Hirschhorn

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Contents 1 Hirschhorn, Hirs(c)h(h)orn 1.1 Idiomatic origin 1.2 Places 1.3 People 1.4 Diseases 1.5 Chemical composition 2 See also

[edit] Hirschhorn, Hirs(c)h(h)orn

may refer to:

[edit] Idiomatic origin

• derived from German composite word 'Hirsch' (deer) and 'Horn' (horn), part of a deers' antlers.

[edit] Places

• Hirschhorn (Neckar) is a town in the local district Kreis Bergstraße, Hessen, Germany.
• Hirschhorn (Pfalz) is a town in the local district Kaiserslautern, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany.
• Hirschhorn (Gemeinde Wurmannsquick) is a village in the local district Pfarrkirchen, Bayern, Germany.
• Hirschhorn BE in the local district Rüschegg, Kanton Bern, Switzerland.
• Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, named after Joseph Hirshhorn

[edit] People

• Charles Hirschhorn, actor
• Dan Hirschhorn
• Gary Hirschhorn
• Joel Hirschhorn (Joel Hirshhorn, Joel Hirschorn)
• Joseph Hirshhorn, see Japanese article
• K. Hirschhorn, researcher of Wolf-Hirschhorn Syndrome
• Philippe Hirschhorn
• Thomas Hirschhorn (Thomas Hirshhorn), Swiss installation artist, see German article

[edit] Diseases

• Wolf-Hirschhorn Syndrome, named after the researchers U. Wolf and K. Hirschhorn. Sometimes also spelled Wolf Hirshorn.

[edit] Chemical composition

• Hirschhorn is the material a deers' antlers are composed of. Among others, it is used in the manufacturing of buttons, and knife handles.
• Hirschhornsalz is the German trivial chemical name for ammonium hydrogen carbonate.

[edit] See also

• Hirsch, Hersch/Gersh (Onomastics in Judaism, List of Jewish surnames)