Felix Streccius

Christian Felix Streccius (born June 3, 1833 in Stendal ; † February 14, 1889 in Hanover ) was a Prussian major general .

Life

origin

He was the son of Johann Karl Christian (1789–1833), most recently Prime Lieutenant of the Landwehr a. D. and city ​​councilor in Stendal, and his wife Ernestine Eleonore Amalie , née Matthias (1794–1855). His older brother Johannes (1831-1889) also embarked on a military career and made it up to lieutenant general .

Military career

Streccius graduated from high school in Potsdam and then attended the cadet schools in Potsdam and Berlin . On April 27, 1852, he was transferred to the 17th Infantry Regiment of the Prussian Army in Cologne as a second lieutenant . On May 27, 1853 he was assigned to the rifle factory in Suhl for three months. To teaching infantry battalion to Potsdam, he was assigned on 16 April 1856 to 30 September. 1857 From March 1, 1858, where he was promoted to Prime Lieutenant on May 31, 1859, he was assigned to the school department in Potsdam. This was followed by another command on November 22, 1860 as a company commander at the Jülich NCO School . With the promotion to captain on March 14, 1864 he was appointed chief of the 13th company in Wesel . During the German War he was aggregated into his regiment for the duration of the mobile relationship from June 16, 1866 and was a company commander in the mobile Landwehr Infantry Regiment No. 13 . As chief of the 5th Company in Celle , he was reassigned to his regiment on September 17, 1866. In the Franco-Prussian War he took part in the battles at Vionville , Gravelotte and Le Mans , the siege of Metz , and the battles at Vendôme , Montoire and Les Roches . In this war he was awarded the Iron Cross of both classes. After he was promoted to major on April 13, 1872 , he was appointed commander of the 1st battalion on November 20, 1873. On the anniversary of the one-time storming of the Düppeler Schanzen , he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel in 1878 .

On April 12, 1879, Streccius was transferred to the 1st Rhenish Infantry Regiment No. 25 in Strasbourg and appointed commander of the 1st Battalion. Promoted to colonel on September 13, 1882, he was transferred to the army officers on March 28, 1883 with the award of the rank of regimental commander with the retention of his previous uniform . On May 15 of the same year Streccius was appointed commander of the 4th Rhenish Infantry Regiment No. 30 in Saarlouis . The following year he was awarded the Order of the Red Eagle III on January 20 . Class with ribbon and in February awarded the Commander's Cross of the Order of the Zähringer Lion and the Honorary Commander's Cross of the Oldenburg House and Merit Order of Duke Peter Friedrich Ludwig . In 1886 he became seriously ill that he was only suitable for the service behind the front .

While being promoted to major general in 1888, Streccius was reassigned to the army officers on the anniversary of the birth of the emperor who had just died .

Streccius died on February 14, 1889 in Hanover.

family

Streccius had married Luise Charlotte Wilhelmine Ulex (1850-1901) on May 29, 1868 in Hamburg . The marriage had three children:

• Frieda (* 1869)
• Viktor (1870-1909)
• Alfred (1874–1944), General of the Infantry , lastly Deputy Commanding General of the XVII. Army Corps

literature

• Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 10, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1942], DNB 986919810 , pp. 370-371, no. 3271.
• Bogislav von Kleist: The Royal Prussian. Generals from 1840–1894. No. 1843.
• Theodor Pratsch: Officer list of the Infantry Regiment Graf Barfuss (4th Westphalian) No. 17: from the establishment of the regiment on July 1st, 1813 to October 1st, 1907. ES Mittler & Sohn . Berlin 1908.
• Otto Zimmer-Vorhaus: 1813/1913. Officer tribe list of the Infantry Regiment von Lützow (1. Rheinisches) No. 25 and his tribe, the Kgl. Pr. Von Lützow Free Corps. Otto Beckmann Verlag, Berlin 1913.