  A report is given on the status and recent results from the HEGRA imaging
atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes (IACT) concerning Mrk 501 and GRS 1915+105 and
on recent results from the HEGRA arrays concerning galactic and extragalactic
gamma-ray sources, counterparts of TeV Gamma-Ray-Bursts, cosmic ray
anisotropies, energy spectrum and composition of primary cosmic rays. The
report summarizes the presentations given at the 15th European Cosmic Ray
Symposium 1996.

Astrophysics