Hans Heinrich Ludwig Roland Krug von Nidda
(14.02.1857 - 20.08.1922)
place of birth:  Dresden  (Saxony)
Königreich Sachsen:  General der Kavallerie


Saxon cavalry officer Hans Krug von Nidda served during the Great War as a divisional and corps-level commander in the Imperial German Army. Hans' father was also a Saxon officer who was an Adjutant General in the court of King Albert of Saxony. As a young captain, Hans was on on general staff at XII. Army Corps headquarters, where he caught the attention of the commander, Prince Georg. The Crown Prince later had Krug von Nidda function as his personal adjutant for a period of three years.

As a major, Krug von Nidda was detached for duty at the Saxon War Ministry, followed in 1899 by a three-year tour to Berlin as Saxony's military plenipotentiary at Great Headquarters. He returned to Dresden in 1902 to serve as aide-de-camp on newly-crowned King Georg's staff. He subsequently commanded a cavalry regiment and a cavalry brigade and was promoted to the rank of Generalleutnant in 1911. That same year, he was appointed to head up 24th Infantry Division in Leipzig and was still at this posting as Germany mobilized in August 1914.

The 24th Infantry Division (2nd Saxon) was engaged on the Western Front as Germany invaded Belgium. The division was subordinate to XIX. Army Corps and to Max von Hausen's Third Army. In September 1914, Krug was promoted to General der Kavallerie and shortly thereafter lead his troops at the Battle for Lille and Lys. Due to a severe illness, he was relieved of command and sent on convalescent leave in May 1916. One month later he went on inactive reserve status for approximately one year. Upon his recovery, General Krug was sent to the Eastern Front in the summer of 1917, taking provisional command of XXVII. Reserve Corps.

He was fully reactivated in September 1917 and sent to France in order to replace Horst Edler von der Planitz as commander of XII. Army Corps. His troops were based in the relatively quiet Champagne region, but the situation heated up in September 1918, when the outnumbered Germans fought off the attacking French and American troops until War's end. It was for his exemplary leadership during these engagements that General Krug was recognized with the Pour le Merite. After Armistice, he lead the corps back to Dresden for demobilization and, after a 43-year career, retired from military service in January 1920. General Krug von Nidda, who was married to Elizabeth Knoke, passed away two years later in Gersdorf near Görlitz.

	General der Kavallerie ....	13.09.1912
	Pour le Mérite ....................	07.10.1918
	Militär-St-Heinrich ..........	15.10.1914  Ritter  (Komtur II:  30.08.1917;  Komtur I:  14.10.1918)