page_title: Johanna von Westphalen
section_title: Personal life
hierarchical_section_title: Johanna von Westphalen / Personal life
caption_attribution_description: English: Castle Laer in Meschede Deutsch: Schloss Laer in Meschede
context_page_description: Countess Johanna von Westphalen zu Fuerstenberg was a German conservative politician and Catholic activist. A member of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany, she was active in the anti-abortion movement and a patron of Catholic institutions. She was knighted by Pope John Paul II in 2002 as a Dame Grand Cross of the Order of St. Gregory the Great.
context_section_description: Von Westphalen was married to Count August von Westphalen zu Fürstenberg and had six children. She lived with her family in her husband's family home, Schloss Laer, in Meschede.
  After the death of her mother in 1992, Von Westphalen encouraged her father to allow the Catholic congregation Servants of Jesus and Mary to use the family castle, Haus Assen.
  Von Westphalen died on 21 January 2016 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
caption: Schloss Laer
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