Friedrich Krieger

This article deals with the officer Friedrich Krieger. For the painter Friedrich Christian Krieger see Friedrich Christian Krieger .

Friedrich Krieger , since 1871 Ritter von Krieger , (born July 28, 1843 in Zweibrücken , † June 28, 1907 ) was a Bavarian officer and holder of the Military Max Joseph Order .

Life

Friedrich Krieger was the son of the pastor and church councilor Johann Peter Krieger and his wife Karoline Friederika Luisa, née Hoffmann.

After studying at the Polytechnic he entered on July 7, 1866 as conscript in the Infantry Regiment body of the Bavarian army one, was already on July 12, sub-lieutenant and for the duration of the war against Prussia in 1866 for the 4th Infantry Regiment "vacant Gumppenberg ” . After the end of the war he was dismissed on August 29, 1866 with the utmost recognition for his military services and began his service as a common soldier in the Infantry Body Regiment on February 19, 1867. From March 1, 1867 corporal 2nd class, on June 24, 1867, Krieger was promoted to lieutenant in the infantry body regiment.

He took part in the Franco-German War in 1870/71 without interruption. In the battles near Orleans in October 1870, he already demonstrated his military skills. On December 7, 1870, he was in command of the 11th Company of the Infantry Leib Regiment at Lemons (Meung, right bank of the Loire) to cover the "Hutten" battery . He rejected the onslaught of superior French forces on the artillery position and, at his own initiative, went over to counterattack. With personal bravery and prudence, he led his men forward, forced the enemy to retreat, captured numerous French in pursuit and captured an enemy battery. Due to a lack of means of transport, he could no longer use the success. The company suffered "relatively very small losses". For his services in front of Orleans he was awarded the Iron Cross II. Class, the right to wear it was granted by the Most High Signat of November 17, 1870. According to the army order of December 2, 1870, he also received the Knight's Cross, 2nd class of the Military Merit Order .

With his letter of May 24, 1871, he submitted an application for inclusion in the Military Max Joseph Order. Under the chairmanship of Lieutenant General and Commander of the 2nd Division Joseph Maximilian von Maillinger , the Chapter of the Order in Grosbois, which met on June 4, 1871, decided unanimously that Lieutenant Krieger was worthy of acceptance into the Order after evaluating the certificates and witness statements provided. With the Most High Sigant of July 5, 1871, as well as an army order of July 16, 1871, he was named a Knight of the Military Max Joseph Order because of his brave behavior in the battle near Lemons. Associated with this was the elevation into the personal nobility by King Ludwig II and he was allowed to call himself Ritter von Krieger after being entered in the nobility register .

On November 27, 1876, he was promoted to Prime Lieutenant in the 1st Infantry Regiment "König" . On July 9, 1877, he saved a boy from drowning, for which he was given the highest recognition according to the royal signature of August 16, 1877. On September 22, 1893 he became battalion commander of the 10th Infantry Regiment .

literature

• Baptist Schrettinger: The Royal Bavarian Military Max Joseph Order and its members. R. Oldenbourg. Munich 1882.
• Viktor Carl: Lexicon of the Palatinate personalities. 2nd revised and expanded edition. Hennig. Edenkoben 1998 (with picture).
• Genealogical paperback of noble houses , 1894, p. 42f.