Franz Heinrigs
Franz August Heinrigs (born November 16, 1871 in Burscheid , † December 24, 1924 in Berlin ) was a Prussian colonel .
Life
Heinrigs joined the Prussian Army in 1890 and was then appointed Portepeefähnrich in the infantry regiment "Freiherr von Sparr" (3rd Westphalian) No. 16 . There he was on 16 January 1892, second lieutenant , on July 22, 1900. Lieutenant and 20 April 1906 Captain transported. In 1911 he moved to the King Infantry Regiment (6th Lorraine) No. 145 , which he left in 1913 as a major on the staff of the infantry regiment "Grand Duke Friedrich Franz II. Of Mecklenburg-Schwerin" (4th Brandenburg) No. 24 .
First World War
On August 2, 1914, Major Heinrigs took command of the 1st Battalion with which he moved into the field and led the first skirmishes in the battle of Mons and Frameries. Heinrigs was severely wounded in the hand in the Battle of the Marne and, after recovering from his wound, returned to his battalion in January 1915 to take part again in the Battle of Soissons. On March 19, 1915, he was transferred to the infantry regiment “von_Horn” (3rd Rheinisches) No. 29 as battalion commander , followed by heavy fighting in Champagne. After further deployments with his unit on the Somme, Henrigs was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern with Swords on September 24, 1916 . During further fighting north of the Somme, Heinrigs was appointed commander of the Horn Infantry Regiment (3rd Rheinisches) No. 29 on October 19, 1916. After fighting and trench warfare in Flanders , Heinrigs was proposed to the order Pour le Mérite by division commander Arthur von Lüttwitz on the following grounds :
“Because of his outstanding drive and personal bravery, Major Heinrigs was awarded the Hohenzollern House Order in September as battalion commander in the fighting near Thiepval-Pozières, then for the same reason in August 1917 as regimental commander after the 10-week battles at Warneton entered for the award of the order »Pour le mérite«. In the recent heavy fighting of the division at Poelkapelle- Wallemolen, deployed at the most difficult point, his regiment rejected all attacks on October 9th and 12th, even though the enemy had broken into the neighboring division, albeit with the heaviest losses. Again, this is primarily due to the regimental commander. The personality of Major Heinrig is so outstanding that I dare to repeat the proposal for the award of the order »Pour le mérite« and to support it warmly. "
By AKO on November 8, 1917, Wilhelm II awarded Heinrigs the order Pour le Mérite. After further skirmishes in Flanders he was promoted to lieutenant colonel on October 18, 1918 , and after the armistice led his regiment back home.
post war period
On April 1, 1919, Heinrigs took command of the Rhenish Freikorps and in the following month transferred to the staff of the Rhineland Reichswehr Department, where he was transferred to his peacekeeping unit of 24th Infantry Regiment at the end of August 1919. On 31 January 1920 he resigned under presentation of the character as a colonel due to reduction of the army from active Services. At the same time he received permission to wear the uniform of the infantry regiment "von Horn" (3rd Rheinisches) No. 29. Then Heinrigs joined the police and was there as a police colonel in command of the police district of Greater Berlin Mitte.
Awards
- Osmanje Order IV class on March 10, 1904
- Red Eagle Order IV Class on May 15, 1912
- Iron Cross 2nd and 1st Class on January 20, 1915
- Mecklenburg-Schwerin Military Merit Cross 2nd class on March 1, 1915
- Service award cross for officers
literature
- Hanns Möller : History of the knights of the order »pour le mérite« in the world war. Volume I: A-L. Bernard & Graefe Verlag, Berlin 1935, pp. 463-465.
- The Infantry Regiment von Horn (3rd Rhenish) No. 29. Reminder sheets of German regiments. Troops of the former Pruss. Contingents, Volume 292, Stalling Verlag, Berlin 1929.
- Hans von Felgenbauer, W. Müller-Loebnitz: The book of honor of the Rhinelander. Oskar Hinderer, Stuttgart (no year).
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Prussian War Ministry (ed.): Ranking list of the Royal Prussian Army and the XIII. (Royal Württemberg) Army Corps for 1914. ES Mittler & Sohn , Berlin 1914, p. 189.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Heinrigs, Franz |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Heinrigs, Franz August (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prussian colonel |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 16, 1871 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Burscheid |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 24, 1924 |
| Place of death | Berlin |