Chert
Hornstein denotes:
- Chert (rock) , in mineralogy a group of sedimentary rocks
Chert is the name of the following geographical objects:
- Hornstein (Burgenland) , municipality in Burgenland
Places:
- Hornstein (Bingen) , district of the municipality of Bingen (district of Sigmaringen) , district of Sigmaringen, Baden-Württemberg
- Hornstein (Deggenhausertal) , part of the municipality Deggenhausertal, Lake Constance district, Baden-Wuerttemberg
- Hornstein (Egling) , part of the municipality of Egling , Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen district, Upper Bavaria
Palaces and castles:
- Weimar City Palace in Weimar
- Hornstein ruins (Bingen) near Bingen in Baden-Württemberg
- Hornstein ruins near Hornstein in Burgenland
- Hornstein Castle (Krumpendorf) near Krumpendorf in Carinthia
- Burgstall Hornstein (Bingen) , lost castle near Bingen in Baden-Württemberg
- Burgstall Hornstein (Deggenhausertal) , lost castle near Deggenhausertal, Lake Constance district, Baden-Wuerttemberg
- Burgstall Hornstein (Egling) , lost castle near Egling in Bavaria
Hornstein is the family name of the following people:
- of a noble family, see Hornstein (noble family)
- Christel Hornstein (* 1954), German journalist, social scientist and equal opportunities officer at the Bergische Universität Wuppertal
- Erika von Hornstein (1913–2005) writer and painter (married Erika Bausch)
- Franz Xaver von Hornstein (1892–1980), Swiss clergyman, pastoral theologian and university professor
- Gabriel Hornstein (* before 1639, † after 1639), German draftsman
- Georg Hornstein (1900–1942), German-Jewish resistance fighter during the Nazi era
- Hermann von Hornstein (1843–1893), landowner and member of the German Reichstag
- Joseph-Xavier Hornstein (1840–1905), Archbishop of Bucharest in Romania
- Karl Heinrich von Hornstein (1668–1745), Knight of the Teutonic Order
- Lolo von Hornstein (1861–1941), German painter
- Marianna Franziska von Hornstein (1723–1809), last abbess of the aristocratic Säckingen monastery on the Upper Rhine
- Martin Hornstein (1954–2009), Austrian cellist
- Michael Hornstein (* 1962), German saxophonist, composer and music producer
- Otto P. Hornstein (1926–2018), German physician
- Robert von Hornstein (1833–1890), German composer
- Walter Hornstein (1929–2012), German sociologist and educationalist
- Wolf Freiherr von Hornstein (1918–2004) , 1953–1972 Managing Director of UHER Werke München GmbH
- Wolf Freiherr von Hornstein (1918–2008), German publisher, editor and cook
See also:
Chert