Fritz Zängl
| Fritz Zängl | |
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| Born | 13 December 1914 Katzbach, German Empire |
| Died | 21 May 1942 (aged 27) near Smerdyna, German-occupied Poland |
| Ski club | ASV Cham |
Fritz Zängl (13 December 1914 – 21 May 1942) was a German skier and soldier, at last in the rank of a Feldwebel.
Biography
[edit]Zängl was born in Katzbach, today a borough of Cham. He was a member of the skiing club ASV Cham and served in the Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 100 in Bad Reichenhall. In the rank of an Oberjäger he participated in the German military patrol team at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1939, which placed first and won the world master title.
In World War II he took part in the campaigns against France, Greece, Crete and at last against Russia, when he was killed in action near Smerdyna. He was awarded with the Eisernes Kreuz II and I.[1]
In honor of his sports career the memorial race "Fritz-Zängl-Gedächtnislauf" is carried out by the ASV Cham since a couple of years.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Date form an In Memoriam picture of World War II, seen at ebay.at, article number 380047395141; cited source: Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge e.V.
- ^ ASV Cham Archived 26 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine (German).
- German military patrol (sport) runners
- German Army personnel killed in World War II
- 1914 births
- 1942 deaths
- People from Cham, Germany
- Recipients of the Iron Cross (1939), 1st class
- Sportspeople from the Kingdom of Bavaria
- Gebirgsjäger of World War II
- Sportspeople from the Upper Palatinate
- Skiers from Bavaria
- Military personnel from Bavaria