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German German(s) may refer to: * Germany, the country of the Germans and German things **Germania (Roman era) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizenship in Germany, see also Ge ...
word for ''wall''. It may also refer to:


Places

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Mauer, Vienna Mauer (German for ''"wall"''; Central Bavarian: ''Maua'') is a former village of Lower Austria that has been part of Vienna since 1938. Today's cadastral community belongs to the 23rd District of Vienna, called Liesing. In the west, Mauer borde ...
, a former village of Lower Austria that has been part of Vienna since 1938 * Mauer bei Amstetten, a village in the municipality of Amstetten, in Lower Austria *
Mauer bei Melk Mauer is a village in the municipality of Dunkelsteinerwald, in the Mostviertel in Lower Austria, Austria. History The designations ''muri'', ''ad mura'', ''apud mura'' or the German designations ''Mour'' or ''Mower'' were mentioned as early as ...
, a village in the municipality of Dunkelsteinerwald, in the Mostviertel in Lower Austria *
Mauer (Baden) Mauer is a village in southwestern Germany. It is located between Heidelberg and Sinsheim in the Rhein-Neckar district in the state of Baden-Württemberg. On 1 June 2012, John Ehret (no party) took office as mayor. He is the first black may ...
, a village of the Rhein-Neckar-Kreis in Germany


People

* Albert Mauer (1907–1999), former Polish ice hockey player * Frank Mauer (born 1988), German ice hockey player * Gary Mauer, American actor * Jake Mauer (born 1978), former baseball player and baseball manager; also older brother of Joe Mauer *
John Mauer John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second Ep ...
(1901–1978), former college basketball coach for the University of Kentucky and later for the University of Tennessee *
Joe Mauer Joseph Patrick Mauer (born April 19, 1983) is an American former professional baseball catcher and first baseman who spent his entire 15-year Major League Baseball (MLB) career with the Minnesota Twins. Regarded as one of the greatest contact h ...
(born 1983), all-star catcher for the Minnesota Twins (Major League Baseball) *
Ken Mauer Ken Mauer Jr. (born April 23, 1955, in St. Paul, Minnesota) is a former official in the National Basketball Association (NBA) from the 1986–87 NBA season to the 2021-22 NBA season. He believes he was forced to resign for refusal to take the C ...
(born 1955), NBA referee *
Renata Mauer Renata Małgorzata Mauer-Różańska (born 23 April 1969 in Nasielsk) is a Polish sport shooter. She is a two-time Olympic champion, at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta and the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, as well as having an Olympi ...
(born 1969), Polish sports shooter *
Rocco Mauer Rocco Mauer is former professional rugby player played for the USA Sevens rugby team on the World Rugby Sevens Series. He was also a member of the USA Sevens team, which won bronze in the 2011 Pan American Games. He signed a full-time training co ...
(born 1988), US rugby player


Music

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Die Chinesische Mauer ''Die Chinesische Mauer'' is the third studio album by Romanian-German musician Michael Cretu, released in 1985. The literal English translation of the title is "the Chinese wall", or as it is better known, "The Great Wall of China". Like his pre ...
'' ("The Chinese Wall"), a 1985 album by Michael Cretu *''
Die Mauer Die, as a verb, refers to death, the cessation of life. Die may also refer to: Games * Die, singular of dice, small throwable objects used for producing random numbers Manufacturing * Die (integrated circuit), a rectangular piece of a semicondu ...
'' ("The Wall"), a 1982 song by the Swedish punk band Ebba Grön


Other

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Berlin Wall The Berlin Wall (, ) was a guarded concrete Separation barrier, barrier that encircled West Berlin from 1961 to 1989, separating it from East Berlin and the East Germany, German Democratic Republic (GDR; East Germany). Construction of the B ...
(''Berliner Mauer''), a barrier that divided Berlin from 1961 to 1989 *
Mauer 1 The Mauer 1 mandible is the oldest-known specimen of the genus ''Homo'' in Germany. It was found in 1907 in a sand quarry in the community Mauer, around south-east of Heidelberg. The Mauer 1 mandible is the type specimen of the species ''Homo h ...
, a fossilized mandible, type specimen of the ''Homo heidelbergensis'', named after its place of discovery Mauer *Also used to refer to the
Inner German border The inner German border ( or ''deutsch–deutsche Grenze''; initially also , zonal boundary) was the frontier between the East Germany, German Democratic Republic (GDR, East Germany) and the West Germany, Federal Republic of Germany (FRG, West ...
, mid-1950s–1989


See also

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Maurer Maurer is a German surname, translating in English to "bricklayer" or "wall builder." Notable people with the surname include: * Adrian Maurer (1901–1943), American football player * Alfred Maurer (politician) (1888–1954), Estonian politicia ...
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German German(s) may refer to: * Germany, the country of the Germans and German things **Germania (Roman era) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizenship in Germany, see also Ge ...
word for ''bricklayer'' and a more common surname *
Maur (disambiguation) Maur may refer to: * St Maurus * Maur, India * Maur, Switzerland *Maur, the Black Dragon in '' The Hero and the Crown'' by Robin McKinley * Mangaung Regiment, an infantry regiment of the South African Army * Mauri/Moors See also *Auf der Maur ...
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Auf der Maur Auf der Maur is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Melissa Auf der Maur (born 1972), Canadian rock musician **Auf der Maur (album), ''Auf der Maur'' (album), debut album of Melissa Auf der Maur *Nick Auf der Maur (1942–1998), C ...
, surname *
In der Maur In der Maur (also written as In der Mauer, Indermaur, Indermauer) is a Swiss family. Throughout the Middle Ages and Renaissance, members of the family held political offices in Berneck, St. Gallen. The In der Maur von Berneck family were first gr ...
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