Bernhard III. from Droste-Hülshoff

Bernhard III. von Droste-Hülshoff (* 1634 ; † April 17, 1700 ) was the landowner and lord of the Hülshoff Castle .

Life

Origin and family

Bernhard III. von Droste-Hülshoff grew up as the son of Heinrich II. von Droste-Hülshoff and his wife Clara Anna von Neheim (noble family) zu Niederwerries together with his eleven siblings in the originally noble hereditary family Droste zu Hülshoff . He belonged to the 15th generation of his family. Presumably, like his brother Diederich, he attended the Jesuit College in Münster , which his father supported. Five sisters were canons: Clara in Borstel, Catharina in Hörde, Benedicta in Wilmarsen, Maria was abbess in Hohenholte Monastery , where her sister Richmod was also canon. Agnes married Diederich von Eickel. Three brothers, Diederich, Alexander and Johann were canons in Fritzlar , Everwin Rittmeister and later the Council of the Prince-Bishop of Münster and Syndicus , Heidenreich and Heinrich were soldiers. The latter, who was the owner of the Telgte castle fief through his wife Maria von Bischopinck , was nicknamed "Death Slayer" because of an unsuccessful attempt to kill him with a pistol shot.

Bernhard III married on August 22, 1670. Johanna von Nesselrode (noble family) -Hugenpoet († 1694, daughter of Wilhelm von Nesselrode-Hugenpoet and Anna von Winkelhausen (noble family) ). From this marriage the children are Anna Franzisca (* 1671, canon in Wilmarsen, ⚭ 1704 Johann Conrad von Schonebeck), Richmond Adelheid (canon in Hohenholte Monastery , ⚭ Johann Mauritz von Bischopinck ), Benedicta Therese (* 1676, canon in Hohenholte) and successor Heinrich Johann emerged.

Career

After completing his studies, Bernhard - like his father - went on a cavalier journey and spent a few months in Paris , and from there moved via Bavaria and Austria to Saxony to meet his cousin Herbert von Droste-Zützen (the father of Johann Eberhard von Droste zu Zützen ) on his estate in Golßen -Zützen, with which he was enfeoffed. Returning to Hülshoff, he set out for Speyer in 1661 to advance the negotiations in the hereditary dispute at the Imperial Court of Justice. After the death of his father in 1666, Bernhard took over the management of the property.

Inheritance disputes

Bernhard was appointed universal heir by his parents in his will. His sisters were already in the possession of a prebende and were to receive a settlement of 600 thalers each, while his brothers were granted a settlement of 2000 thalers each. If possible, you should also receive a preliminary draft. Those who did not receive a prebend should be paid an additional 1000 thalers. Unclear wording in the will resulted in lawsuits and disputes that ended in violent confrontations. The point of contention was v. a. a provision that Bernhard III. obliged to provide maintenance to all siblings and their families at Hülshoff, which was extensively exploited (e.g. 105 people were there in 1675). The following year the dispute escalated when Bernhard III. asked his siblings either to pay the costs of their stay or to leave Hülshoff. Bernhard's brother Heinrich, a soldier who was probably not averse to drinking, sought after his life by shooting at him with a gun. Fortunately, the pistol did not go off, but he and his brother Heidenreich, who was also a soldier, disregarded the ban and also mistreated staff at the castle. After Bernhard III. had paid his brothers 2,000 thalers each and his sisters 1,500 thalers each, and his successor had been obliged to regulate the payments to the heirs of the deceased siblings, the siblings reconciled. Heinrich also seems to have shown remorse: he bequeathed his fortune to his successor Heinrich Johann I Droste zu Hülshoff , made a legacy for the poor and donated a crucifixion group, a replica of which is now in the Roxel cemetery .

Actor in the hereditary dispute

During the whole life of Bernhard III. the hereditary dispute , which had already broken out in the 16th century, did not come to a decision, but caused problems and costs through numerous intrigues and procrastination maneuvers. The were Droste zu Hülshoff also within the pin nobility supported by the families of the Horst (Westphalian noble family) , Plettenberg (noble family) , Droste zu Vischering , from the distance (noble family) - Steinfurt , Bevern (noble family) , Stupid stuff Bever funding to Werries , Nagel (noble family) , Ascheberg (noble family) , Ketteler , Valke and Mallinckrodt . Since the ancestors from hereditary families were no longer recognized as aristocratic by the majority of the knighthood , Gut Hülshoff was revoked its status as a manor suitable for the Landtag and thus its tax exemption. Access to the cathedral chapter and most of the canons in the Münsterland was made more difficult by stricter ancestral tests. In 1685, the Reich Chamber of Commerce finally decided in favor of the heirs, many of whom were knightly (the Droste zu Hülshoff originally even noble ). Since their opponents in the knighthood, however, went into the - not at all usual - revision , the heirs (including Bernhard III.) Tried to achieve a provisional enforcement - which would have been permissible -: They pledged all their goods as security . In 1694 and 1698, Bernhard III. still happy about the positive decisions of the emperor . But even this the knighthood of Munster refused to obey; only the successor to Bernhard III, Heinrich Johann I. Droste zu Hülshoff , was installed in his traditional rights in 1717/19 on the orders of the emperor in favor of the heirs.

Squire

Despite the high costs incurred in the hereditary dispute and the inheritance disputes, Bernhard managed not only to maintain the family assets, but also to expand them considerably through acquisitions in the years 1677 to 1692. The inheritance in 1676 was important. His aunt Catharina had given him all of her fortune; His wife also received 6,000 thalers from her parents' inheritance from her brother Constanz Erasmus von Nesselrode (noble family) in 1688 .

Patrons of the church and the village of Roxel

Bernhard III. von Droste-Hülshoff (1634–1700) sold the grounds of the city courtyard in Münster at Alter Steinweg 30 so that the Dominican Church could be built there and in 1677 acquired the neighboring building of the Krameramtshaus as the city courtyard . In 1671 Bernhard gave a precious monstrance to the church in Roxel . In 1687 he donated a side altar by Friedrich Wilhelm Neuhaus and in 1693 the large Salvator bell on which his name is embossed with a coat of arms. In 1698 he also donated a schoolhouse with a teacher's apartment to the village.

literature

• Wilderich from Droste to Hülshoff : 900 years of Droste to Hülshoff . Verlag LPV Hortense von Gelmini, Horben 2018, ISBN 978-3-936509-16-8
• Johann Holsenbürger: The gentlemen v. Eckenbrock (v. Droste-Hülshoff) and its possessions 1507–1798 digitized

Web links

• Bernhard III. Droste zu Hülshoff Brief portrait in the Internet portal "Westphalian History"

Individual evidence