[crater] Hauptmann is a crater on Mercury. It has a diameter of 120 kilometers. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union in 1985. Hauptmann is named for the German playwright Gerhart Hauptmann, who lived from 1862 to 1946. ... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hauptmann_(crater)
[officer] Hauptmann is a German word usually translated as captain when it is used as an officer`s rank in the German, Austrian and Swiss armies. While `haupt` in contemporary German means `main`, it also has the meaning of `head`, i.e. Hauptmann literally translates to `head man`, which is also the etymological root of `captain` (from Lati... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hauptmann_(officer)