Heer facts for kids

Heer is a general term for army in the German and some other languages of German origin. In date order:

Armies

• Army of the Holy Roman Empire, or Reichsheer (1422-1806)
• Bundesheer or German Federal Army, the Army of the German Confederation (1815-1866)
• German Army (German Empire), or 'Deutsches Heer (1871-1919), for Army of the German Empire
• Reichswehr, or Reichsheer (1919-35), for the interwar Army of the Weimar Republic
• Wehrmacht (1935-46) for the Second World War Army of Nazi Germany
• German Army, or Deutsches Heer (1955-present), for the Cold War Army of West Germany and the current Army of Germany

Other Germanic peoples

• Österreichisches Bundesheer (1920-present), the current Military of Austria
• Heer, the current ground component of the Military of Switzerland

People

• Oswald Heer, a botanist and naturalist with the standard botanical author abbreviation Heer.
• Kamal Heer, a Punjabi singer and musician.
• Manmohan Waris ("Manmohan Heer"), a legendary Punjabi singer and musician.
• Sangtar ("Sangtar Heer"), a Punjabi composer and musician.

Other meanings

• Heer, Netherlands, an area in the municipality of Maastricht, Limburg
• Heer (film), a 1956 Bollywood film
• Heer (instrumental), an instrumental by Pakistani band Junoon
• Heer Ranjha, classical Punjabi folk story