Spiegel Explained

Spiegel is German, Yiddish, and Dutch for "mirror". More specifically, it may refer to:

Publications

• Der Spiegel, a weekly German magazine
• Der Spiegel (website), the online sibling of Der Spiegel

Political

• Spiegel scandal, a 1962 German political scandal, named after Der Spiegel magazine

People

• Spiegel (surname), a German surname
• Spiegel Grove, the Fremont, Ohio, home of U.S. President Rutherford B. Hayes, named after mirror-like pools of rainwater
• Adriaan van den Spiegel, a Flemish anatomist.

Fictional characters

• Spike Spiegel, the main character of the anime Cowboy Bebop

Businesses

• Spiegel (catalog), an American catalog retailer
• Spiegel, Inc., the former name of the Eddie Bauer Holdings

Ships

• USS Spiegel Grove (LSD-32), a dock landing ship of the United States Navy
• Spiegel, the flagship of Michiel de Ruyter during the Second Anglo-Dutch War

Songs

• "Spiegel" (song), a hip hop song by German girl group Tic Tac Toe

Literature

• "Spiegel the Cat", a story-poem by David Martin based on a tale by Gottfried Keller

Locations

• Spiegel bei Koeniz, a village in the Swiss canton of Bern

Industry

• Spiegeleisen, a pig iron containing a high level of manganese used in the manufacture of steel

Medical

• Spigelian hernia, a hernia of the abdominal wall, named after Van den Spiegel

See also

• Spiegel im Spiegel, a piece of music written by Arvo Pärt in 1978
• Spiegeltent
• Spiegle
• Spiegl