Heim
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Heim is the German equivalent of the English word home. It is a common German and Norwegian suffix in place names (for example Mannheim and Trondheim), and may refer to:
(In Norwegian place names the Old Norse word heimr is often weakened to just -um, -eim, -im, or even just -m. See for instance Bærum, Elverum, Modum, Sørum, Bjerkreim, Askim and Sem. The old form has, however, been revived in some names - see for instance Austrheim, Grindheim, Jessheim and Jotunheimen.)
- Heim, NorwayHeim, NorwayHeim is a village and former municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The municipality included most of the area around the Hemnefjord. The village of Heim is located in the present-day municipality of Hemne, just east of Hellandsjøen...
, a village and former municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county - Heim PeninsulaHeim PeninsulaThe Heim Peninsula is located on the southern coast of Ellesmere Island, a part of the Qikiqtaaluk Region of the Canadian territory of Nunavut. The Sydkap Fiord is to the west, and the Harbour Fiord is to the east...
, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada
(In Norwegian place names the Old Norse word heimr is often weakened to just -um, -eim, -im, or even just -m. See for instance Bærum, Elverum, Modum, Sørum, Bjerkreim, Askim and Sem. The old form has, however, been revived in some names - see for instance Austrheim, Grindheim, Jessheim and Jotunheimen.)
People
- Albert HeimAlbert HeimAlbert Heim was a Swiss geologist, noted for his three-volume Geologie der Schweiz.Born at Zürich, he was educated at Zürich and Berlin universities. Very early in life he became interested in the physical features of the Alps, and at the age of sixteen he made a model of the Tödi group...
(1849-1937), Swiss geologist - Aribert HeimAribert HeimAribert Ferdinand Heim was an Austrian doctor, also known as Dr. Death. As an SS doctor in a Nazi concentration camp in Mauthausen, he is accused of killing and torturing many inmates by various methods, such as direct injections of toxic compounds into the hearts of his victims...
(1914-1992), an Austrian doctor and formerly one of the world's most wanted Nazi war criminals - Bruno HeimBruno HeimBruno Bernard Heim was the Vatican's first Apostolic Nuncio to Britain and was one of the most prominent armorists of twentieth century ecclesiastical heraldry. He published five books on heraldry and was responsible for designing the coats of arms of four popes...
(1911 - 2003), Vatican's first Apostolic Nuncio to Great Britain - Burkhard HeimBurkhard HeimBurkhard Heim was a German theoretical physicist. He devoted a large portion of his life to the pursuit of his unified field theory, Heim theory. One of his childhood ambitions was to develop a method of space travel, which contributed to his motivation to find such a theory.During World War II,...
(1925-2001), German physicist - Ernst Ludwig HeimErnst Ludwig HeimErnst Ludwig Heim was a German physician born in Solz, Thuringia. He was the son of pastor Johann Ludwig Heim ....
(1747-1834), German physician - Ferdinand HeimFerdinand HeimFerdinand Heim was a World War II German general.-War service:Heim served as a junior artillery officer in the XIII Corps during the whole of the First World War After 1918 he remained in the much smaller army as a career officer, reaching the rank of Oberst in June 1939, just before the start of...
(1897-1977), German general (not to be confused with Aribert Ferdinand Heim) - François Joseph HeimFrançois Joseph HeimFrançois Joseph Heim was a French painter.He was born at Belfort. He early distinguished himself at the École Centrale of Strassburg, and in 1803 entered the studio of Vincent at Paris...
(1787-1865), French painter - Irene HeimIrene HeimIrene Roswitha Heim is a linguist and noted specialist in semantics. She was a professor at the University of Texas at Austin and UCLA before finally moving to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1989, where she is Professor of Linguistics and Head of the Linguistics Section of the...
, American linguist, specialist in semantics - Jacques HeimJacques HeimJacques Heim was a Parisian designer and manufacturer of women's furs and couture, whose maison de couture opened in 1930 and closed in 1969....
(1899 –1967), French (Parisian) designer and manufacturer - L. Paul Heim,(Born 1928), American Industrialist, Private Merchant Banker and Financier
- Paul Heim, (Born 1905), German architect, active in Stuttgart.
- Scott HeimScott HeimScott Heim is an American novelist from Hutchinson, Kansas, currently living in Massachusetts. Heim's first novel, Mysterious Skin, was published in 1995.- Biography :...
(born 1966), American novelist
See also
- Heim theoryHeim theoryHeim theory is a physics theory, initially proposed by a German physicist, the late Burkhard Heim, that attempts to develop a theory of everything. Heim theory's six dimensional model was later extended to eight and twelve dimensions, in collaboration with W. Dröscher...
, a collection of ideas about the fundamental laws of physics - ChayyimChayyimChayyim , also transcribed as Haim, Hayim, Haymi, Chaim is a name of Hebrew origin; It comes from a word meaning "life". Its first usage can be traced to Middle Ages. It is a popular name amongst Jewish people. The feminine form for this name is Chaya. "Chai" is the Hebrew word for "life"...
- Haim (disambiguation)
- HeymHeymHeym is the surname of:* Georg Heym , German author* Stefan Heym , German author-See also:* Chayyim, the basis for this name* Haim * Heim...