von Flüe

von Flüe is a Swiss family name .

Origin and meaning

The name of Flüe is a residence name , derived from the toponym Fluh , also Flüh and Alemannic Flue, also Flüe.

The von Flüe family originally came from Sachseln in the canton of Obwalden . In the 18th century, the von Flüe family was the dominant family in Obwalden.

Name bearer

• Dorothea von Flüe , wife of St. Niklaus von Flüe
• Johann Nikodem von Flüe (1734–1823), Swiss officer in the French service and Obwalden Landammann
• Johann Wolfgang von Flüe (1691–1754), Swiss officer in French service and Obwalden Landammann
• Joseph Ignaz von Flüe (1762–1813), Swiss politician and soldier
• Ludwig von Flüe (1752–1817), Swiss officer, commander of the Swiss Guard in defense of the Bastille
• Niklaus von Flüe (also Brother Klaus ; 1417–1487), Swiss hermit, ascetic and mystic
• Niklaus von Flüe (1504–1597) , grandson of brother Klaus, Obwalden Landammann
• Niklaus von Flüe (around 1531–1611) , son of the previous one, Obwalden Landammann
• Niklaus von Flüe (theologian) (1598–1649), Swiss theologian, abbot of the Wettingen monastery
• Nikolaus von Flüe (1763–1839) , Swiss officer in the French service and Obwalden governor
• Nikolaus von Flüe (1788–1851) , Swiss officer in the Spanish service and governor of Obwalden
• Niklaus von Flüe (historian) (1934–2013), Swiss historian, author and teacher
• Peter Ignaz von Flüe (1762–1834), Swiss politician and pastor
• Roland von Flüe (* 1961), Swiss jazz musician

See also

• Fluehler
• Whistle
• Flüeler
• Flüeli (family name)
• Feeler
• Supersaxo , with the variants on the Flüe , hist. Uff der Flüe , von der Fluhe , Supersaxo von der Fluhe and Michel-Supersaxo
• Zurfluh

Web links

• Roland Sigrist: von Flüe. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Niklaus von Flüe : Obwalden in the 18th century. Obwalden history sheets, issue 26, Sarnen 2009, p. 138.