Clemens Friedrich Droste zu Hülshoff

Clemens Friedrich Freiherr Droste zu Hülshoff (born May 28, 1837 in Hülshoff Castle ; † December 6, 1919 in Haus Stapel ) was the district administrator in Büren and owner of Haus Stapel.

origin

House Stapel was owned by the family from 1801 to 1956

Clemens Friedrich von Droste zu Hülshoff was the fourth son of Werner-Constantin von Droste zu Hülshoff (1798 to 1867), a brother of the poet Annette von Droste-Hülshoff , and his wife Caroline Freifrau von Wendt (1802 to 1881) Generation of his family. His siblings were u. a. Heinrich von Droste zu Hülshoff , Ferdinand von Droste zu Hülshoff , Carl Caspar von Droste zu Hülshoff and Elisabeth von Droste zu Hülshoff .

education and profession

He studied law and in 1871 was appointed royal Prussian district administrator for the Büren district . Since he refused to carry out the Kulturkampf Laws enacted by Bismarck , he, like his eldest brother Heinrich, was deposed in 1875.

family

In 1873 he had in house Böddeken with Maria von Mallinckrodt (born November 7 1873 in Böddeken; † 22 January 1922 in Haus stack) married. From this marriage there were seven children. His third son Clemens von Droste zu Hülshoff became district administrator in the Höxter district (1816–1974) .

In 1882 he took over the house of Stapel from the family of his uncle Heinrich Johannes von Droste- Kerckerinck (1808–1872). In 1882 he donated the still existing Marienstift in Havixbeck , which served the town as a hospital for almost 100 years and was converted into a nursing home for the elderly in 1978.

literature

• Genealogical handbook of the nobility, baronial houses. Vol. XVI.
• Wilderich von Droste zu Hülshoff : Annette von Droste-Hülshoff in the field of tension of her family. Limburg 1997.
• Wilderich from Droste to Hülshoff : 900 years of Droste to Hülshoff . Verlag LPV Hortense von Gelmini, Horben 2018, ISBN 978-3-936509-16-8