Christoph Ludolf Ehrenfried Krehl (29 June 1825 – 15 May 1901, Leipzig) was a German orientalist born in Meissen.
Son of August Ludwig Gottlob Krehl and Wilhelmine Friederike Luise von Ammon.
Through his mother Krehl was the grandson of protestant theologian Christoph Friedrich von Ammon.
Later on, he embarked on study trips to Gotha, Paris and Saint Petersburg.
[3] He became secretary of the Royal Library in Dresden in 1852 and in 1861 went to the University of Leipzig as a librarian and an associate professor of Oriental languages.