Around 1600 |
The canon of Konstanz and later Prince Bishop Jakob Fugger (1567-1626) has the Fürstenhäusle (Prince's Little House) built above the upper town area of Meersburg. It is used by the Prince Bishops until the bishopric of Konstanz was abolished in 1802. |
1803 |
In the course of Secularization the building is transferred to the Baden Dynasty and is administrated by the Meersburg priests' seminary fund until the latter's landholdings are auctioned off in 1842/43. |
1843 |
Annette of Droste-Hülshoff buys the Fürstenhäusle. She proudly reports on 18 November 1843: "Now I must also tell you that I have been a grand property owner for eight days now. I have [won] the bare Fürstenhäuschen [at auction]… for 400 imperial thaler – For this I have a small but solid, tastefully designed house of hewn stones with four rooms, a kitchen, a large cellar and an attic, - and 5,000 grape vines...“ |
1848 |
Annette of Droste-Hülshoff leaves the Fürstenhäusle to her sister, Jenny of Laßberg, who then bequeaths it to her two daughters Hildegund and Hildegard in 1959. |
1915 |
Following the death of the Laßberg sisters, the building passes into the possession of Baron Karl Droste to Hülshoff and his wife Marie. He has the Fürstenhäusle expanded and remodeled before he moves in. Following Karl's death, his widow makes an effort to turn the house into a literary memorial to Annette of Droste-Hülshoff. |
1924 |
The Droste Museum is opened. |
1960 |
To secure the further existence of the Fürstenhäusle as a memorial site, it is purchased together with the entire inventory by the state of Baden-Württemberg. |
Since 2006 |
The Fürstenhäusle shines in splendor and the view of the lake has not lost any of its fascination. |