Heinrich II of Droste-Hülshoff

Heinrich II von Droste-Hülshoff (* 1597 ; † 1666 ) was the landowner and master of Hülshoff Castle .

Life

Origin and education

Heinrich II. Von Droste-Hülshoff was born as the son of the important and wealthy landowner and mayor Bernhard II. Von Droste zu Hülshoff and his wife Richmod von Travelmann-Ebeling. He belonged to the 14th generation of his gender and grew up with his nine siblings. His grandmother from Travelmann took him in as a toddler in Amelsbüren and took care of his upbringing. Initially, Heinrich II received private tuition and probably came to the Jesuit College in Münster in 1605 and attended several universities. In 1623 he was the first family member to go on a cavalier tour to France, where he stayed in Paris for several months .

Family relationships and beliefs

In 1624 his father died and he received his father's property to manage. In 1625 he inherited all of her fortune from his aunt Metta von Travelmann; In 1637 he also inherited his aunt Gudula von Travelmann. Like his father before, Heinrich was also elected to the City Council of Munster ; however, he refused admission between 1626 and 1628. The city imposed a fine of 10 marks on him and forbade the porter to let Heinrich through the gate. Against this arrangement he resisted, citing the 1552 by Bishop Franz the Erbmännern granted privilege.

On July 15, 1629, Heinrich II married Clara Anna von Neheim zu Niederwerries (canon lady in Borghorst Abbey ), with whom he had twelve children (see below). In order to reduce disadvantages in the hereditary dispute, he married for the first time a woman outside the usual marriage circle of hereditary families. He was a staunch Catholic . With the inheritance of his younger brother Bernhard, who had died of the plague on the cavalier tour near Metz , he founded a vicariate at Hülshoff Castle for the first time in 1630 , where twelve house chaplains could work in the following centuries . In the same year Maria Timmermann's serf from Hülshoff was burned as a so-called " witch " (according to the Constitutio Criminalis Carolina , which has been in force since 1530 , so-called "Schadenzauber" was to be punished with death by fire). However, jurisdiction over such crimes was not due to him as a landlord, but to the episcopal government, which tried to counteract the lynching by the population through the involvement of the law faculties at universities. In 1631 Heinrich II sold the family's old town courtyard at Krummen Timpen, which was adjacent to the Jesuit college in Münster , to expand it.

Thirty Years War and Peace of Munster

Heinrich II lived through the Thirty Years' War. With this in mind, he had to reinforce the fortifications of Hülshoff Castle and sell jewelry (out of fear of an attack or lack of money). He filled in today's linden avenue, today's main entrance, and paved it. A gatehouse with a drawbridge that was built there was demolished in the 18th century. He also had the so-called "Gärtnersturm" built, on which there is still his weather vane with his alliance coat of arms . In 1633, however, when the troops of the Landgrave of Hessen-Kassel attacked Hülshoff, all cattle and food were stolen and securities in the archive were burned. During the negotiations for the Peace of Munster , he rented the town courtyard at Alten Steinweg 30 near the Lambertikirche (Munster) to the embassy of the House of Austria under the direction of Ulrich Graf von Wolkenstein-Rodenegg (noble family) (his relative, Claudia Seraphica von Wolkenstein -Rodeneck , became abbess at Freckenhorst Abbey during this time ).

Landlord on Hülshoff

Heinrich II was a prudent landlord and always anxious not only to preserve the assets he had taken over, but to expand them through clever acquisitions and barter deals. If he saw his family's rights violated, he did not hesitate to seek judicial review. He won trials with which he defended the restriction of Hülshoff's hunting rights: in 1641 against the tax authorities, in 1652 against the lords of Twickel (noble family) and von Kuckelsheim, and in 1659 against the abbess of Nottuln Abbey . In 1652, at the instigation of his cousin Herbert Droste zu Möllenbeck, whom the war had brought to Lusatia , Bernhard II was entrusted with Gut Golßen -Zützen.

Billing in Hülshoff Castle

In 1660, Heinrich II had to make Hülshoff Castle available to his sovereign, the pious and bellicose Prince-Bishop Christoph Bernhard von Galen , during his third siege of Münster (he also confiscated the neighboring Wilkinghege ). Nevertheless, in connection with the hereditary dispute, the tax privileges were withdrawn from him and his estate .

Descendants

Heinrich II. And Clara Anna von Neheim zu Niederwerries had five daughters and seven sons, including Bernhard as his heir. Five daughters became 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 Beater" because of an unsuccessful attempt to kill his brother Bernhard with a pistol.

Dispute over the inheritance

Heinrich made a will together with his wife in 1657. In this he exhorted his children to live in harmony and love. That is a means to keep the family prosperous. He put his son Bernhard III. von Droste-Hülshoff as a universal heir. His sisters - already in possession of a prebende - were also to receive compensation of 600 thalers each. His brothers were granted a severance payment of 2000 thalers each. In addition, if possible, they should receive a preliminary examination. Despite the admonitions, there were inheritance disputes among the siblings, which resulted in lawsuits. They were sparked by an unclearly formulated provision, based on which all descendants claimed residence and maintenance in Hülshoff at the expense of the heir. Eventually the argument escalated. Heinrich's son Heinrich tried to murder his brother Bernhard with a pistol shot.

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

• Historical overview of Haus Hülshoff

Individual evidence

1. ^ Johann Holsenbürger: The gentlemen v. Eckenbrock (v. Droste-Hülshoff) and their possessions 1507–1798 , p. 166