Hermann Joseph Graf zu Stolberg-Stolberg

Hermann Joseph Graf zu Stolberg-Stolberg (born February 28, 1854 in Westheim ; † June 16, 1925 there ) was the owner of the Westheim estate and the associated brewery as well as a politician, association official and local history researcher.

Live and act

Westheim manor around 1860, Alexander Duncker collection

Hermann Joseph Graf zu Stolberg-Stolberg came from a branch line of the resin -based Counts those of Stolberg . He was the son of Count Joseph Theodor zu Stolberg-Stolberg (1804-1859) and his 2nd wife Comtesse Caroline Maria Albertine de Robiano. His father was married to Marie Countess von Spee for the first time . He himself married Countess Maria Karoline von Walterskirchen in 1879. The son Christoph (1888–1968) became major general in World War II .

From his father, Hermann Joseph zu Stolberg-Stolberg inherited the estate in Westheim with several hundred hectares of agriculture and forestry and the attached brewery, which he had expanded and modernized.

During his studies he became a member of the KDStV Markomannia Würzburg in the CV in 1873 .

Like his father, he was socio-politically active in various organizations of the Catholic milieu . He was like this President of the Catholic Boniface Society . In addition, Stolberg-Stolberg was chairman of the Association of Catholic Nobles in Germany . Politically, he belonged to the Center Party and played a not insignificant role in the party in Westphalia , but also in the Reich. He was a member of the Westphalian Provincial Parliament and chairman of the Provincial Committee. He also worked as a homeland researcher and genealogist.

Individual evidence

↑ Complete directory of the CV The honorary members, old men and students of the Cartell Association (CV) of the cath. German student associations. 1912, Strasbourg i. Els. 1912, p. 396.

Web links

Family entry on genealogy.euweb
Estate in the Westheim archive (Dep. In the LWL archive office, Münster)

personal data
SURNAME	Stolberg-Stolberg, Hermann Joseph Graf too
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Landowners, entrepreneurs and politicians
DATE OF BIRTH	February 28, 1854
PLACE OF BIRTH	Westheim
DATE OF DEATH	June 16, 1925
Place of death	Westheim

[1] Complete directory of the CV The honorary members, old men and students of the Cartell Association (CV) of the cath. German student associations. 1912, Strasbourg i. Els. 1912, p. 396.