LÖWENSTEIN, KARL WERTHEIM-ROSENBERG, prince of. - Sociologist, b. at Haid (Bohemia) on 21 May 1834, d. at Cologne on 8 Nov. 1921. At the age of 73, after the death of his second wife, he became a Dominican at Venlo (1918).
Deeply religious and endowed with exquisite social sensitivity, he placed himself at the service of the Catholic cause in Germany, cooperating with the Centre Party; resolving difficult political and social questions during his five parliamentary terms; and setting, on his extensive estates, the example of an understanding and Christian master. He was responsible for the foundation of the abbey of St. Hildegard near Eibingen (Benedictine nuns); and other convents and religious communities received from him the means for their foundation and support.
But the finest and most effective work of his entire life was the organization of the Katholikentage, which he directed skilfully for 30 years as commissioner. To this must be added the presidency of the anti-duelling league, which he revived, and the care he lavished upon the « Freie Vereinigung katholischen Sozialpolitiker ».