Based on a concept by Schinkel, Tieck created the tomb of General Gerhard von Scharnhorst at Berlin's Invalidenfriedhof in 1822.
The medal is named after Gerhard Johann David von Scharnhorst, a Prussian soldier, military theorist, reformer and German patriot.
The ship was named after the Prussian reformer General Gerhard von Scharnhorst and commissioned into service on 24 October 1907.
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Excellence in this case is derived in part from the tradition of Gerhard von Scharnhorst, Carl von Clausewitz and Helmuth von Moltke and was based upon the premise that hard-and-fast rules had no place in the environment of war, which was the realm of human emotion, friction, chance and uncertainty.
It was officially re-founded by Gerhard von Scharnhorst in Berlin on October 15, 1810 as one of three officer colleges.