Schober

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

People named Schober

 * 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 (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
There are about 20 mountains, minor summits, and hills named "(great/high) haystack" in Austria alone. 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

 * 2871 Schober, an asteroid