Felix Langer (General)

Felix Hugo Theodor Langer (born March 25, 1859 in Ratibor , † January 27, 1940 in Göttingen ) was a German infantry general .

Life

Langer came on March 1, 1879 as a cadet in the 30 fourth Rhenish Infantry Regiment. The Prussian army , where he on 16 October 1879 Ensign appointed and on 14 October in 1880 second lieutenant was promoted. From January 21, 1885 he acted as adjutant of the 2nd Battalion and from August 2, 1888 he held the position of regimental adjutant. As Prime Lieutenant (since October 15, 1889) he was transferred from June 18, 1891 to January 26, 1895 as adjutant to the 12th Infantry Brigade and was promoted to captain on January 27, 1894. Langer was then until July 21, 1900 Company commander in the infantry regiment "Herzog Karl von Mecklenburg-Strelitz" (6th East Prussian) No. 43 and then became adjutant of the 1st division . At the same time he was promoted to major on September 19, 1909, he was transferred to the 9th West Prussian Infantry Regiment No. 176 . From April 21, 1911 he was in command of the Colberg Grenadier Regiment "Graf Gneisenau" (2nd Pomeranian) No. 9 in Stargard in Pomerania . He then led the 54th Infantry Brigade (4th Royal Württembergische) in Ulm from April 22, 1914 while being promoted to major general .

Langer retained this command with the outbreak of World War I and was deployed in conjunction with the 5th Army on the Western Front. From January 2, 1915 to April 21, 1916, he served as the commander of the 242nd Infantry Brigade and then took over the 51st Reserve Division . Four months later he was given command of the 28th Division . On February 29, 1918, Langer was entrusted with the leadership of the XXIV Reserve Corps and was awarded the oak leaves for the Pour le Mérite on November 7, 1918 for the defensive battles between Reims and Verdun . He had already received the Pour le Mérite on October 8, 1917. After the end of the war and his return home, Langer was initially made available as an officer by the army on January 10, 1919, then dismissed from the army on March 20, 1919 and retired.

Langer received the character of General of the Infantry on August 27, 1939, the so-called Tannenberg Day.

literature

• Karl-Friedrich Hildebrand, Christian Zweng: The knights of the order Pour le Mérite of the First World War. Volume 2: HO. Biblio Verlag, Bissendorf 2003, ISBN 3-7648-2516-2 , pp. 308-309.