Christian Ritter von Langheinrich

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Christian Ritter von Langheinrich

Christian Langheinrich , Knight of Langheinrich since 1914 (born November 16, 1870 in Bayreuth ; † June 9, 1950 ibid) was a Bavarian officer , most recently a major , as well as a lawyer and politician ( DDP ).

Life

Christian was the son of the paper mill and fishing yard owner Ulrich Langheinrich and his wife Dorothea, née Speckner.

After attending the humanistic grammar school in his hometown, he studied law in Munich and Berlin from 1889 to 1893 . During his studies he joined the Corps Bavaria Munich . In 1894 he received his doctorate in law in Erlangen . After taking the assessor examination in 1897, he settled as a lawyer in Bayreuth and was elected to the board of the bar association at the Bamberg Higher Regional Court .

In the meantime, from October 1, 1889, he had done his military service as a one-year volunteer with the Infantry Body Regiment of the Bavarian Army in Munich .

With the outbreak of World War Langheinrichstraße was as captain of the reserve called up and served from 4 August 1914 as leader of the 7th Company Reserve Infantry Regiment 7. With this he was on the Western Front in use and could on October 5, 1914 Carency take in. Due to personal bravery, circumspection and a willingness to take responsibility, Langheinrich was accepted into the Military Max Joseph Order with effect from October 5, 1914 . He was allowed in the account of the associated collecting personal nobility from that date Knights of Langheinrichstraße call. His hometown Bayreuth then awarded him honorary citizenship and the Golden Citizen Medal. The city later also named Christian-Ritter-von-Langheinrich-Strasse after him.

After the end of the war, Langheinrich joined the German Democratic Party . In January 1919 he was elected for this as a member of the Weimar National Assembly. After he resigned his mandate on April 21 of the same year, his party colleague Christian Meisner continued this.

In the following years, Langheinrich worked as a lawyer in Bayreuth and was later given the title of judicial advisor .

literature

  • Rudolf von Kramer, Otto von Waldenfels: VIRTUTI PRO PATRIA. The Royal Bavarian Military Max Joseph Order. Acts of War and Book of Honor 1914-1918. Self-published by the Royal Bavarian Military Max Joseph Order. Munich 1966. pp. 347-348.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Kösener corps lists from 1960, 104, 1153