"Idiotic and crude fantasies": Hessian homeland remembers the ringleaders of the Reichsbürger putsch

Created: 12/14/2022 6:21 p.m

Henry XIII

Prince Reuss upon his arrest.

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The family of the putschist Heinrich XIII.

Prince Reuss has lived in Büdingen since World War II.

Not everyone speaks well of the city's famous son.

Büdingen - Heinrich XIII.

Prince Reuss is said to have planned a putsch with other right-wing like-minded people.

Many Büdinger remember the man everyone just called Enrico.

Because in the former district town is not only the house where he was born.

The ringleader of a Reichsbürger troop also spent his childhood and youth there, as reported by fr.de.

Even as a youth in Büdingen, Enrico was the person he apparently embodied for most of his life: an inconspicuous contemporary who showed little inclination for self-portrayal.

However, that changed recently when he was arrested with a huge spectacle because the 71-year-old was known under his real name Heinrich XIII.

Prince Reuss is said to have planned a putsch in the Federal Republic as a ringleader with other right-wing like-minded people.

Henry XIII's family

After the Second World War, Prince Reuss fled to Büdingen

Suddenly the town of Büdingen became the focus of public interest, after all the suspect spent a considerable part of his life here.

The entire von Reuss family had fled from Mecklenburg to Büdingen after the Second World War.

Heinrich I. Prince Reuss (1910 to 1982) and Duchess Woizlawa-Feodora of Mecklenburg initially found accommodation at Büdingen Castle with the father of the current Prince Wolfgang-Ernst zu Ysenburg und Büdingen.

Prince's mother Felicitas came from the Reuss family.

Nickname Enrico: Heinrich XIII.

Prince Reuss grew up in Büdingen in der Wetterau

Understandably, the newcomers could not stay there permanently, so they were assigned a large house on the market square as close relatives.

This property became Enrico's birthplace in 1951.

This was the nickname of the now accused, after all, the outsiders wanted out of the Heinrich conspiracy, because all male members of the family were called Heinrich, and were then given a number.

Only at the turn of the century does it start all over again, so in this respect we have been in new realms for 22 years.

Enrico certainly had as Henry XIII.

Apparently she had a beautiful youth in Büdingen, which was also due to the fact that housekeeper Emmi Ross looked after the large group of children.

She was already employed by the Duchess in Mecklenburg as a nurse, took part in the flight and then acted as the good soul of the family in Büdingen for decades.

Older sister of Henry XIII.

Prince Reuss lives in Büdingen to this day

In addition to Enrico, five other children had to be looked after.

Among them only one girl who goes by the name of Feodora and is known as "the Feo".

She, Enrico's older sister, seems to be characterized by craftsmanship, because visitors to the country outing remember her tasteful arts and crafts stand. "Feo", she still lives in Büdingen, was also the one who took care of the nanny until her death proud 106 years old.

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The noble Reuss family lived in this large house at the head of Büdinger Marktplatz for a long time.

It is the birthplace of Henry XIII.

Prince Reuss.

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Büdingen's ex-mayor Erich Spamer still remembers the lady well: "In 2005 we held a thanksgiving service for Emmi Ross with the Reuss family on the Herrnhaag because she was able to celebrate her 105th birthday."

"Idiotic and crude fantasies": Kinship turns from Henry XIII.

Prince Reuss exits

Enrico's youngest brother Heinrich XV.

also demonstrated manual skills and made a name for himself as a restorer of furniture and wooden objects.

He is also a Büdinger.

Jules-August Schröder, Büdingen's "Elder Statesman", knew the Reuss family quite well and describes his experiences with Enrico in his youth: "A completely unremarkable person who didn't freak out at all.

I was completely surprised when I saw him in the media with a picture as a possible coup plotter.”

The experience of someone who was once much closer to Enrico is different.

Wolfgang-Ernst, Prince of Ysenburg and Büdingen, is the accused's cousin and doesn't make a den of murder out of his heart: "I haven't wanted to have anything to do with him for about 15 years.

At that time he began to express his completely idiotic and crude fantasies. ”You can no longer take the man seriously.

Right and anti-Semitic slogans: Heinrich XIII.

Prince Reuss radicalized himself in Frankfurt after reunification

It was similar for many contemporaries who knew the would-be putschists.

Apparently, Enrico, a businessman in the real estate sector who was initially successful in Frankfurt, radicalized himself at the time when he claimed old aristocratic properties in the East after the reunification, but repeatedly failed in court.

His belief in justice faltered to such an extent that he adopted right-wing and anti-Semitic slogans and propagated them at public appearances, which can also be read on the Internet.

So many who Henry XIII.

Know Prince Reuss from before, but dare to doubt whether the man really posed such a great danger to the rule of law as is currently being reported.