Meissner, Meißner or Meisner may refer to:

Geography

Meissner is the name of the following geographic features: * the Meißner (range), an important mountain range in Hesse, Germany *

Hoher Meißner The Hoher Meißner is a mountain massif with a height of 753.6 m and is located in the '' Meißner-Kaufunger Wald'' nature park in Hesse, Germany. Geography The Hoher Meißner is densely forested and covers an area of 10 km by 5 km. ...

, the highest peak of the Meißner range *

Meißner, Hesse Meißner (or ''Meissner'') is a municipality in the Werra-Meißner-Kreis in Hesse, Germany. Geography Location Meißner lies at the Krösselberg between the Hoher Meißner and the Werra valley in the Meißner-Kaufunger Wald Nature Park, some 4 ...

, a community in the district

Werra-Meißner-Kreis Werra-Meißner is a ''Kreis'' (district) in the north of Hesse, Germany. Neighboring districts are Göttingen, Eichsfeld, Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis, Wartburgkreis, district-free Eisenach, Hersfeld-Rotenburg, Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Kassel. History The dis ...

, in Hesse, Germany

Surnames

Meissner is a German surname. Notable people with the surname and its variants include: *

Alexander Meissner Alexander Meissner (in German: Alexander Meißner) (September 14, 1883 – January 3, 1958) was an Austrian engineer and physicist. He was born in Vienna and died in Berlin. His field of interest was: antenna design, amplification and detection ...

(1883–1958), Austrian engineer and physicist * Andy Meisner (born 1973), American politician * August Gottlieb Meißner (1753–1807), German writer * Boris Meissner (1915–2003), German lawyer and social scientist *

Bruno Meissner Bruno Meissner also Bruno Meißner (25 April 1868, in Graudenz – 13 March 1947, in Zeuthen) was a German assyriologist.Erika Bleibtreu, Johannes Boese and Barthel Hrouda: ''Orientalistenleben. Kurzbiografien von E. F. Weidner, B. Meissner, E ...

(1868–1947), German assyriologist *

Carl Meissner Carl Daniel Friedrich Meissner (1 November 1800 – 2 May 1874) was a Swiss botanist. Biography Born in Bern, Switzerland on 1 November 1800, he was christened Meisner but later changed the spelling of his name to Meissner. For most of his 40 ...

(1800–1874), Swiss botanist ** Meisner's Banksia, Australian shrub *

(1830–1900), German Latin scholar *

Constantin Meissner Constantin Meissner (May 27, 1854–September 19, 1942) was a Romanian pedagogue and schoolteacher. Born in Iași in the Principality of Moldavia (present-day Romania), his family was of German origin. He studied at the private ''Institutul Aca ...

(1854-1942), Romanian teacher *

Elena Meissner Elena Meissner also called Elena Buznea-Meissner, (born Elena Buznea; 1867–1940) was a Romanian feminist and suffragist. She was the co-founder of the Romanian women's movement organisation '' Asociația de Emancipare Civilă și Politică a Fem ...

(1867-1940), Romanian feminist *

Elinor Meissner Traeger Elinor Meissner Traeger (July 10, 1906 – December 26, 1983) was an American composer, pianist, and writer. Traeger was born in Chicago. After studying music with Len Cleary, Edna Hansen, Antoinnette Lauer, and Bess Ressiguie, she married Fred W ...

(1906-1983), composer *

Ernst Meisner Ernst Meisner (born 27 January 1982, in Noordoostpolder) is a Dutch dancer and choreographer. He trained at the Nationale Ballet Academy in Amsterdam and at the Royal Ballet School in London. Career He joined the English Royal Ballet company in ...

(born 1982), Dutch dancer and choreographer * Friedrich Ludwig Meissner (1796–1860), German obstetrician * Fred Meissner (1931–2007), American geologist and engineer *

Freda Meissner-Blau Freda Meissner-Blau (11 March 1927 – 22 December 2015) was an Austrian politician, activist, and prominent figurehead in the Austrian environmental movement. She was a founder and the federal spokesperson of the Austrian Green Party. Early li ...

(born 1927), Austrian politician and activist *

Georg Meissner George Meissner (19 November 1829 – 30 March 1905) was a German anatomist and physiologist born in Hanover. He studied medicine at the University of Göttingen, where he worked closely with Rudolf Wagner (1806–1864). In 1851 he accompa ...

(1829–1905), German anatomist and physiologist **

Meissner's corpuscle Tactile corpuscles or Meissner's corpuscles are a type of mechanoreceptor discovered by anatomist Georg Meissner (1829–1905) and Rudolf Wagner. This corpuscle is a type of nerve ending in the skin that is responsible for sensitivity to pressur ...

, type of mechanoreceptor ** Meissner's plexus, intestinal

nerve plexus A nerve plexus is a plexus (branching network) of intersecting nerves. A nerve plexus is composed of afferent and efferent fibers that arise from the merging of the anterior rami of spinal nerves and blood vessels. There are five spinal nerve plex ...

* Greg Meisner (born 1959), American football player *

Günter Meisner Günter Meisner (18 April 1926 – 5 December 1994) was a German film and television character actor. He is remembered for his several cinematic portrayals of Adolf Hitler and for his role as Arthur Slugworth in ''Willy Wonka & the Chocolate F ...

(1926–1994), German actor * Hans-Otto Meissner (1909–1992), German writer and novelist *

Heike Meißner Brigitte Heike Meissner (german: Meißner, born 29 January 1970 in Dresden) is a retired German athlete. She competed mainly in the 400 metres hurdles, but also spent two seasons specializing in the 800 metres. Notable achievements include a silve ...

, (born 1970), German hurdler and runner *

Heinrich August Meissner Heinrich August Meissner (german: Heinrich August Meißner, January 3, 1862 – January 14, 1940) was a German engineer who was largely responsible for the railway network in the Ottoman Empire, and later helped manage the network in Turkey. He att ...

(1862–1940), German railway engineer and Ottoman

Pasha Pasha, Pacha or Paşa ( ota, پاشا; tr, paşa; sq, Pashë; ar, باشا), in older works sometimes anglicized as bashaw, was a higher rank in the Ottoman political and military system, typically granted to governors, generals, dignitar ...

Walter Pinhas Pick, Gād G. Gîlbar, Ed
Ottoman Palestine, 1800-1914: Studies in Economic and Social History
Chapter 6, p.179 * James Meissner (1896–1936), American World War I flying ace *

Janusz Meissner Janusz Meissner (pen name: "''porucznik'' Herbert," English: "Flt Lt Herbert"; 21 January 1901 in Warsaw – 28 February 1978 in Kraków) was a Polish writer and journalist, and a pilot of Polish Air Force. Life In late 1919 Meissner completed ...

(1901–1978), Polish writer and aviator *

Joachim Meisner Joachim Meisner (25 December 1933 – 5 July 2017) was a German cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was the immediate past Archbishop of Cologne, serving from 1989 until his resignation was accepted by Pope Francis in 2014. He previously serve ...

(1933-2017), Cardinal and archbishop of Cologne, Germany * Jochen Meißner (born 1943), German rower * Johann Heinrich Meissner (1701-1770), German sculptor and wood carver * Joern Meissner (born 1970), German academic and business consultant *

Karl Meissner Karl Wilhelm Meissner (December 15, 1891 in Reutlingen, Württemberg – April 13, 1959 on a cruise ship sailing to Europe) was a German-American physicist specializing in hyperfine spectroscopy. He spent the greater part of his career in t ...

(1891–1959), German-American physicist * Katrin Meissner (born 1973), German swimmer * Kimmie Meissner (born 1989), American figure skater * Krzysztof Antoni Meissner (born 1961), Polish theoretical physicist *

Maurice Meisner Maurice Jerome Meisner (November 17, 1931 – January 23, 2012) was an historian of 20th century China and professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. His study of the Chinese Revolution and the People's Republic was in conjunction with h ...

(1931–2012), American historian of 20th century China * Otto Meissner (1880–1953), head of the Office of the Reich President, Germany * Paul Traugott Meissner (1778–1864), Austrian chemist * Randy Meisner (born 1946), founder of the band the

Eagles Eagle is the common name for many large birds of prey of the family Accipitridae. Eagles belong to several groups of genera, some of which are closely related. Most of the 68 species of eagle are from Eurasia and Africa. Outside this area, jus ...

and solo artist ** ''Randy Meisner'' (1978 album), self-titled ** ''Randy Meisner'' (1982 album), self-titled * Renate Meissner (born 1950), German sprinter and triple Olympic champion * Sanford Meisner (1905–1997), American actor and acting coach **

Meisner technique The Meisner technique is an approach to acting developed by American theatre practitioner Sanford Meisner. The goal of the Meisner approach is for the actor to not focus on themselves and instead concentrate on the other actors in the immediate ...

, an acting technique * Silvio Meißner (born 1973), German football player * Stan Meissner (born 1956), Canadian songwriter/composer * Stefan Meissner (born 1973), German football player * Stuart Meissner (born 1962), American federal prosecutor and politician *

Verne Meisner LaVerne Donald "Verne" Meisner (December 4, 1938 – June 10, 2005) was an American polka musician born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and raised in Whitewater, Wisconsin. He was inducted into five halls of fame, including the International Polka Asso ...

(1938–2005), American polka musician *

Walther Meissner Fritz Walther Meissner (German: ''Meißner'') (16 December 1882 – 16 November 1974) was a German technical physicist. Meissner was born in Berlin to Waldemar Meissner and Johanna Greger. He studied mechanical engineering and physics at t ...

(1882–1974), German technical physicist **

Meissner effect The Meissner effect (or Meissner–Ochsenfeld effect) is the expulsion of a magnetic field from a superconductor during its transition to the superconducting state when it is cooled below the critical temperature. This expulsion will repel a ne ...

, decay of a magnetic field inside a superconductor * Wolf Meissner (born 1969), German wheelchair curler, 2018 Winter Paralympian

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