# Meissner

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'''Meissner''', '''Meißner''' or '''Meisner''' may refer to:

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==Geography==
Meissner is the name of the following geographic features:
* the [Meißner (range)](/source/Mei%C3%9Fner_(range)), an important mountain range in Hesse, Germany
* [Hoher Meißner](/source/Hoher_Mei%C3%9Fner), the highest peak of the Meißner range
* [Meißner, Hesse](/source/Mei%C3%9Fner%2C_Hesse), a community in the district [Werra-Meißner-Kreis](/source/Werra-Mei%C3%9Fner-Kreis), in Hesse, Germany

==Surnames==
Meissner is a German surname. Notable people with the surname and its variants include:
* [Alexander Meissner](/source/Alexander_Meissner) (1883–1958), Austrian engineer and physicist
* [Andy Meisner](/source/Andy_Meisner) (born 1973), American politician
* [August Gottlieb Meißner](/source/August_Gottlieb_Mei%C3%9Fner) (1753–1807), German writer
* [Beate Meißner](/source/Beate_Mei%C3%9Fner) (born 1982), German politician
* [Boris Meissner](/source/Boris_Meissner) (1915–2003), German lawyer and social scientist
* [Bruno Meissner](/source/Bruno_Meissner) (1868–1947), German assyriologist
* [Carl Meissner](/source/Carl_Meissner) (1800–1874), Swiss botanist
* [Christian Meissner](/source/Christian_Meissner) (born 1969), German politician
** [Meisner's Banksia](/source/Meisner's_Banksia), Australian shrub
* [Carl Meissner](/source/Meissner's_Latin_Phrasebook) (1830–1900), German Latin scholar
* [Constantin Meissner](/source/Constantin_Meissner) (1854-1942), Romanian teacher
* [Elena Meissner](/source/Elena_Meissner) (1867–1940), Romanian feminist
*[Elinor Meissner Traeger](/source/Elinor_Meissner_Traeger) (1906–1983), composer
* [Ernst Meisner](/source/Ernst_Meisner) (born 1982), Dutch dancer and choreographer
* [Friedrich Ludwig Meissner](/source/Friedrich_Ludwig_Meissner) (1796–1860), German obstetrician
* [Fred Meissner](/source/Fred_Meissner) (1931–2007), American geologist and engineer
* [Freda Meissner-Blau](/source/Freda_Meissner-Blau) (1927–2015), Austrian politician and activist
* [Georg Meissner](/source/Georg_Meissner) (1829–1905), German anatomist and physiologist
** [Meissner's corpuscle](/source/Meissner's_corpuscle), type of mechanoreceptor
** [Meissner's plexus](/source/Meissner's_plexus), intestinal [nerve plexus](/source/nerve_plexus)
* [Greg Meisner](/source/Greg_Meisner) (born 1959), American football player
* [Günter Meisner](/source/G%C3%BCnter_Meisner) (1926–1994), German actor
* [Hans-Otto Meissner](/source/Hans-Otto_Meissner) (1909–1992), German writer and novelist
* [Heike Meißner](/source/Heike_Mei%C3%9Fner) (born 1970), German hurdler and runner
* [Heinrich August Meissner](/source/Heinrich_August_Meissner) (1862–1940), German railway engineer and Ottoman [Pasha](/source/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](/source/James_Meissner) (1896–1936), American World War I flying ace
* [Janusz Meissner](/source/Janusz_Meissner) (1901–1978), Polish writer and aviator
* [Joachim Meisner](/source/Joachim_Meisner) (1933–2017), Cardinal and archbishop of Cologne, Germany
* [Jochen Meißner](/source/Jochen_Mei%C3%9Fner) (born 1943), German rower
* [Joern Meissner](/source/Joern_Meissner) (born 1970), German academic and business consultant
* {{ill|Johann Heinrich Meißner|de}} (1701–1770), German sculptor and wood carver
* [Karl Meissner](/source/Karl_Meissner) (1891–1959), German-American physicist
* [Katrin Meissner](/source/Katrin_Meissner) (born 1973), German swimmer
* [Kimmie Meissner](/source/Kimmie_Meissner) (born 1989), American figure skater
* [Krzysztof Antoni Meissner](/source/Krzysztof_Antoni_Meissner) (born 1961), Polish theoretical physicist
* [Maurice Meisner](/source/Maurice_Meisner) (1931–2012), American historian of 20th century China
* [Otto Meissner](/source/Otto_Meissner) (1880–1953), head of the Office of the Reich President, Germany
* [Paul Traugott Meissner](/source/Paul_Traugott_Meissner) (1778–1864), Austrian chemist
* [Randy Meisner](/source/Randy_Meisner) (1946–2023), founder of the band the [Eagles](/source/Eagles_(band)) and solo artist
** [''Randy Meisner'' (1978 album)](/source/Randy_Meisner_(1978_album)), self-titled
** [''Randy Meisner'' (1982 album)](/source/Randy_Meisner_(1982_album)), self-titled
* [Renate Meissner](/source/Renate_Meissner) (born 1950), German sprinter and triple Olympic champion
* [Sanford Meisner](/source/Sanford_Meisner) (1905–1997), American actor and acting coach
** [Meisner technique](/source/Meisner_technique), an acting technique
* [Shelbi Nahwilet Meissner](/source/Shelbi_Nahwilet_Meissner), Native American feminist philosopher
* [Silvio Meißner](/source/Silvio_Mei%C3%9Fner) (born 1973), German football player
* [Stan Meissner](/source/Stan_Meissner) (born 1956), Canadian songwriter/composer
* [Stefan Meissner](/source/Stefan_Meissner) (born 1973), German football player
* [Stuart Meissner](/source/Stuart_Meissner) (born 1962), American federal prosecutor and politician
* [Verne Meisner](/source/Verne_Meisner) (1938–2005), American polka musician
* [Walther Meissner](/source/Walther_Meissner) (1882–1974), German technical physicist
** [Meissner effect](/source/Meissner_effect), decay of a magnetic field inside a superconductor
* [Werner Meißner](/source/Werner_Mei%C3%9Fner) (1937–2025), German economist, president of the Goethe University Frankfurt (1994–2000)
* [Wolf Meissner](/source/Wolf_Meissner) (born 1969), German wheelchair curler, 2018 Winter Paralympian

==See also==
* [Messner](/source/Messner)

==References==
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