Günther von Krosigk

Günther von Krosigk (born September 13, 1860 in Treptow an der Rega ; † June 16, 1938 in Brumby ) was a German admiral in the First World War .

Life

family

Günther was the eldest son of the Prussian Lieutenant General Rudolf von Krosigk (1817–1874) and his wife Antoinette, née von Krosigk (1821–1866). When his father died, Krosigk was not 14 years old.

On May 14, 1896, Krosigk married Marie, née von Veltheim (* 1875) in Destedt . Their sons, Rudolf (* 1897), Fritz (* 1901) and Günther (* 1904) entered military service or became farmers.

Military career

Krosigk joined the Imperial Navy in April 1877 . In 1905 he became head of department in the naval cabinet as captain at sea . From 1911 to 1912 he was the rear admiral chief of the East Asia Squadron . He then became director of the General Naval Department in the Reichsmarineamt . From April 1, 1914 to January 1, 1919, Krosigk was employed as chief of the North Sea naval station and as governor of the fortifications of the Reichskriegsport Wilhelmshaven . On March 22, 1915, he was promoted to admiral.

During the November Revolution, Krosigk negotiated with Bernhard Kuhnt , President of the Free State of Oldenburg , who was appointed by revolutionary forces . On January 8, 1919, Krosigk retired and spent his old age in Brumby near Calbe an der Saale.

Awards

Order of the Red Eagle 1st class with oak leaves and swords
Order of the crown, 2nd class with star
Knight's Cross of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern
Iron Cross (1914) 2nd and 1st class
Prussian service award cross
Honorary Commander of the Princely House Order of Hohenzollern
Bavarian Order of Military Merit 1st class with swords
Hanseatic Cross Bremen and Hamburg
Mecklenburg War Merit Cross, 2nd class
Friedrich-August-Kreuz 1st class
Grand Cross of the Order of Albrecht with a gold star and swords
Waldeck's Cross of Merit 1st Class with Swords

literature

Dermot Bradley (eds.), Hans H. Hildebrand, Ernest Henriot: Germany's Admirals 1849-1945. The military careers of naval, engineering, medical, weapons and administrative officers with admiral rank. Volume 2: HO. Biblio Publishing House. Osnabrück 1989, ISBN 3-7648-1499-3 , pp. 315-316.
Gotha. Series A, 40 (1941), pp. 243-244.

Individual evidence

↑ Wilhelmshavener Heimatlexikon. Second volume. Wilhelmshaven 1987. p. 103.
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Marine-Kabinett (ed.): Ranking list of the Imperial German Navy for the year 1918. Mittler & Sohn Verlag , Berlin 1918, p. 6.

personal data
SURNAME	Krosigk, Günther von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German admiral in the First World War
DATE OF BIRTH	September 13, 1860
PLACE OF BIRTH	Treptow at Rega
DATE OF DEATH	June 16, 1938
Place of death	Brumby

[1] Wilhelmshavener Heimatlexikon. Second volume. Wilhelmshaven 1987. p. 103.

[Rangliste-2] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Marine-Kabinett (ed.): Ranking list of the Imperial German Navy for the year 1918. Mittler & Sohn Verlag , Berlin 1918, p. 6.