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Geography

* Glehn (Mechernich), a district of
Mechernich Mechernich (, ksh, Meischernisch) is a town in the district of Euskirchen in the south of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in the "Naturpark Nordeifel" in the Eifel hills, approx. 15 km south-west of Euskirchen and ...
, Euskirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany * Glehn (Korschenbroich), North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany * Glehn Castle, castle of Nikolai von Glehn in Vana-Mustamäe, Nõmme, Tallinn, Estonia


Other

* De Glehn, a
compound steam locomotive A compound locomotive is a steam locomotive which is powered by a compound engine, a type of steam engine where steam is expanded in two or more stages. The locomotive was only one application of compounding. Two and three stages were used in shi ...
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 Jane Erin Emmet de Glehn (born Jane Erin Emmet in 1873; died 20 February 1961) was an American figure and portrait painter. Early life Born in New Rochelle, New York, she was the youngest daughter of ten siblings. Her great-great-uncle Rober ...
(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 Wilfrid Gabriel de Glehn (sometimes 'Wilfried') (1870 – 11 May 1951) was an Impressionist British painter, elected to the Royal Academy in 1932. Biography De Glehn's father was Alexander de Glenn of Sydenham, London, himself the son o ...
(1870–1951), British impressionist painter


See also

*
Geleen Geleen (; li, Gelaen ) is a city in the southern part of the province of Limburg in the Netherlands. With 31,670 inhabitants in 2020, it is part of the municipality of Sittard-Geleen. Geleen is situated along the river Geleenbeek, a right tributa ...
* Cleen {{DEFAULTSORT:Glehn German-language surnames