What is "elbogen"

Elbogen or Ellenbogen (meaning elbow in German) may refer to:

• Elbogen, the German name for Loket, a town in the Czech Republic
• The Swedish city of Malmö, known as Elbogen in German during the 14th to 16th centuries
• The Elbogen, meteorite of the year 1400
• Eric Elbogen, founder of band Say Hi To Your Mom
• Ismar Elbogen (1874–1943), Polish-German rabbi
• Marc S. Ellenbogen (*1963), Chairman of the Global Panel Foundation and President of the Prague Society
• Henry Ellenbogen (1900–1985), American politician
• Ellenbogen (Rhön), one of the Rhön mountains in Germany

Elbogen , also the Loket Iron , is an iron meteorite that fell in the village of Loket, Karlovy Vary Region, Kingdom of Bohemia, about the year 1400. Also known during the Middle Ages as the "bewitched burgrave" of Elbogen, due to a cursed Count at the Elbogen castle, it is the oldest of 15 recorded falls in the Czech Republic. It has not survived to our time in its original size, having been cut for scientific purposes and its pieces sent to museums all around the world.