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Count Adalbert von Recke-Volmerstein founded an orphanage and home for converts from Judaism on the grounds of a monastery in Düsseltal (a borough of Düsseldorf) in 1822.
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Count von der Recke's Asylum for destitute Jews : Dusselthal in Germany, Leo Baeck Institute, 78.598.