Johann "Hans" Streck
(10.02.1850 - 12.12.1914) - kia
place of birth:  München, Oberbayern
Königreich Bayern:  Div-Kdr,  Generalleutnant z.D. (Art)


General officer and artillery specialist Johann Streck came out of retirement during the Great War to briefly command a Bavarian reserve infantry division. Streck entered military service in 1870 just prior to the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War. He went into battle with an artillery unit and was soon commissioned as an Unterlieutenant. He continued as an artillery specialist during peace time and by 1901 was in command of a field artillery brigade. He was promoted to Generalleutnant in 1905 conferring him the title of Exzellenz (Excellency.) He then served for three years as Bavaria's Feldzeugmeister, in charge of the Ordnance Department in the War Ministry, before retiring from active duty in 1909.

Following Germany's mobilization in August 1914, Generalleutnant Streck was reactivated in order to take command of the Bavarian 6. Reserve-Division. Less then one month later, he was wounded during fighting in southern Belgium. Streck was then relieved of command by Felix Graf von Bothmer and sent on convalescent leave, but died a little more than one week later. His son Hans also served during the Great War as General Erich Ludendorff's adjutant.

	Generalleutnant	20.08.1905
	Kriegsdenkmünze	Deutsch-Französischer Krieg  1870–1871