Grün

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Grün, the German word for green, may refer to:

Contents 1 Place 2 People 3 Companies 4 Other 5 See also

[edit] Place

Grün as a name for a place may refer to:

• Grün (Vogtland), a former municipality, now quarter of Lengenfeld (Vogtland)
• Grün, the German name for the municipality Grône in the canton of Valais, Switzerland
• Grün, the German name of the village of Zelená Lhota, part of the municipality of Nýrsko in the Czech Republic
• Grün, a former village in the Landkreis Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz, Bavaria, now part of the military training area of Hohenfels, Bavaria

[edit] People

Grün (transliterated Gruen) is the surname of:

• Anastasius Grün, pseudonym of Anton Alexander von Auersperg (1806-1876), Austrian poet and liberal politician
• Victor Gruen (1903-1980), an Austrian-born commercial architect who emigrated to the United States in 1938 and is the father of the modern American shopping mall
• Anselm Grün, a German Benedictine padre, author of spiritual books, and clerical advisor
• Arno Gruen, German psychologist and psychoanalyst
• Derek Gruen, the real name of musician Del Marquis, the lead guitarist for the group Scissor Sisters
• Dietrich Gruen, founder of the Gruen Watch Company
• Erich S. Gruen, a notable American classicist and ancient historian
• Fred Gruen, an Australian economist, an early and influential voice in favour of free trade and tariff reductions in the 1960s and 1970s
• Frederick G. Gruen, son of Dietrich Gruen, player in Gruen Watch Company
• George J. Gruen, son of Dietrich Gruen, player in the Gruen Watch Company
• Georges Grün, a former football defender and a TV presenter for the UEFA Champions League matches at RTL TVI

[edit] Companies

• Gruen watch, American watch company

[edit] Other

• Fall Grün, a pre-WWII German plan for an aggressive war against Czechoslovakia
• Gruene Hall, the oldest dance hall in Texas
• Gruen transfer, in shopping mall design, the moment when consumers respond to "scripted disorientation" cues in the environment
• Die Grünen, the name of several green parties:
  • Alliance '90/The Greens (Bündnis 90/Die Grünen), a German party
  • Austrian Green Party (Die Grünen)
  • Green Party of Switzerland (Grüne Partei der Schweiz)
  • Grun (a fictional fantasy movie in an episode of King Of Queens

[edit] See also

• Grin, Green