Georg Friedrich von Kriechbaum

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Georg Friedrich Freiherr von Kriechbaum und Hohenberg (* 1665 in Linz , Austria, † February 14, 1710 in Sibiu , Transylvania) was an Austrian officer and commander of the imperial troops in the Sendlinger Murder Christmas and the Battle of Aidenbach .

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Georg Friedrich von Kriechbaum distinguished himself for the first time in the defense of Vienna against the Ottomans in 1683 , and later also in the Battle of Slankamen in 1691 . During the Spanish War of Succession in 1701 he became the colonel-owner of a regiment (later the Imperial and Royal Infantry Regiment No. 54). In 1704 he defended Ivrea against superior forces. In the same year he was appointed General Sergeant and in 1705 for Field Marshal Lieutenant appointed.

Georg Friedrich von Kriechbaum is known in particular for his suppression of the Bavarian people's uprising in 1705 and 1706 , first of all in the Sendling Christmas Murder Christmas on December 25, 1705 and then in the Battle of Aidenbach on January 8, 1706, the rebels of the Bavarian state defense destroyed. In justified relation. About the defeat of the rebellious subjects in Bavaria at the Markth Aidenbach Freytag on January 8, 1706 , he described the battle from his point of view. Kriechbaum only gives his own losses as "not 8 dead and wounded men and even fewer horses". In his justification to the Bavarian Elector Max Emanuel, Georg Sebastian Plinganser puts the number of Bavarian deaths at just 2,000 and estimated the enemy's losses at 300 men.

In 1706 he threw the French back from their position in Lucento (near Turin ). In 1709 Emperor Joseph I appointed him Feldzeugmeister and commandant against the rebelling Kuruc in Transylvania . After this uprising was put down, Kriechbaum headed the General Council in Transylvania until his death.

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SURNAME Kriechbaum, Georg Friedrich von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kriechpaumb, Georg Friderich von; Kriechpaum, Georg Friedrich von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian officer
DATE OF BIRTH 1665
PLACE OF BIRTH Linz
DATE OF DEATH February 14, 1710
Place of death Sibiu