Franz Xaver Krenkl

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Franz Xaver Krenkl
Grave of Franz Xaver Krenkl on the old southern cemetery in Munich location
Middle vault Karlstor - Stachus, Franz Xaver Krenkl

Franz Xaver Krenkl (born November 15, 1780 in Landshut , † April 23, 1860 in Stuttgart ) was a Bavarian racing stable owner and horse dealer.

Life

After an apprenticeship as a baker, Krenkl served briefly in the Bavarian cavalry . Horses also determined his further life: Krenkl, who lived in Munich from 1806 , became a successful horse trader and also ran a wage carriage for well-off customers. His racing team won the championship title fourteen times at the Oktoberfest races. However, he achieved lasting fame when he illegally overtook Crown Prince Ludwig's carriage in the English Garden and shouted to him: Majesty, wea ko, dea ko! (High German: Majesty, whoever can, can! ). The exclamation became a winged word.

Krenkl died on a trip while visiting the theater.

tomb

The tomb of Franz Xaver Krenkl is on the old southern cemetery in Munich (burial ground 17 - number 9 - 57th) Location .

Krenkl Prize

The SPD Munich-South has awarded a prize named after him for moral courage and civic engagement since 1990. Prize winners include a. Helmut Fischer , Peter Neuhauser (1994, Munich Caritas Director), Günther and Elisabeth Hölzl (2004), Miroslav Nemec (2005), Ruth Drexel (2006), Marianne Koch (2007), Jutta Speidel (2008), Alliance for Freedom of Assembly Bayerns (2009), Konstantin Wecker and Malte Pennekamp (2010), Michael Lerchenberg (2012), Hans Well (2013), Ulrich Chaussy and Werner Dietrich (lawyer) (2015)

monument

On the central vault of Munich's Karlstor there are four small stone sculptures, one of which is dedicated to Franz Xaver Krenkl.

Web links / source

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ False securities. In: sueddeutsche.de. October 11, 2015, accessed August 2, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Krenkl, Franz Xaver
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Krenkl, Xaver
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German racing stable owner and horse dealer
DATE OF BIRTH November 15, 1780
PLACE OF BIRTH Landshut
DATE OF DEATH April 23, 1860
Place of death Stuttgart