Stephan Prinz zur Lippe

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Stephan Leopold Justus Richard Prinz zur Lippe (born May 24, 1959 in Detmold ) is a German lawyer, tax advisor and politician. He is the son of Armin Prinz zur Lippe and the biologist Traute Becker and has been head of the Lippe family since his father's death in 2015 .

family

Stephan Prinz zur Lippe, the only son of his parents, has been married to Maria Countess zu Solms-Laubach (* 1968), the daughter of Otto Graf zu Solms-Laubach and Madeleine Princess zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg , since 1994 . The couple has 5 children, namely Bernhard (* 1995), Heinrich-Otto (* 1997), Wilhelm (* 1999), Luise (* 2001) and Mathilde (* 2003). The family lives in Detmold Castle .

The grandfather of Prinz zur Lippe was the last ruling prince in Detmold, Prince Leopold IV zur Lippe (1871-1949), who abdicated on November 12, 1918. With the November Revolution of 1918, the Principality of Lippe was converted into a free state that existed until 1947. Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands , the husband of the former Queen Juliana , was a son of Leopold's younger brother Bernhard and thus an uncle of Prince zur Lippe's 2nd degree .

Professional background

Prinz zur Lippe studied law at the University of Bonn and passed his first state examination there in 1984 . He then studied on a Fulbright Scholarship at the University of Miami with a Master of Laws (LL.M) degree . He completed his legal traineeship in Hamburg, which he completed in 1989 with the second state examination with distinction. In 1992 he also passed the tax advisor examination in Hamburg. Until 1996 he worked as a partner in the Wessing law firm in Düsseldorf . Prinz zur Lippe has been running his own law firm in Detmold since 1996, specializing in inheritance and tax law .

In addition, Prince zur Lippe manages the family property, including its assets and a. Parts of the Teutoburg Forest belong. Prinz zur Lippe gained national fame in a dispute with the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, which wanted to include large parts of the forest property in a planned Teutoburg Forest National Park . In 2012 the country's plans failed u. a. at the prince's resistance.

Honorary positions and political engagement

Prinz zur Lippe has been involved in the FDP since 2000 . He is a member of the Lippe district council and has been chairman of the Lippe district's audit committee since 2014.

He is also a member of the supervisory board of VerbundVolksbank OWL , a member of the board of trustees of the Fürstin-Pauline-Stiftung and a board member of the Association for the Promotion of the Detmold State Theater .

Awards

In 2016, Prinz zur Lippe was awarded the German Prize for Monument Protection ( Silver Hemisphere ) by the German National Committee for Monument Protection for his work in the preservation of monuments . In 2013 he and Christian Lindner won the Günther Nolting Prize of the FDP. Also in 2013, the Young Union of the Paderborn District Association named him “Rascal of the Year 2013”. In 2020 Stephan Prinz zur Lippe and his wife Maria Princess zur Lippe were awarded the North Rhine-Westphalia Order of Merit for their commitment to the German Red Cross as well as to other charitable and social projects and foundations.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Stephan Prinz zur Lippe - Prinz zur Lippe chancellery. Retrieved April 24, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Reiner Burger, DETMOLD: Funeral of the Prince: Passionately Lippe . ISSN  0174-4909 ( faz.net [accessed April 24, 2019]).
  3. ↑ Prince at eye level - Deutsches Adelsblatt. Retrieved March 11, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Presence of the House of Lippe. Retrieved March 11, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Jana Beckmann: Interview with Stephan Prinz zur Lippe, lord of the castle. Retrieved March 11, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Home - Prinz zur Lippe law firm. Retrieved March 11, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Andreas Fasel: Lippe-Detmold: Where Germany is almost still a monarchy . December 25, 2015 ( welt.de [accessed March 11, 2019]).
  8. ↑ Forstpraxis.de: Prinz zur Lippe: Clear no to the planned Teutoburg Forest National Park. In: forstpraxis.de. January 17, 2012, accessed on March 11, 2019 (German).
  9. ↑ Eckhard Fuhr: Dispute over national park: The fight of the prince to Lippe for his forest . April 23, 2012 ( welt.de [accessed March 14, 2019]).
  10. ↑ Prinz zur Lippe, Stephan. In: Bürgerinfoportal. Lippe district, accessed April 24, 2019 .
  11. ↑ The people behind the bank. Retrieved April 24, 2019 .
  12. ↑ District of Lippe: Information in accordance with Section 16 of the Anti-Corruption Act. Retrieved March 11, 2019 .
  13. ^ DNK - German National Committee for Monument Protection -. Retrieved April 24, 2019 .
  14. ↑ Editor: Minden: Christian Lindner receives Günther Nolting Prize - Mindener Rundschau. Accessed April 24, 2019 (German).
  15. ↑ Prinz zur Lippe is rascal of the year 2013. Accessed on April 24, 2019 .
  16. ↑ Prime Minister Armin Laschet awards 13 citizens the Order of Merit of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia. August 23, 2020, accessed on August 24, 2020 .
predecessor Office successor
Armin Head of Lippe
since 2015 		-
personal data
SURNAME Lippe, Stephan Prinz zur
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Zur Lippe, Stephan Leopold Justus Richard Prinz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lawyer, head of the house of Lippe
DATE OF BIRTH May 24, 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH Detmold