'''Meissner''', '''Meißner''' or '''Meisner''' may refer to:
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==Geography== Meissner is the name of the following geographic features: * the Meißner (range), an important mountain range in Hesse, Germany * Hoher Meißner, the highest peak of the Meißner range * Meißner, Hesse, a community in the district Werra-Meißner-Kreis, in Hesse, Germany
==Surnames== Meissner is a German surname. Notable people with the surname and its variants include: * Alexander Meissner (1883–1958), Austrian engineer and physicist * Andy Meisner (born 1973), American politician * August Gottlieb Meißner (1753–1807), German writer * Beate Meißner (born 1982), German politician * Boris Meissner (1915–2003), German lawyer and social scientist * Bruno Meissner (1868–1947), German assyriologist * Carl Meissner (1800–1874), Swiss botanist * Christian Meissner (born 1969), German politician ** Meisner's Banksia, Australian shrub * Carl Meissner (1830–1900), German Latin scholar * Constantin Meissner (1854-1942), Romanian teacher * Elena Meissner (1867–1940), Romanian feminist *Elinor Meissner Traeger (1906–1983), composer * Ernst Meisner (born 1982), Dutch dancer and choreographer * Friedrich Ludwig Meissner (1796–1860), German obstetrician * Fred Meissner (1931–2007), American geologist and engineer * Freda Meissner-Blau (1927–2015), Austrian politician and activist * Georg Meissner (1829–1905), German anatomist and physiologist ** Meissner's corpuscle, type of mechanoreceptor ** Meissner's plexus, intestinal nerve plexus * Greg Meisner (born 1959), American football player * Günter Meisner (1926–1994), German actor * Hans-Otto Meissner (1909–1992), German writer and novelist * Heike Meißner (born 1970), German hurdler and runner * Heinrich August Meissner (1862–1940), German railway engineer and Ottoman Pasha<ref>Walter Pinhas Pick, Gād G. Gîlbar, Ed. [https://books.google.com/books?id=sdYUAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA179 Ottoman Palestine, 1800-1914: Studies in Economic and Social History], Chapter 6, p.179</ref> * James Meissner (1896–1936), American World War I flying ace * Janusz Meissner (1901–1978), Polish writer and aviator * Joachim Meisner (1933–2017), Cardinal and archbishop of Cologne, Germany * Jochen Meißner (born 1943), German rower * Joern Meissner (born 1970), German academic and business consultant * {{ill|Johann Heinrich Meißner|de}} (1701–1770), German sculptor and wood carver * Karl Meissner (1891–1959), German-American physicist * Katrin Meissner (born 1973), German swimmer * Kimmie Meissner (born 1989), American figure skater * Krzysztof Antoni Meissner (born 1961), Polish theoretical physicist * Maurice Meisner (1931–2012), American historian of 20th century China * Otto Meissner (1880–1953), head of the Office of the Reich President, Germany * Paul Traugott Meissner (1778–1864), Austrian chemist * Randy Meisner (1946–2023), founder of the band the Eagles and solo artist ** ''Randy Meisner'' (1978 album), self-titled ** ''Randy Meisner'' (1982 album), self-titled * Renate Meissner (born 1950), German sprinter and triple Olympic champion * Sanford Meisner (1905–1997), American actor and acting coach ** Meisner technique, an acting technique * Shelbi Nahwilet Meissner, Native American feminist philosopher * Silvio Meißner (born 1973), German football player * Stan Meissner (born 1956), Canadian songwriter/composer * Stefan Meissner (born 1973), German football player * Stuart Meissner (born 1962), American federal prosecutor and politician * Verne Meisner (1938–2005), American polka musician * Walther Meissner (1882–1974), German technical physicist ** Meissner effect, decay of a magnetic field inside a superconductor * Werner Meißner (1937–2025), German economist, president of the Goethe University Frankfurt (1994–2000) * Wolf Meissner (born 1969), German wheelchair curler, 2018 Winter Paralympian
==See also== * Messner
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