Gneisenau

Gneisenau may refer to:

August von Gneisenau (1760–1831), Prussian field marshal
One of the German naval ships named after him:

SMS Gneisenau, iron-hulled three-masted frigate, launched in 1879 and wrecked in 1900
SMS Gneisenau, World War I armoured cruiser, launched in 1906 and sunk in 1914
SS Gneisenau, a Norddeutscher Lloyd ocean liner launched in 1935
German battleship Gneisenau, a World War II battleship launched in 1936 and scuttled as a blockship in 1945; sister ship to Scharnhorst

Operation Gneisenau, part of the 1918 German Spring Offensive in World War I
Gneisenaustraße (Berlin U-Bahn), station on the Berliner U-Bahn (underground railway)

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