Adolf Spies von Büllesheim
Member of the German Bundestag
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Adolf Freiherr Spies von Büllesheim (June 4, 1929 – February 12, 2011) was a German politician, farmer and lawyer.[1]
Life
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Adolf Spies von Büllesheim was born in Haus Hall in Ratheim, district of Heinsberg, in North Rhine-Westphalia, property of the baronial Spies von Büllesheim family since the 18th century.[2] He was the son of Egon Franz Freiherr Spies von Büllesheim and his wife Maria (born Freiin von Oer).[2]
After school in Erkelenz he studied German law and farming at universities in Cologne and in Bonn. After university he worked as a farmer and a lawyer from 1960 to 1997.
Since 1952 Spies von Büllesheim was a member of the CDU political party.[3] From 1969 to 1972 he was mayor of Hückelhoven.[4] From 1972 to 1987 Spies von Büllesheim was member of the German Bundestag for Heinsberg.[5]
He died in 2011 in Neuhall, Ratheim.
Personal life
Spies von Büllesheim was married to Gräfin Maria Immaculata (born Concha) von Mirbach-Harff, Freiin von Vittinghoff (1938–2002), and together they had six children.[2]