Schober

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Schober, a German term for a small barn or a haystack, is common as an occupational surname, metonymic for a farmer,[1] and as a name for haystack-shaped mountains.

## People named Schober

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* Aurelia Frances Schober (1906–1994), mother of the poet Sylvia Plath
* Barbara Schober (born 1958), German visual artist
* Bernadette Schober (born 1984), Austrian racing cyclist
* Franz von Schober (1796–1882), Austrian poet, librettist, lithographer, and actor
* Johann Schober (1874–1932), three-time Chancellor of Austria
* John C. Schober (born 1961), American politician and lawyer
* Mathias Schober (born 1976), German football goalkeeper
* Michael Schober (born 1964), American psychologist
* Olga Schoberová (born 1943), Czech actress
* Paul Schober [de] (1865–1943), German physician who developed Schober's test
* Rita Schober (1918–2012), German scholar of Romance studies and literature who championed Emile Zola and organised translations of his books.
* Sonja Schöber (born 1985), German swimmer
* William Schober (born 1956), Australian figure skater
* Wolfgang Schober (born 1989), Austrian football goalkeeper

## Mountains

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The Hochschober

There are about 20 mountains, minor summits, and hills named "(great/high) haystack" in Austria alone.[2] Among these are:

* The Hochschober (3,242 m), after which the Schober Group has been named.
* Schober (2,967 m) in the Ankogel Group in Carinthia
* Schober (1,328 m) on the border of Upper Austria and Salzburg
* The Schober Pass (849 m) in the Niedere Tauern in Styria

## Other

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* 2871 Schober, an asteroid

## References

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1. ^ Schober at the Internet Surname Database
2. ^ Austrian maps online by the Bundesamt für Eich- und Vermessungswesen

Surname list

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