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German Death Card · primary-source record

Otto Hiergeist

circa July 1895 (computed from age at death) – 24 October 1916

Died 24 October 1916 · died of wounds at a main dressing station

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At-a-glance facts

Record type

German Death Card

Date of death

24 October 1916

Date of birth

circa July 1895 (computed from age at death)

Age at death

21 years, 3 months (im Alter von 21 Jahren 3 Monaten)

Place of death

at the main dressing station (Hauptverbandsplatz)

The german death card

From the funeral card

† † †

Gebets-Andenken

an den ehrengeachteten Jüngling

Herrn Otto Hiergeist,

Söldnerssohn von Mamming,

Soldat b. 3. Inf.-Regt., 8. Komp.,

welcher am 24. Oktober 1916 durch ei-

nen Bauch- und Brustschuß auf dem

Hauptverbandsplatz im Alter von 21

Jahren 3 Monaten den Heldentod fürs

Vaterland gestorben ist.

German card text transcribed from the card photograph; uncertain readings are marked [?]. The photograph is a double memorial card commemorating two brothers — this record covers the right panel (Otto); his brother Georg Hiergeist’s panel is a separate record. An English translation is given in the research notes below.

Contributor’s notes & card translation

English translation of the card text: Prayer remembrance of the honoured young man Otto Hiergeist, son of a Söldner (smallholder) of Mamming, soldier in the 3rd Infantry Regiment, 8th Company, who died a hero’s death for the Fatherland on 24 October 1916 at the main dressing station from a gunshot wound to the abdomen and chest, at the age of 21 years and 3 months. These small prayer cards (Sterbebilder) were given to family and friends in the Roman Catholic tradition.

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Source & citation

Source type
Photograph & transcription
Provenance
From the Ancestors at Rest archive — founded 2004 by Brian and substantially built out across two decades by Lorine McGinnis Schulze of Olive Tree Genealogy.
Transcribed by
Ancestors at Rest archive — original contributor not recorded.
Last verified
2026-07-05
Permalink
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Image vs transcription
Both — photograph of the double card (Georg and Otto) and a transcription of Otto’s panel on this page

Citation: "German death card (Sterbebild) of Otto Hiergeist, 3. Inf.-Regt., 8. Komp., died of wounds 24 October 1916," photographed and contributed to the Ancestors at Rest archive (https://ancestorsatrest.com/records/funeral-cards/hiergeist-otto-1916/ : accessed [your access date]).

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