[1][2] So did succeeding Prince-Bishops,[1] giving the residence its name (Fürstenhäusle),[3] until the Prince-Bishopric was secularized in 1803 and absorbed into the Electorate of Baden.

She began to find literary success at a young age, but was weighed down with familial obligations, and frequently ill. To find solace, the poet frequently spent time in Meersburg with her sister and her husband,[6] Joseph von Laßberg, at Meersburg Castle.

[7] Staatliche Schlösser und Gärten Baden-Württemberg [de] (SSG), the public entity that manages State properties in Baden-Württemberg, closed the Little House in late 2016 for renovations funded by proceeds from the Glücksspirale [de] lottery.

The Little House was to be reopened in September with a new exhibit dedicated to Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, a collaboration between SSG and the Droste Research Center of the Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe [de].

Droste-Hülshoff described the state room as a "glass case" with an oriel that contained a canapé and a tile stove.