, a Polish footballer
• Horst Wessel, right-wing political activist, assassinated in pre-Nazi-Germany
• Horst Schultz, World record holder.
• Horst Rechelbacher, founder of Aveda

Surname

• Horst, Dutch surname
• ter Horst, Dutch surname
• van der Horst, Dutch surname
• Jørn Lier Horst (b. 1970), a Norwegian author
• David Horst, a footballer

Places

• Adlerhorst, one of Hitler's command centers
• Horst, Gelsenkirchen, a part of the city of Gelsenkirchen, Germany
• Horst aan de Maas, a town in the southeast of Netherlands
• Horst, Gelderland, a village in the centre of the Netherlands
• Horst, Limburg, a village in the southeast of the Netherlands
• Horst, North Brabant, a village in the south of the Netherlands
• Horst, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, a village in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
• Horst, Steinburg, a municipality in the Steinburg district, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
• Horst, Lauenburg, a municipality in the Lauenburg district, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
• Horst, Seevetal, a municipality in Niedersachsen, Germany
• Kasteel van Horst (Castle of Horst), a medieval castle in the municipality of Holsbeek, Belgium

Fictional characters

• Horst (Inheritance), a character in the popular book Eragon
• Horst Staley, a MacArthur midshipman in the Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle science fiction novel The Mote in God's Eye
• Dr. Horst, a character in the 2002 film Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself played by Mads Mikkelsen
• Horst, a character in the 2007 film, Ratatouille (film) played by Will Arnett