Dedo von Schenck (General)

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General von Schenk

Dedo Heinrich Karl von Schenck (born February 11, 1853 at Mansfeld Castle , Province of Saxony , † April 28, 1918 in Wiesbaden ) was a Prussian infantry general and adjutant general of Kaiser Wilhelm II.

Life

His parents were the Rittmeister Friedrich Wilhelm von Schenck (* May 28, 1815 - † January 17, 1859) and his wife Ida Henriette von Grollmann (* May 19, 1815 - † October 28, 1900).

Schenck joined the Navy of the North German Confederation as a cadet on May 1, 1870 . He left this after two and a half months and joined the Kaiser Franz Garde Grenadier Regiment No. 2 in Berlin on July 19, 1870 as a flagjunker .

With this he took part in the Franco-Prussian War and was promoted to ensign on September 16, 1870 and second lieutenant on October 18, 1870 .

After the end of the war, he served in his regiment, from May 1 to May 30, 1873, was a military shooting school, from September 30, 1874 to March 1, 1875, the Handgun Revision Commission and from March 1 to August 1, 1875 Military gymnasium commanded. On November 1 of the same year Schenck was appointed adjutant of III. Battalion and commanded him from October 1, 1878 to July 3, 1879 at the Prussian War Academy . After his return he was, now since November 26, 1878, Premier Lieutenant , used as a regimental adjutant before Schenck came on September 24, 1881 as an adjutant to the 4th Guard Infantry Brigade. From here, on May 1, 1883, he was assigned to the General Staff and on February 12, 1884, Schenck was appointed company commander in his main regiment , while at the same time being promoted to captain . He held this position until September 30, 1893, when he became a major (from May 31, 1891) in command of the 4th Battalion. From June 16, 1894 to February 15, 1899, Schenck was the commander of the 1st Battalion before he was promoted to the regimental staff as a lieutenant colonel . On April 18, 1901, Schenck was entrusted with the management of the regiment and was finally appointed regimental commander on May 18, 1901 , while being promoted to colonel . He gave up this post on January 27, 1905 and subsequently acted as inspector of the infantry schools. On April 22, 1904, Schenck was promoted to major general and as such he was at the same time assigned to the German special embassy in Morocco from April 27 to July 8, 1905 in the course of the First Morocco Crisis .

Von Schenk gives a mobilization address at the Schaumainkai , 1914

He was then commissioned on March 5, 1908, to lead the 2nd Guard Division and on April 4, 1908, he was appointed Division Commander while being promoted to Lieutenant General . Schenck was released from this command on April 1, 1909, appointed Adjutant General of the Emperor and at the same time ordered him to serve with the Crown Prince. While maintaining his position as adjutant general, Schenck took over the 14th division on October 6, 1911 , which he commanded for a year. After he had been promoted to General of the Infantry on September 13, 1912, he was appointed Commanding General of the XVIII. Army Corps in Frankfurt am Main . There he made negative headlines mainly because of his aversion to social democracy, which was taken up by local politicians as well as in the Reichstag.

First World War

Schenck retained this position with the outbreak of the First World War . In association with the 4th Army under the command of Duke Albrecht von Württemberg, the corps moved into Belgium and took part in the Battle of Neufchâteau . From there he moved into France after further fighting and fought on the Meuse and the Marne . Then the corps, now subordinate to the 2nd Army , was deployed in front of Reims . At the beginning of 1916 the corps came to the 5th Army under Crown Prince Wilhelm and took part in the offensive against Verdun . In the following battle for Verdun , Schenck was able to distinguish himself several times. In mid-September 1916, the corps joined the 1st Army and fought with it in the Battle of the Somme . After heavy losses, it was pulled from the front and assigned to Strantz's army division. After fighting on the Meuse and at St. Mihiel , it was used again, this time in conjunction with the 2nd Army, on the Somme .

On January 24, 1917, Schenck was recalled from his post, transferred to the army officers and at the same time placed à la suite of the Emperor Alexander Guard Grenadier Regiment No. 1. Shortly afterwards, on February 12, 1917, he was put up for disposition while remaining in his position as adjutant general .

He died in Wiesbaden after a short illness.

family

He married on October 2, 1884 in Berlin Katharina Wilhelmine Helene Charlotte Auguste Hedwig von Wardenberg (born April 18, 1865), daughter of General August von Württemberg . The couple had several children:

  • Eberhard Friedrich August (born November 16, 1887) ⚭ Irmgard Ecker (born July 1, 1895 - † September 25, 1938)
  • Frieda Katharina (March 21, 1890 - March 2, 1946)
⚭ 1910 (divorce in 1915) Baron Kurt von Reibnitz
⚭ 1916 Count Ernst August Werner Achaz Alexander von der Schulenburg (born October 31, 1886; † February 5, 1945)

Awards

literature

  • Hanns Möller: History of the knights of the order pour le mérite in the world war. Volume II: M-Z. Bernard & Graefe Verlag, Berlin 1935, pp. 303-304.
  • Karl-Friedrich Hildebrand, Christian Zweng: The knights of the order Pour le Mérite of the First World War. Volume 3: P-Z. Biblio Verlag, Bissendorf 2011, ISBN 3-7648-2586-3 , pp. 200-202.
  • Gothaisches genealogisches Taschenbuch der Briefadeligen houses, 1918, twelfth year, p.751 Schenk (1788)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Henning Roet de Rouet: Frankfurt am Main as a Prussian garrison. From 1866 to 1914. Societäts Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2016, ISBN 978-395542-227-1 , p. 170.
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t Prussian War Ministry (ed.): Ranking list of the Royal Prussian Army and the XIII. (Royal Württemberg) Army Corps for 1914. ES Mittler & Sohn , Berlin 1914, p. 104.
personal data
SURNAME Schenck, Dedo von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schenck, Dedo Heinrich Karl von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian infantry general, adjutant general Kaiser Wilhelm II.
DATE OF BIRTH February 11, 1853
PLACE OF BIRTH Mansfeld Castle , Province of Saxony
DATE OF DEATH April 28, 1918
Place of death Wiesbaden