Uexküll
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Uexküll is a Baltic-German noble family.
It's suggested that the name Uexküll originates from Ikšķile
(Üksküla), town in Livonia.
Notable members include:
It's suggested that the name Uexküll originates from Ikšķile
Ikškile
Ikšķile is a town in Latvia, the administrative centre of Ikšķile municipality. It was the first capital of the catholic bishopric of Livonia, known by the German name of Üxküll. Saint Meinhard, known from the Chronicle of Henry of Livonia, was the first bishop of Üxküll. In 1197 Berthold of...
(Üksküla), town in Livonia.
Notable members include:
- Johann von Uexküll (?–1583), Danish Governor of ÖselÖselÖsel may refer to:* The Swedish and German name for Saaremaa, Estonia* Ösel - the Yoga of the Clear Light* Tenzin Ösel Rinpoche - Spanish-born Tibetan Buddhist and tulku*Ösel Tendzin, an American-born Tibetan Buddhist...
- Jakob von UexküllJakob von UexküllJakob Johann von Uexküll was a Estonian biologist who worked in the fields of muscular physiology, animal behaviour studies, and the cybernetics of life. However, his most notable contribution is the notion of umwelt, used by semiotician Thomas Sebeok...
(1864–1944), Baltic German biologist - Caroline von Üxküll-Gyllenband (1875–1956), mother of Claus von StauffenbergClaus Schenk Graf von StauffenbergClaus Philipp Maria Justinian Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg commonly referred to as Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg was a German army officer and Catholic aristocrat who was one of the leading members of the failed 20 July plot of 1944 to assassinate Adolf Hitler and remove the Nazi Party from...
- Nikolaus von Üxküll-GyllenbandNikolaus von Üxküll-GyllenbandNikolaus Graf von Üxküll-Gyllenband was a German businessman who took part in the July 20 plot.Nikolaus von Üxküll-Gyllenband was born in Güns , Austria-Hungary and joined the Austro–Hungarian Army prior to the First World War. After the war Üxküll worked as a businessman in Germany.He was an...
(1877–1944), German businessman and resistance fighter - Thure von UexküllThure von UexküllThure von Uexküll was a German scholar of psychosomatic medicine and biosemiotics. He has developed the approach of his father, Jakob von Uexküll, in the study of living systems and applied it in medicine.-Life:1955-1965: Director of the Medical Outpatient Department at the University of...
(1908–2004), German semiotician and physician - Jakob von UexkullJakob von UexkullJakob von Uexkull is a writer, lecturer, philanthropist, activist and former politician. He served as a Member of the European Parliament 1987–1989, representing the German Green Party. In 1980, Uexkull founded the Right Livelihood Award, commonly known as the Alternative Nobel Prize, and in 2006,...
(born 1944), Swedish philatelist and writer