Prince Max Emanuel of Thurn and Taxis (b. 1935)
| Max Emanuel | |||||
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| Prince of Thurn and Taxis | |||||
| Born |
7 September 1935 Schloss Bullachberg |
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| Spouse |
Maria Gräfin von Pocci (m. 1969; div. 1970) Christa Heinle (m. 1973) |
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| Issue | Hubertus Raphael Philipp Gabriel |
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| House | Thurn and Taxis | ||||
| Father | Prince Raphael Rainer of Thurn and Taxis | ||||
| Mother | Princess Margarete of Thurn and Taxis | ||||
| Full name | |
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| Max Emanuel Maria Albert Paul Isabella Klemens Lamoral Prinz von Thurn und Taxis |
Max Emanuel Prinz von Thurn und Taxis (born 7 September 1935) is the heir presumptive to the nominal Fürst von Thurn und Taxis title held, according to the traditional house law of the former German princely House of Thurn and Taxis, by his nephew Albert, 12th Prince of Thurn and Taxis. Max Emanuel is a member of the former German princely House of Thurn and Taxis, whose wealth derives from founding the German postal service and brewing.
On 20 May 1969 at Schwangau, Max Emanuel entered into a civil marriage, deemed non-compliant with the family's traditional house law, with Anna Maria née Gräfin von Pocci (1944–2008), a daughter of Count Konrad Albert von Pocci and his wife Anna Elisabeth Hartmann. They married in a religious ceremony two days later. A childless marriage, they divorced a year later, on 1 July 1970 at Kempten; the marriage was annulled on 17 October 1972 at Augsburg.
On 14 March 1973 at Schwangau, he entered into another non-compliant union, civilly marrying Christa Ingeburg Heinle, a daughter of Erich Heinle and his wife Ingeburg Wurzner. The following day, they had a religious ceremony. He and Christa have two sons:
Max Emanuel's plans in the late 1990s and early 2000s to develop real estate near historical sites in Bavaria caused tensions with historical societies and others in the local community. He already had a commercial presence in the area, as he ran a "sport and seminar" center which offered river rafting, mountain biking, paragliding, and golf.
In 1997, Max Emanuel planned to build a $22 million luxury hotel with 150 rooms, fine dining, a golf school and adjacent golf course, and a health spa on land directly in view of Neuschwanstein Castle, the famous site built by Ludwig II of Bavaria. These preparations were defeated however, after locals and a conservation society managed to get a local referendum held in 1997 to scrap the plans. Max Emanuel continued his plans four years later to build a hotel and golf course on the same site. People living nearby were upset that the view seen from the castle's grounds would be ruined by new construction meant for tourists; consequently the local council ruled that most of the land surrounding the castle was unusable for commercial development. Max Emanuel responded to these complaints by saying a luxury hotel would draw wealthy visitors to the village and help the local economy; restaurant, shop owners, and other members of the tourist industry tended to favor his plans, while village counselors, local farmers and others were opposed, believing that any commercial development would ruin the rural landscape and create too much noise. Those in favor of King Ludwig's legacy stated that the hotel would violate the romantic legacy the mad king left.
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