Eugen von Schkopp

Wilhelm Ernst Eugen von Schkopp (born October 20, 1839 in Dyhernfurth , † October 4, 1925 in Puschkowa near Breslau ) was a Prussian major general and first in command of the Munster military training area .

Life

origin

Eugen von Schkopp was the son of the Prussian major a. D. Carl Eduard Hubertus von Schkopp (1786–1859) and his wife Friederike Wilhelmine, born von Kalckreuth (1783–1842). The future Prussian general of the infantry Hermann von Schkopp (1833–1898) was his older brother.

Military career

Schkopp attended schools in Dyhernfurth, Sagan and Sprottau as well as the cadet houses in Wahlstatt and Berlin . Subsequently, on May 8, 1858, he was transferred to the 7th Infantry Regiment of the Prussian Army as a Second Lieutenant . As such, he took part in the fighting near Nachod during the war against Austria in 1866 and was slightly wounded. However, the healing process made multiple spa stays necessary. At the end of July 1866, Schkopp was promoted to Prime Lieutenant and from October 1868 he was assigned to the 1st Silesian Jäger Battalion No. 5 in Görlitz for one year . With his main regiment, Schkopp took part in the war against France in 1870/71 . He fought at Weißenburg , Wörth and Sedan . With his promotion to captain he was appointed company commander on September 2, 1870 and shortly thereafter awarded the Iron Cross, 2nd class. In this capacity he took part in the siege of Paris .

At the beginning of April 1881 Schkopp was transferred as a surplus major to the 2nd East Prussian Grenadier Regiment No. 3 and on January 10, 1883 appointed as a regular staff officer. From November 15, 1883 to November 10, 1884 he acted as commander of the 2nd battalion. Schkopp then served as commander of the 1st Battalion in the 4th Upper Silesian Infantry Regiment No. 63 . When he was promoted to lieutenant colonel on March 22, 1888, he was transferred to the 4th Lower Silesian Infantry Regiment No. 51 in Brieg as a regular staff officer . As a colonel , Schkopp was given command of the 6th Brandenburg Infantry Regiment No. 52 in Cottbus on March 24, 1890 . At the instigation of his regiment chief , Prince Arnulf of Bavaria , Schkopp was awarded the command of the Bavarian Order of Military Merit for his services in troop leadership .

On 25 March 1893 he was charged with the statutory board for disposition made and appointed Munster leaving his previous uniform with active duty sign to the commander of the newly established military training area. In this position Schkopp received on 15 June 1893 character as a major general and was for his work on the improvement of the training area with the Order of the Crown II. Class, the Red Eagle II. Class with oak leaves and the Commander with Star of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern honored . Due to his health, he asked to leave and retired on March 18, 1899.

family

Schkopp had married Bianke von Koschembahr (1848–1873) in Görlitz on September 23, 1869 . After her death he married Charlotte Karoline Frank (1840-1891) on July 29, 1876 in Löwenberg . The following children emerged from the marriages:

• Agnes (1872–1873)
• Antonie Ida Bianka (1877–1952)
• Kurt (1878-1885)
• Ullrich Karl Gustav (* 1880), first lieutenant in the 4th Lower Silesian Infantry Regiment No. 51
• Günther (* / † 1883)

literature

• Hermann Berkun, Bodo Krüger: master list of officers, medical officers and officials of the infantry regiment v. Alvensleben (6. Brandenburgisches) No. 52. Verlag Gerhard Stalling, Oldenburg 1912, p. 18.
• Matthias Blazek: The Munster military training area looks back on a long tradition. Brochure accompanying the permanent exhibition in Building 29 of the Munster Armored Troop School, Munster 2016.
• Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 10, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1942], DNB 986919810 , pp. 173-175, no. 3148.
• Hubert Unverricht: Liegnitz life pictures of the city and district: MZ . Contributions to the Liegnitz history of the historical society Liegnitz eV in cooperation with the Liegnitz collection Wuppertal. Henske-Neumann, Hofheim / Taunus 2003, p. 165 f.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Kurt von Priesdorff: Soldatisches Führertum. Volume 10, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1942], DNB 986919810 , p. 171, no. 3147.