Merkur (disambiguation)

Merkur (German for Mercury) is an automobile brand.

Merkur may also refer to:

Companies and organizations

• Merkur AG, originally a Swiss company selling coffee and chocolate, now known as the retail conglomerate Valora Holding AG
• Merkur Department Store, a former department store in early 20th century Stuttgart, Germany
• HanseMerkur, an insurance company under the umbrella of Gothaer Group based in Cologne, Germany
• Merkur, a supermarket chain in Austria owned by REWE Group, merged with Billa in April 2021
• The Westin Leipzig in Leipzig, formerly known as Hotel Merkur

Publications

• Merkur (magazine), a German intellectual magazine
• Rheinischer Merkur, a nationwide German weekly newspaper
• Münchner Merkur, a newspaper of Munich
• Der teutsche Merkur, an influential German literary review founded in 1773 by Christoph Martin Wieland

Vehicles and transportation

• Merkur (train), an express train in Europe
• Merkur spacecraft, the name given in the West to the VA spacecraft
• MV Merkur (1924), a passenger cargo vessel

Other uses

• Merkur (toy), a metal construction set built in Czechoslovakia
• Operation Merkur, a German airborne attack during the Battle of Crete in World War II
• Merkur (mountain), in the Black Forest near Baden-Baden, Germany
• RD Merkur, a team handball club from Škofja Loka, Slovenia
• Merkur Spiel-Arena, a stadium in Düsseldorf, Germany

See also

• Mercur (disambiguation)
• Mercury (disambiguation)