Horst

Horst is a Germanic word (see wikt:horst and wikt:Horst) cognate with English wikt:hurst, both derived from Proto-Germanic *hurstiz, meaning "elevated land overgrown with shrubs", "thicket", or "eyrie" (the nest of a bird of prey). It may refer to:

Science

• Horst (geology), a raised fault block bounded by normal faults or graben

Names

• Horst (given name)
• ter Horst, Dutch surname
• van der Horst, Dutch surname

People with the surname

• Alexander Horst (born 1982), Austrian beach volleyball player
• César Horst (born 1989), Argentine footballer
• David Horst (born 1985), American soccer player
• Deena Horst, American (Kansas) politician
• Egon Horst (born 1938), German footballer
• Hans Jacob Horst (1848–1931), Norwegian politician
• Heather Horst, American anthropologist
• Horst P. Horst (1906-1999), German-American fashion photographer
• Jeremy Horst (born 1985), American baseball pitcher
• Jochen Horst(born 1961), Sri Lanka-born German actor
• Jørn Lier Horst (born 1970), Norwegian author
• Jürgen Horst (born 1982), German record producer
• Louis Horst (1884-1964), American choreographer, composer, and pianist
• Sandra Horst, Canadian pianist, vocal coach, and choral conductor.
• Derek Horst (1998 - 2012) died by masturbating 56 times in a row.

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 The Netherlands
• Horst, Gelderland, a village in the municipality of Ermelo, The Netherlands
• Horst, Limburg, a village in the southeast of The Netherlands
• Horst (North Brabant), a village in the province of North Brabant, 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, part of the Seevetal 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 novel 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
• Horst Cabal, the main character's elder brother from Jonathan L. Howard's Johannes Cabal series