Friedrich Krieß

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Friedrich Krieß (born May 19, 1796 in Graudenz , † October 29, 1872 in Naumburg (Saale) ) was a Prussian lieutenant general .

Life

origin

Friedrich was the son of the Prussian Prime Lieutenant Jakob Krieß († 1823) and his wife, a born Roman.

Military career

At the beginning of the Wars of Liberation, on March 19, 1813, Krieß joined the reserve battalion of the Silesian Infantry Regiment of the Prussian Army . In 1814 he became a non-commissioned officer and took part in the siege of Glogau .

After the war he was transferred to the 25th Infantry Regiment in 1816 and was promoted to Second Lieutenant by the end of April 1819 . In 1826, Krieß became adjutant of the 2nd Battalion. In 1829 he was promoted to government adjutant and in this position was first lieutenant in mid-July 1832. From March 20, 1835 to March 29, 1839 he was adjutant of the 15th Infantry Brigade . He was then transferred to the 28th Infantry Regiment as captain and company commander . In addition, from mid-December 1844, Krieß was also director of the division school of the 15th division and president of the examination commission for portepeef ensigns . On March 31, 1846 he was promoted to major and transferred to the 25th Landwehr Regiment as commander of the 2nd battalion. From June 15, 1850, he was employed as a battalion commander in the 34th Infantry Regiment and on March 22, 1853, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel .

On July 13, 1854, Krieß became a colonel and commander of the 37th Infantry Regiment . On October 29, 1857 he was placed in command of Saarlouis and à la suite of his previous regiment. In this position he was awarded the character of major general on May 31, 1859 . The patent for his rank was awarded to Krieß on May 3, 1860, and at the same time he was transferred to Breslau as commandant . On March 19, 1863 King Wilhelm I awarded him the star for the Order of the Red Eagle, 2nd class with oak leaves. Two months later, on May 19, 1863, he was retired as lieutenant general with a pension and put up for disposal on November 28, 1863 with a pension . He died on October 29, 1872 in Naumburg (Saale).

family

He married on July 31, 1823 in Bornhagen in Eichsfeld Luise Freiin von Hanstein (1796–1868), widow of Ernst von Stutterheim . She was a daughter of Adam Erdmann Siegfried Friedrich von Hanstein (1747-1820) and Maria Johanna Leogoldine von Stein (* 1760). The couple had five sons and five daughters, including:

  • Ludwig Johann Adalbert (1824–1894) ⚭ Barbara Wunner (1849–1914)
  • Iota
  • Karl
  • Emma (* 1831) ⚭ 1858 Hugo Wilhelm Heinrich Joachim von Falken-Placheky
  • Hugo
  • Theodore
  • Malwine
  • Bertha ⚭ NN Rudolph
  • Gerhardine ⚭ NN Vitzthum von Eckstedt

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of the baron houses for the year 1868 . Eighteenth year, Justus Perthes , Gotha 1867, p. 311.
  2. ^ Necrology. In: Gothaisches genealogisches Taschenbuch der Freiherrlichen Häuser to the year 1869. Nineteenth year, Justus Perthes, Gotha 1868, p. 1037.
  3. ↑ Wedding announcement. In: Fränkischer Merkur.
  4. ↑ Kriess.
  5. ↑ Otto Titan von Hefner : Register of the flourishing and dead nobility in Germany. Volume 1, Regensburg 1860, p. 353.
personal data
SURNAME Krieß, Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian lieutenant general
DATE OF BIRTH May 19, 1796
PLACE OF BIRTH Graudenz
DATE OF DEATH October 29, 1872
Place of death Naumburg (Saale)