Kirch may refer to:
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Darrell Kirch
Darrell G. Kirch ( ) is an American physician who is president and CEO emeritus of the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC). He trained as a psychiatrist and neuroscientist, before going on to hold senior administrative positions at seve ...
, AAMC president
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Gottfried Kirch
Gottfried Kirch (; also KircheKenneth Glyn Jones, ''The Search for the Nebulae'', Alpha Academic, 1975, p. 19. , Kirkius; 18 December 1639 – 25 July 1710) was a German astronomer and the first "Astronomer Royal" in Berlin and, as such, director ...
(1639–1710), German astronomer
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Maria Margarethe Kirch
Maria Margaretha Kirch (''née'' Winckelmann, in historic sources named Maria Margaretha Kirchin; 25 February 1670 – 29 December 1720) was a German astronomer. She was one of the first famous astronomers of her period due to her writing on ...
(née Winckelmann) (1670–1720), German astronomer and spouse of Gottfried Kirch
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Leo Kirch
Leo Kirch (21 October 1926 – 14 July 2011) was a German media entrepreneur who founded the Kirch Group.
Life
Kirch was born in Volkach, Bavaria, but shortly afterward his family moved to the nearby town of Würzburg. After completing high ...
(1926–2011), German media entrepreneur
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Oliver Kirch
Oliver Kirch (; born 21 August 1982) is a retired German footballer who played as a midfielder or right-back.
Club career
Kirch started playing football at age five and was enrolled at the academy of SuS Legden in 1992; spending nine years as ...
(born 1982), German footballer
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, American archaeologist
Other uses
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Kirch Group
KirchGruppe (KirchGroup) was a German media group founded by Leo Kirch in the 1950s. It was the dominant buyer and seller of TV programming rights in Germany. By 2000, it controlled a 52.5 percent stake in what became the country's biggest broa ...
, a former German media conglomerate
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Kirch (crater)
Kirch is a small lunar impact crater in the eastern part of the Mare Imbrium, a large lunar mare in the northwest quadrant of the Moon. It was named after German astronomer Gottfried Kirch. This is a relatively solitary formation with the nearest ...
, a lunar impact crater
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Kirch, Iran
Kerch () is a village in, and the capital of, Karchambu-ye Shomali Rural District of Karchambu District, Buin Miandasht County, Isfahan province, Iran.
Demographics Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's populati ...
, a village in Isfahan Province
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Kirch Jesar
Kirch Jesar is a municipality in the Ludwigslust-Parchim district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (MV; ; ), also known by its Anglicisation, anglicized name Mecklenburg–Western Pomerania, is a Federated state, state in t ...
, a municipality in the district of Ludwigslust in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
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Kirch Mulsow
Kirch Mulsow is a village and a former municipality in the Rostock district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the No ...
, a municipality in the district of Bad Doberan in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
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Kirsch (disambiguation)
Kirsch is a fruit brandy.
Kirsch may also refer to:
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Kerch
Kerch, also known as Keriç or Kerich, is a city of regional significance on the Kerch Peninsula in the east of Crimea. It has a population of
Founded 2,600 years ago as the Colonies in antiquity#Greek colonies, ancient Greek colony Pantik ...
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