Coat of arms and logo for Baden-Württemberg State Palaces and GardensCoat of arms and logo for Baden-Württemberg State Palaces and Gardens
Meersburg Prince’s Little House
ANNETTE VON DROSTE-HÜLSHOFF’S IDYLLIC HOME

Personal histories throughout the centuriesFigures

Interesting people have played a role in the history of this monument. Often they were rulers, but artists or scholars are just as likely to be witnesses of that period. A small sampling includes people from the distant past.

Portrait of Jakob Anton Graf von Fugger with a view of Meersburg

Princely garden house

The Prince-Bishop to be of Constance apparently had a taste for the beauty of the region, even 400 years ago.

Jakob Fugger
Bust of Annette von Droste-Hülshoff by Anton Rüller at the Meersburg Prince's Little House

Honorarium for a dream house

This great poet fell in love with Lake Constance and bought herself a house in the vineyards.

Annette von Droste-Hülshoff
Fürstenhäusle Meersburg, Paradezimmer

Wealthy heiress

An American woman marries into the German aristocracy and endows an important literary award for female authors.

Helen von Bothmer