Crossword clues for horst
horst
- Actor Buchholz of "The Magnificent Seven"
- Buchholz of "The Magnificent Seven"
- Physicist ___ Störmer
- German president Köhler
- Longtime photographer for Vogue
- A ridge of the earth's crust that has been forced upward between two faults and so is higher than the surrounding land
- German president Köhler
- Physicist ___ Störmer
- Ski jumper ___ Bulau
Wiktionary
n. (context geology English) An area of the earth's surface which is raised relative to surrounding land.
WordNet
n. a ridge of the earth's crust that has been forced upward between two faults and so is higher than the surrounding land
Wikipedia
In physical geography and geology, a horst is the raised fault block bounded by normal faults or graben. A horst is a raised block of the Earth's crust that has lifted, or has remained stationary, while the land on either side has subsided. Horst is Dutch and German for heap.
The Vosges Mountains in France and Black Forest in Germany are examples of horsts, as are the Table, Jura and the Dole mountains. The word is also applied to larger areas, such as the Russian Plain, Arabia, India and Central South Africa, where the continent remains stable, with horizontal table-land stratification, in distinction to folded regions such as the Eurasian chains.
Horst may refer to:
Horst is a male given name found mostly in German-speaking countries.
Horst is a wooded hill of Hesse, Germany. It lies in the Mittelgebirge Spessart not far from the border to Bavaria.
It is located between Bad Orb and Jossgrund in the Main-Kinzig-Kreis.
Category:Hills of Hesse Category:Main-Kinzig-Kreis
Horst is a hill of Hesse, Germany.
Category:Hills of Hesse
Usage examples of "horst".
Horst men stopped shooting and throwing hand grenades into the mangrove creek.
Horst men seized Ham Brooks and drawly old Tex Haven, flung them into the dinghies, and rowed back down the mangrove creek.
Late on the second night, the SS men are beerily bellowing the Horst Wessel song, and Jastrow is remembering the first time he heard it, in Munich in the mid-thirties.
As Gaz charged down upon him, von Horst struck him a heavy blow in the face, as he stepped aside out of the path of the huge body.
Then Gaz tried to get up and away from von Horst, but the latter seized his beard and held him.
It was taken up on all sides by those who could still speak, and then Kru came staggering toward von Horst.
Horst produces a delegate badge and gies it tae Birrell whae selfconsciously clips it oan.
Here von Horst saw armed men who bore rifles and bandoleers of cartridges.
It was signed by Pedro Pou, president of the Central Bank of Argentina for transmission to Horst Kohler, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund.
Von Horst rushed to the man's side where he lay writhing and moaning, but a brief examination convinced the European that the fellow was more terrified than hurt.
Horst si lisciò la barba pensieroso e disse in tono aspro: «D'accordo, Sloan, allora te la vedrai con me.
The drab cinder blocks that were the walls only made the man who had been Horst Vessel long all the more for the glorious paintings, the lush carpets, and the ornate balustrading that he had gloried in during his youth.
Then I'd tell House just enough so he'd be waiting for Von Horst, and while he was carting Von Horst off to the calaboose, I'd use the plan to help myself to a couple of generous handfuls of the Crown Jewels and finally get around to building me a tabernacle worthy of my preaching talents.
All this the Lord Horst of Hilt, and in his turn, Lord Derth of Niccon, a fiery-haired young man who had sworn life and family to Drede’s service, saw and looked within themselves to find good.
So did Horst of Hilt, Derth of Niccon, his brother and their warlords.