Meissner

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Meißner (transliterated Meissner) may refer to:

• Hoher Meißner, mountain massif in Hesse, Germany
• Meißner, a town in the district Werra-Meißner-Kreis, in Hesse, Germany

Meissner, Meißner or Meisner is a German surname and may refer to:

• Alexander Meissner (1883–1958), Austrian engineer and physicist
• Carl Meissner (1800–1874), Swiss botanist
• Fred Meissner (1931–2007), American Geologist and Engineer
• Georg Meissner (1829–1905), German anatomist and physiologist
  • Meissner's corpuscle, type of mechanoreceptor
• Hans-Otto Meissner (1909–1992), German writer and novelist
• Janusz Meissner (1901-1978), Polish writer and aviator
• Joachim Meisner (1933- ), Cardinal and archbishop of Cologne, Germany
• Kimmie Meissner (1989-), American figure skater
• Otto Meißner (1880-1953), head of the Office of the Reich President, Germany
• Randy Meisner (1946-), founder of the band The Eagles and solo artist
  • Randy Meisner (1978 album), self-titled
  • Randy Meisner (1982 album), self-titled
• Sanford Meisner (1905-1997), actor and acting coach
  • Meisner technique, an acting technique
• Silvio Meißner (1973-), German football player
• Walter Meißner (1882–1974), German technical physicist
  • Meissner effect, decay of a magnetic field inside a superconductor
• August Gottlieb Meissner, 18th Century German writer