- Heim
Heim is the German equivalent of the English word "home". It is a common German and Norwegian suffix in place names (for example
Mannheim andTrondheim ), and may refer to:
*Heim, Norway , a village and former municipality inSør-Trøndelag county(In Norwegian place names the
Old Norse word "heimr" is often weakened to just "-um", "-eim" and "-im". See for instanceBærum ,Elverum ,Modum ,Sørum ,Bjerkreim , andAskim . The old form has, however, been revived in some names - see for instanceAustrheim ,Grindheim ,Jessheim andJotunheimen .)People
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Albert Heim (1849-1937), Swiss geologist
*Aribert Heim (b. 1914), an Austrian doctor and one of the world's most wanted Nazi war criminals
*Burkhard Heim (1925-2001), German physicist
**Heim theory , a collection of ideas about the fundamental laws of physics
*Ernst Ludwig Heim (1747-1834), German physician
*Ferdinand Heim (1897-1977), German general
*François Joseph Heim (1787-1865), French painter
*Irene Heim , linguist, specialist in semanticsFictional
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Rick Heim , acorrectional officer atHBO drama OzSee also
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Chayyim
*Haim
*Heym
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