Holk (disambiguation)

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Holk stands for:

  • Holk , a medieval type of ship
  • Hulk (ship type) , a propulsionless, mostly older ship
  • Holck , also Holk , a noble family from Schleswig


First name
  • Holk Cruse (* 1942), German biologist
  • Holk Freytag (* 1943), German dramaturge, director and artistic director


family name
  • Björn Holk (* 1981), German wrestler
  • Freder van Holk (actually Paul Alfred Müller ; 1901–1970), German writer
  • Heinrich von Holk (1599–1633), general in the Thirty Years War, initially on the side of the Swedes, later under Wallenstein
  • Jacob Holk (effective 1379–1416), merchant and councilor of the Hanseatic city of Lübeck


Fictional person
  • Count Holk von Holkenäs, main character in Theodor Fontane's novel Irrecoverable

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