The House of Pückler, with branches named Pückler-Muskau, Pückler-Burghauss (Pückler-Burghauß), Pückler-Limpurg and Pückler-Groditz, was an old and influential German noble family which originated from

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. The

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of Pückler-Limpurg was

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when the

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came to an end in 1806. As immediate, that branch belonged to the high nobility, but it became extinct in the male line in 1963.

Notable members

* Count Carl Friedrich of Pückler-Burghauss, Baron of Groditz (born 1886, Friedland, Silesia, died 1945, Tschimelitz) * Erdmann Graf von Pückler-Limpurg (1792–1869) * Erdmann von Pückler (1832–1888) * Heinrich von Pückler (1835–1897) * Hermann, Prince von Pückler-Muskau (1785, Muskau Castle,

Bad Muskau Bad Muskau (; formerly ''Muskau'', hsb, Mužakow, pl, Mużaków, cs, Mužakov) is a spa town in the historic Upper Lusatia region in Germany, at the border with Poland. It is part of the Görlitz district in the State of Saxony. It is located ...

- 1871), German nobleman, artist, famous for the

Muskau Park Muskau Park (german: Muskauer Park, officially: ''Fürst-Pückler-Park Bad Muskau''; pl, Park Mużakowski) is a landscape park in the Upper Lusatia region of Germany and Poland. It is the largest and one of the most famous English gardens in Ce ...

( pl, Park Mużakowski) *

Karl von Pückler-Burghauß Karl may refer to: People * Karl (given name), including a list of people and characters with the name * Karl der Große, commonly known in English as Charlemagne * Karl Marx, German philosopher and political writer * Karl of Austria, last Austrian ...

(1817–1899) *

Walter von Pückler Count Albrecht Erdmann Walter von Pückler-Muskau (9 October 1860 – 23 August 1924), also known by the nickname ''Dreschgraf'' (), was a German lawyer and antisemitic agitator. He has been referred to as a "portent of the Holocaust". Biography ...

(1860–1924), antisemitic agitator

Notable members

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