Haag
Appearance
Haag is a common Germanic place-name and personal name, which originally meant "hedge" or "fence", hence "enclosed area", such as a fenced hamlet, park or wood. Also Hagen, Hägen.
Haag may refer to:
Places
[edit]- The Hague, in the Netherlands (Dutch: Den Haag)
- Several places in Germany:
- Haag, Upper Franconia in the district of Bayreuth, Bavaria (Postcode 95473)
- Haag an der Amper in the district of Freising, Bavaria (Postcode 85410)
- Haag in Oberbayern in the district of Mühldorf, Bavaria (Postcode 83527)
- Haag (Oberpfalz), near Hemau, Bavaria (Postcode 93155)
- Haag (Hunsrück), part of the community of Morbach, Rhineland-Palatinate (Postcode 54497)
- Haag (Dachau), a village belonging to Altomünster in the district of Dachau, Bavaria (Postcode 85250)
- Schloss Haag, a castle near Geldern, NRW (Postcode 47608)
- Haag (Sinntal), a hill in Hesse
- Several places in Austria:
- Haag am Hausruck, a market town in the district of Grieskirchen, Upper Austria (Postcode 4680)
- Haag, Austria, a municipality in the Amstetten District, Lower Austria (Postcode 3350)
- Haag (Rheintal), Switzerland, part of Sennwald in the Canton of St. Gallen (Postcode 9469)
- Haag Township, Logan County, North Dakota, in the United States
People
[edit]- Alfred Haag (1904–1982), German Communist and member of the resistance
- Anna Haag (born 1986), Swedish cross country skier
- Carl Haag (1820–1915), German-British painter
- Emile Haag (born 1942) Luxembourgish historian, trade unionist
- Ernest van den Haag (1914–2002), Dutch-American sociologist best known for his contributions to the National Review
- Ernest Haag (1866-1935), American entrepreneur who started the Mighty Haag Circus
- Ervin Haág (1933–2018), Hungarian chess master
- Jules Haag (1882–1953), French mathematician
- Lina Haag (1907-2012) German anti-Fascist activist
- Marty Haag (1934–2004), the news director at the ABC station, WFAA-TV, in Dallas, Texas
- Rudolf Haag (1922-2016), German physicist, known for his contributions to the axiomatic formulation of quantum field theory
- Matthew Haag, (born 1992) American professional Call of Duty player and internet personality
Other uses
[edit]- Haag's theorem a theorem in quantum field theory (physics)
- The Haag hexagon