Glehn

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Glehn may refer to:

Geography

  • Glehn (Mechernich), a district of Mechernich, Euskirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
  • Glehn Castle, castle of Nikolai von Glehn in Vana-Mustamäe, Nõmme, Tallinn, Estonia

Other

  • De Glehn, a compound steam locomotive system named after Alfred de Glehn
  • Glehn's Spruce, (Picea glehnii), a species of conifer named after Peter von Glehn
  • Glehnia, a monotypic genus in the carrot family Apiaceae named after Peter von Glehn

People with the surname

  • Alfred de Glehn (1848–1936), French railroad engineer; brother of Louise Creighton, uncle of Oswald von Glehn and Wilfred de Glehn
  • Jane Emmet de Glehn (1873–1961), American figure and portrait painter; wife of Wilfrid de Glehn
  • Louise von Glehn (1850–1936), maiden name of British historian Louise Creighton
  • Nikolai von Glehn (1841–1923), Baltic German estate owner, founder of the town of Nõmme
  • Peter von Glehn (1835–1876), Russian botanist
  • Wilfrid de Glehn (1870–1951), British impressionist painter

See also

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