Heinrich Johann I. Droste zu Hülshoff

Heinrich Johann I. Droste zu Hülshoff (baptized name: Heinrich Johann Ernst Anton), (* 1677 ; † December 18, 1739 in Münster ) was the landowner and lord of the Hülshoff Castle .

Life

Origin and family

Heinrich Johann I was the only son of Bernhard III. von Droste-Hülshoff and his wife Johanna Elisabeth Barbara Nesselrode gt. Hugenpoet (1642–1694) and belonged to the 16th generation of his family. He had three sisters: Anna Francisca, canon in Wilmarsen, married Conrad von Schonebeck, his sister Richmod Adelheid, canon in the monastery Hohenholte , married Johann-Mauritz von Bischopinck , Benedicta Therese remained canon in Hohenholte.

Heinrich Johann married Anna Mechtild von Lipperheide zu Ihorst (1684–1710, canon in Nottuln Abbey and daughter of Johann Kaspar von Lipperheide and Appolonia Helena Barbara von Chalon gt. Gehlen zu Hollwinkel) on November 15, 1703 . The children of the marriage were Heinrich Wilhelm Droste zu Hülshoff (* 1704), his successor as tribe, Richmod Mechtildis (* September 8, 1707, ⚭ 1733 Baron Christian von Nesselrode (noble family) - Hugenpoet Castle ), Ernst Constanz (* 6. August 1709, Canon in Osnabrück ) and Johann Matthias (* July 25, 1710, † a few days old). His wife Anna Mechthildis, who is described as "well educated and warmly good", followed their last child into death. Unusually, as he wrote in his will, Heinrich Johann did not remarry out of love for his children. His daughter Richmod, a beautiful and proud lady, ran Haus Hülshoff until she married.

Career and work

After attending the Jesuit College in Münster , Heinrich Johann studied at various universities, including Prague and Salzburg , and returned to his estate in 1697. From his cavalier journey he brought a "Moor" with him, which is depicted in a painting in Hülshoff Castle and whom he married to the daughter of the sexton of the church of Roxel .

On December 7, 1717, Heinrich Johann was sworn up as the first family member before the  knighthood of  the bishopric . Although his originally noble family was undoubtedly knightly and had been related to families of the monastery aristocracy since the Middle Ages , this event became of particular importance against the background of the 150-year hereditary dispute, because in the course of the disputes his ancestors had traditional access to the offices in the cathedral chapter Münster , unlike in the cathedral chapters of Osnabrück , Hildesheim and foundations like Fritzlar , was arbitrarily refused. From 1719, his goods were also recognized as "eligible for state assembly" and thus tax-exempt.

Johann Heinrich is described by Holsenbürger as a sensitive and educated person. He performed harmless pranks to amuse himself and others and was a very pleasant company. He remained a widower out of love for his children, even though he was only thirty-two when his wife died. In 1720 he rebuilt the windmill in Roxel that his father had bought.

Heinrich-Johann I. as founder

He donated organs for St. Georg (Hohenholte) and St. Pantaleon (Roxel) on which his great-great-granddaughter, the poet Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, played. He also donated statues of the four church fathers for St. Pantaleon (Roxel) , which are still there today.

succession

In his will from 1680, Bernhard III. von Droste-Hülshoff appointed his son Heinrich Johann I. Droste zu Hülshoff as a universal heir and gave his daughters a severance payment. After the death of his father in 1700, it was a major concern of Heinrich Johann to discuss the assets amicably with his sisters, uncles and aunts, which he finally succeeded in doing. All of this against the background of the experiences his father had in the inheritance disputes with his siblings, especially Heinrich (nickname: "Todtschläger"). Incidentally, Heinrich Johann I inherited this uncle Heinrich and fulfilled his last will to have a crucifixion group made, a copy of which is still in the cemetery in Roxel today. Heinrich Johann made his will on May 10, 1733 and designated his son Heinrich Wilhelm Droste zu Hülshoff as a universal heir. Furthermore, he wanted to be buried next to his wife, who died in 1710, in the Roxeler Church after his death.

Others

He is buried in the parish church in Roxel, where he had already bought two burial sites in the sacristy in 1714.

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

• Heinrich Johann Droste zu Hülshoff Brief portrait in the Internet portal "Westphalian History"