Friedrich Karl von Koenig Warthausen
Friedrich Karl Richard Paul August Freiherr Koenig von und zu Warthausen was a German aviator who made the first solo flight around the world in 192829. His flight took him eastwards from Berlin to Moscow, then to the Persian Gulf, across northern India and to Siam. He travelled mostly by ship to China and Japan, then across the Pacific Ocean. After flying across the United States, he again took a ship back to Europe, ending his flight in Hanover aftermonths. For this feat he was awarded the Hindenburg Cup.
The eldest son of Friedrich Karl Wilhelm Freiherr Koenig von und zu Warthausen , and his wife Elisabeth Hedwig Marie Anna von Wiedebach und NostizJnkendorf , he was born at the family home of Schloss Warthausen, close to the town of Biberach an der Riss in BadenWrttemberg. He attended the Humanistisches Gymnasium boarding school in Munich, and in February 1924 graduated from the high school in Kempten, Allgu, before studying Law and Economics at Universities in Munich, Knigsberg, Berlin, and England, while also pursuing his enthusiasm for sailing and flying, obtaining his pilots licence after onlyhours instruction.
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