Horst

Horst may refer to:

Science

• Horst (geology), a raised fault block bounded by normal faults or graben

Names

• Horst (given name)
• ter Horst, Dutch surname
• van der Horst, Dutch surname

People with the surname

Arts and entertainment

• Horst P. Horst (1906–1999), German-American fashion photographer
• Jochen Horst (born 1961), Sri Lankan-born German actor
• Jørn Lier Horst (born 1970), Norwegian author
• Louis Horst (1884–1964), American choreographer, composer, and pianist
• Sandra Horst, Canadian pianist, vocal coach, and choral conductor

Politicians

• Deena Horst, American (Kansas) politician
• Hans Jacob Horst (1848–1931), Norwegian politician
• Henry Horst (1836–1905), American politician

Scientists

• Heather Horst, American anthropologist
• Sarah Hörst (born 1982), American planetary scientist

Sport

• Alexander Horst (born 1982), Austrian beach volleyball player
• César Horst (born 1989), Argentine footballer
• David Horst (born 1985), American soccer player
• Egon Horst (born 1938), German footballer
• Jeremy Horst (born 1985), American baseball pitcher

Other

• Emil Clemens Horst (1867–1940), German-American hop farmer and inventor

Places

Settlements

Germany

• Horst, Steinburg, a municipality in the district of Steinburg in Schleswig-Holstein
• Horst, Lauenburg, a municipality in the district of Lauenburg in Schleswig-Holstein
• Horst, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, a village and district in the municipality of Sundhagen, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
• Horst, Gelsenkirchen, a district in the city of Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia
• Horst, Seevetal, a town in the municipality of Seevetal, Lower Saxony

Netherlands

• Horst aan de Maas, a municipality in the province of Limburg
  • Horst, Limburg, the municipal seat of Horst aan de Maas
• Horst, Gelderland, a hamlet in the municipality of Ermelo, Gelderland
• Horst, North Brabant, a village in the municipality of Gilze en Rijen, North Brabant
• Schothorst, Zielhorst, and Vathorst, districts in the city and municipality of Amersfoort, Utrecht

Poland

• Niechorze, German name for a village in West Pomeranian Voivodeship, north-western Poland

Buildings

• Castle van Horst, a castle in the Belgian municipality of Holsbeek, Flemish Brabant
• Castle Ter Horst, Achterberg, a former castle in the Dutch municipality of Achterberg, Utrecht
• Huys ter Horst , a partially rebuild castle ruin in the Dutch municipality of Horst aan de Maas
• Adlerhorst, a former bunker complex in the German state of Hesse

Geographic features

• Horst (Spessart), a hill in Hesse, Germany
• Horst (Vogelsberg), a hill in Hesse, Germany

Sport

• STV Horst-Emscher, a defunct German association football club

Fictional characters

• Horst (Inheritance), a character in the novel Eragon
• Horst Staley, a MacArthur midshipman in the Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle science fiction novel The Mote in God's Eye
• Dr. Horst, a character in the 2002 film Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself played by Mads Mikkelsen
• Horst, a character in the 2007 film Ratatouille played by Will Arnett
• Horst Cabal, the main character's elder brother from Jonathan L. Howard's Johannes Cabal series
• Horst Loeffler, the main character's almost ex-husband from the 2013 postmodern detective novel Bleeding Edge by Thomas Pynchon