Adolf Freiherr Spies von Büllesheim

Adolf Freiherr Spies von Büllesheim (born June 4, 1929 at Haus Hall in Ratheim ; † February 12, 2011 in Ratheim-Neuhall) was a German lawyer , farmer and politician ( CDU ).

family

Adolf came from the noble family of the Spies von Büllesheim . He was born on June 4, 1929 as the second of three children of Egon Franz Freiherr Spies von Büllesheim (1900–1983) and Maria Freiin von Oer (1903–1992) at Haus Hall in Ratheim.

Since autumn 1961 he was married to Countess Maria Immaculata (née Concha) von Mirbach-Harff , baroness von Vittinghoff (1938–2002). He had six children with her. His eldest son Wilhelm-Franz died in 1978 at the age of 15. His eldest sister Sophie (1927–2013) is the widowed Princess von Hatzfeldt-Trachenberg .

Life

After graduating from high school in Erkelenz in 1947 , he first completed an agricultural apprenticeship in Krefeld . In 1949 he began studying agriculture and law at the universities of Cologne and Bonn and in 1952 passed the examination as a graduate agricultural engineer. After the first state examination in law in 1954 and his doctorate in 1957 as Dr. jur. at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn (dissertation: The principle of choice of immediacy ) he finished his studies in 1960 with the second state examination. Spies von Büllesheim had been running the family farm since 1954 and worked as an independent lawyer from 1960 to 1997. In addition, he was a member of the supervisory board of various companies and in 1993 became chairman of the board of the General Association of German Coal Mining .

Political party

Spies von Büllesheim joined the CDU in 1952 and was deputy chairman of the CDU district association Erkelenz in 1969/70.

MP

Spies von Büllesheim was from 1967 to 1972 council member of the city ​​of Hückelhoven . He was a member of the German Bundestag from 1972 to 1987. In parliament he represented from 1972 to 1980 the constituency Geilenkirchen - Heinsberg and 1980-1987 the constituency Heinsberg . From 1976 to 1987 he was a member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and the Western European Union (WEU).

Public offices

Spies von Büllesheim served as mayor of the city of Hückelhoven from 1969 to 1972.

honors and awards

• Cross of Merit on Ribbon of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, 1979
• Cross of Merit 1st Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, 1986
• Great Cross of Merit of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, 1997
• Commander of the Order of Merit of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg , 1989
• Cross of Merit 1st Class with Crown of the Order of Malta

literature

• Rudolf Vierhaus , Ludolf Herbst (eds.), Bruno Jahn (collaborators): Biographical manual of the members of the German Bundestag. 1949-2002. Vol. 2: N-Z. Attachment. KG Saur, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-598-23782-0 , pp. 829-830.

Web links

• Obituary notice (Rheinische Post, February 17, 2011)
• Obituary notice in the Aachener Nachrichten on February 17, 2011