Ox head
Ox head stands for
- the head of the beast, see ox
- a decorative motif on buildings, monuments and furniture, see Bukranion
- a figure in heraldry, see bull ( heraldic animal)
- Ochsenkopf Proterobas , a natural stone from the Fichtel Mountains
- Ochsenkopf (postage stamp) , first Moldovan and Romanian postage stamp
- Operation Ochsenkopf of Army Group Africa in Tunisia, February 23, 1943
- Aktion Ochsenkopf , a political measure against reception in the West in the 1960s
- Ox head antenna, in the GDR the unofficial name for West Reception from Bavaria
Ochsenkopf is the name of the following geographical objects:
Places and buildings:
- Ochsenkopf (Heidelberg) , settlement in the Heidelberg- Wieblingen district
- Ochsenkopf (Rotta) , district of Rotta in the district of Wittenberg, Saxony-Anhalt
- Ochsenkopf (Spiegelau) , district of Spiegelau in the Freyung-Grafenau district, Bavaria
- Ochsenkopf transmitter , radio and television broadcaster for Bavarian Radio
- Ochsenkopf (house) , a late Gothic half-timbered house in Hann, Münden, Lower Saxony
historical:
- Częstocin , locality of Przywidz, Gdańsk, Poland (formerly German Ochsenkopf, Polish Ochsenkopf, Berent district , West Prussia)
- Ochsenkopf (Kaiseringen) , formerly a remote farm, now deserted on the Heuberg military training area
Mountains:
- Ochsenkopf (Silvretta) (3057 m), north of the Dreiländerspitze, on the Tyrol / Vorarlberg border
- Ochsenkopf (Gepatsch) (2942 m), in the bell tower crest of the Ötztal Alps, west-southwest of the Gepatschhaus in Kaunertal, Tyrol
- Ochsenkopf (Geigenkamm) (2765 m), in the Geigenkamm of the Ötztal Alps, valley head of the Valrietal near Nauders in Oberinntal, Tyrol
- Ochsenkopf (Kitzbüheler Alpen) (2469 m), on the Gerlos, border between Tyrol and Salzburg
- Ochsenkopf (Allgäu Alps) (2405 m), in the Allgäu Alps, Bavaria
- Ochsenkopf (Rätikon) (2286 m), in the Rätikon between the Austrian state of Vorarlberg and the Principality of Liechtenstein
- Ochsenkopf (Fendels) (2145 m), last mountain of the bell tower crest of the Ötztal Alps, above Fendels , Tyrol
- Ochsenkopf (Obergurgl) (1961 m), in the Ötztal Alps, Obergurgl's local mountain , Tyrol
- Ochsenkopf (Untersberg) (1780 m), in the Berchtesgadener Land, Bavaria
- Großer Ochsenkopf (horn group, Allgäu Alps) (1662 m), in the Allgäu Alps, Oberallgäu district, Bavaria
- Kleiner Ochsenkopf (1571 m), secondary summit of the Großer Ochsenkopf
- High Ochsenkopf (1054.1 m), in the Black Forest near Forbach (Baden), Rastatt district, Baden-Württemberg
- Ochsenkopf (Fichtelgebirge) (1024 m), in the Fichtelgebirge near Bischofsgrün, Bayreuth district, Bavaria
- Ochsenkopf near Niedersaida (592 m), in the Ore Mountains near Nieder- and Mittelaida, Central Saxony district, Saxony
- Ochsenkopf near Rittersgrün (835.7 m), in the Ore Mountains near Rittersgrün, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony
- Ochsenkopf near Jägerhaus (823.4 m), in the Ore Mountains near Jägerhaus (Schwarzenberg), Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony
- Ochsenkopf (Wildenfelser Zwischengebirge) (434 m), in the Wildenfelser Zwischengebirge between Wildenfels and Langenweißbach, district of Zwickau, Saxony
- Ochsenkopf (Sauerland) (418.8 m), in the Arnsberg city forest between Arnsberg and Sundern , Hochsauerlandkreis, North Rhine-Westphalia
- Ochsenkopf or Schadeck (Odenwald) (416 m), in the Odenwald near Neckarsteinach , Bergstrasse district, Hesse (common name)
Ochsenkopf is the name of the following people:
- Johann Ochsenkopf (founder) (also Johan Ochsenkopff ; † around 1560), German founder
- Johann Ochsenkopf (Verweser) , German administrator and locksmith
- Johann Ochsenkopf (Mayor) (1684–1754), German mayor
See also
- Bucephalus , the horse of Alexander the great
- Ox head school, school of Chinese Chan Buddhism
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