Maximilian of Bentheim-Tecklenburg

Maximilian Nicolaus Moritz-Casimir Prince zu Bentheim-Tecklenburg (* 1969 in Rheda ) is a German entrepreneur and art historian . He is the head of the House of Bentheim-Tecklenburg and has been President of the German Castle Association since May 2019 .

family

Maximilian zu Bentheim-Tecklenburg was born in Rheda in 1969 as the youngest son of Moritz-Casimir Fürst zu Bentheim-Tecklenburg and Huberta (Sissi) Countess von Hardenberg . His older brothers are Carl-Gustav (* 1960), Philipp (* 1964) and Christoph (1966–1987). The family lived for many years in the small moated castle Haus Bosfeld near Rheda-Wiedenbrück , and in 1987 they moved to the old headquarters of Schloss Rheda .

In 2000 he married the art historian Lady Marissa Clare Fortescue (* 1973), a great niece of Rosamunde Pilcher in Rheda-Wiedenbrück . The couple lives with their four children in the residential palace in Rheda.

Life

Maximilian zu Bentheim-Tecklenburg studied art history , management and business administration in Paris , Cambridge and London . Today he manages real estate , castles, gardens and forests in his own portfolio. These include the castles in Rheda , Bosfeld , Hohenlimburg and the former monasteries in Herzebrock and Clarholz . He is also the owner of the Princely Archive of Rheda and the Princely to Bentheim-Tecklenburgische Musikbibliothek Rheda .

From 2003 to 2016, together with his wife Marissa, he organized the garden festival “Spring in the Park” in the Rheda Palace Park. Prominent guests such as u. a. the publicist Asfa-Wossen Asserate , the actress Gudrun Landgrebe and the English author Rosamunde Pilcher . From 2017 the event was relocated to the Clarholz Palace and Monastery Gardens. Several times a year he opens the festival rooms at Rheda Castle and Hohenlimburg for receptions, concerts and cultural events.

Maximilian zu Bentheim-Tecklenburg has numerous honorary offices , since 2005 he has been chairman of the “Association of the Nobility in the Rhineland and Westphalia-Lippe” and since 2016 President of the “German Classes ”. On May 5, 2019, Bentheim-Tecklenburg, who was previously a member of the Presidium, became President of the German Castle Association . He is also on the advisory board of the United Westphalian Aristocratic Archives .

Evangelical town church Gronau (Westf.)

Furthermore, he has the church patronage over twelve congregations, including the Ev . Reformed parish of the old Hofkirche Hohenlimburg , the Protestant parish Elsey and the Ev. City Church of Gronau (Westphalia) .

As a patron or sponsor , he supports various charitable, church and social projects with the Princely House.

Like his father, Maximilian zu Bentheim-Tecklenburg is a committed monument protector as well as a passionate nature lover and hunter .

literature

• Hans-Joachim Böckenholt: Castle and Lordship of Rheda. Rhode Druck und Verlag, Harsewinkel / Marienfeld 1979, ISBN 3-921961-02-8 .
• Franz Mühlen: Castle and Residence Rheda. (= Westfälische Kunststätten. Issue 6). Westfälischer Heimatbund , Münster 1979, DNB 800711343
• Hartmut Platte: Rheda, Hohenlimburg, Tecklenburg. Past and present of the princes of Bentheim-Tecklenburg. German Princely Houses, No. 2. Werl 2000.

Movie

• Beikircher's Discoveries - The Assassination (Episode 2) . WDR - television, German first broadcast January 4, 2009.
• Dynasties in NRW - The princes of Bentheim-Tecklenburg . WDR - report by Jobst Knigge (45 min.), Broadcast January 3, 2010.
• The German nobility - of princes, castles and manners . ZDFzeit - Documentation © 2012.

Print media

• Aristocracy in Germany - The new power of an old class . Stern (magazine) No. 48, issue November 22, 2012, pages 68–81.
• Grünes Gewölbe Experts suspect outdated security technology in Dresden - art thieves are becoming more brutal . Handelsblatt , November 27, 2019 edition.
• My memorial - celebrities remember. Maximilian Prince of Bentheim-Tecklenburg and the castle chapel in Rheda-Wiedenbrück. Monumente Magazin, Vol. 30 - No. 4, August 2020, page 74.

Web links

• Princely at Bentheim-Tecklenburg chancellery
• History of the Princely House
• Rheda Castle
• Hohenlimburg Castle
• Stammliste Haus Bentheim: Excerpt from Paul Theroff's Online Gotha (English)
• Document requests from the Princely Archive Rheda / Digital Westphalian Document Database (DWUD)

Remarks

1. ↑ In 1979, Sissi Fürstin zu Bentheim-Tecklenburg was the first woman to be awarded the DNK Monument Protection Prize Silver Hemisphere . The bell .online: Monument protector Sissi with a vision
2. ↑ Prince Christoph zu Bentheim-Tecklenburg died in a traffic accident that he had not caused near Plön . The high school graduate was on his way to taking up service in the armed forces .
3. ↑ Lady Marissa Fortescue's grandfather is Denzel George Fortescue 6th Earl Fortescue (1893–1977). Marissa Fürstin zu Bentheim-Tecklenburg is today 1st chairwoman of the DRK local association Rheda-Wiedenbrück. → Board of Directors

Individual evidence

1. ↑ New President of the German Castle Association www.heritagemedia.de May 15, 2019.
2. ^ Genealogical manual of the nobility , Fürstl. Houses. Volume XIX, 2011.
3. ^ Document registers from the Princely Rheda Archive, owned by the Hereditary Prince of Bentheim-Tecklenburg / Digital Westphalian Document Database (DWUD) , accessed December 5, 2019.
4. ↑ Ruhr Piano Festival as a guest in the Orangery Westfalen-Blatt March 9, 2017.
5. ^ Association of the German Aristocratic Associations (VdDA) , accessed November 29, 2019.
6. ↑ Personalia Who's Who in the German Castle Association , accessed November 29, 2019.
7. ^ United Westphalian Aristocratic Archives , accessed July 6, 2020.
8. ↑ Congregational Letter . Evangelical parish of Gronau. Gronau / Epe number 141 summer 2014 (pages 7–8) → His Highness Maximilian Fürst zu Bentheim-Tecklenburg , accessed December 6, 2019.
9. ↑ Prince Maximilian appointed patron Neue Westfälische March 30, 2015.
10. ↑ Beikircher's discoveries: 2. Der Meuchelmord Fernsehserien.de , accessed December 13, 2019.
11. ^ Dynasties in North Rhine-Westphalia - The Princes of Bentheim-Tecklenburg Tagesschau24 , accessed December 3, 2019.
12. ↑ (New documentary!) The German nobility (2) From princes, castles and manners Phoenix - Documentary on YouTube March 6, 2017.
13. ↑ Grünes Gewölbe Experts suspect outdated security technology in Dresden - art thieves are becoming more brutal , accessed December 20, 2019.

predecessor	Office	successor
Moritz-Casimir	Head of the Bentheim-Tecklenburg family since 2014	-