Friedrich Karl Gottlob Varnbüler von und zu Hemmingen

Baron Friedrich Karl Gottlob von Varnbüler und zu Hemmingen (13 May 1809 – 26 March 1889) was a Württemberg politician.

Early life Varnbüler was born at his father's estate in Hemmingen on 13 May 1809. He was the son of Baroness Friederika von Woellwarth-Polsingen (1776–1818), a lady-in-waiting to Duchess Sophie Albertine of Württemberg (wife of Frederick Augustus, Duke of Württemberg-Neuenstadt), and Baron Karl von Varnbüler von und zu Hemmingen (1776–1832), a Royal Württemberg Privy Councilor who served as Minister of Finance from 1827 to 1832.

Anna von Varnbüler und zu Hemmingen (1836–1925), who married Friedrich Schott von Schottenstein (grandparents of Friedrich von Prittwitz und Gaffron). She later married Caesar von Hofacker (grandparents of Caesar von Hofacker Jr.) Elisabeth von Varnbüler und zu Hemmingen (1846–1910), who married Baron Hermann von Erffa, a Thuringian landowner and politician. Axel von Varnbüler und zu Hemmingen (1851–1937), the Württemberg Ambassador to the Russian Empire and to Prussia; he married Natalie Gavriliuk in 1894.

Relationship with Marie Meyer From a liaison with the actress Maria Wilhelmina Adelheyd Meier, he was the father of writer Gustav Meyrink (1868–1932), who grew up with his mother and has been described as the "most respected German language writer in the field of supernatural fiction".