Hans von Kirchbach

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General Hans von Kirchbach

Rudolph Bodo Hans von Kirchbach (born June 22, 1849 in Auerbach (Vogtland) , † July 23, 1928 in Dresden ) was a Saxon colonel general .

Life

origin

Hans came from the Saxon noble family Kirchbach . He was the son of the Oberlandforstmeister Carl von Kirchbach (1799-1893), royal Saxon secret finance councilor and chamberlain , and his second wife Josephine, née von Bodenhausen (1825-1898).

Military career

Kirchbach attended the higher private school in Auerbach and the secondary school in Bezzenberger and Opelt in Dresden. On April 1, 1863, at the age of 14, he entered the artillery school in Dresden as a cadet . From May 1, 1866 he was Portepeejunker in the foot artillery regiment and took part in this position in the German War and was promoted to lieutenant in August 1866. After the war, Kirchbach served in the 1st Field Artillery Regiment No. 12 , where he became adjutant of the 1st Division, with which he was sent to the Franco-German War in July 1870 . Between 1878 and 1881 he was employed in various positions as regimental and brigade adjutant, during which time he was also an orderly officer of King Albert of Saxony . Kirchbach was promoted to first lieutenant in 1872 and to captain in 1876 . He had his first command from 1881 to 1884 as battery chief in his main regiment. He then worked as a teacher at the Berlin Artillery and Engineering School until 1888 . There he was promoted to major in 1887 . After his time as a teacher he was again given a command in the I. Department of the 1st Field Artillery Regiment No. 12 until 1893. There he was appointed lieutenant colonel in 1891 .

In 1893 he went to the War Ministry as head of department and became a colonel there in 1895 before taking over the 3rd Field Artillery Regiment No. 32 in 1896 . From 1899 he commanded, to Major-General appointed the 4th Field Artillery Brigade no. 40 and then in 1901 the first Field Artillery Brigade no. 23 1904 Kirchbach was appointed Lieutenant General transported and moved in the same year as the commander of the 3rd Division no. 32 .

In 1907 he was appointed general of the artillery and appointed commanding general of the XIX. Army Corps in Leipzig. Thus he held one of the three highest posts that the Saxon army had to occupy in peacetime. Kirchbach received this post without having previously held a general staff assignment. It was a high honor that he received from the Saxon King Friedrich August III. 1912 à la suite of the 3rd Field Artillery Regiment No. 32 was placed. After almost six years at the head of the General Command, Kirchbach retired in 1913.

First World War

When the First World War broke out a few months later , he was reactivated and took over the XII as commanding general . Reserve Corps . For the next three years his unit was deployed on the Western Front and fought in 1914 in the Battle of the Marne , in 1915 in the Autumn Battle in Champagne , in 1916 in the Battle of the Somme and in 1917 near Ypres . After a short term use as leaders of the "Group of Ghent" Kirchbach was on 12 December 1917, the Eastern Front displaced, where he succeeded his cousin Günther von Kirchbach (1850-1925) as commander in chief of the Army Division D took over. Here he was promoted to colonel general in January 1918. With the dissolution of this army department at the beginning of October 1918, he finally resigned from active service after a total of 52 years of service and lived in Dresden until his death.

Awards

family

Kirchbach married Margaretha von Pawel-Rammingen on September 29, 1873 in Dresden (born October 17, 1852 in Braunschweig , † September 13, 1931 in Dresden), the daughter of the Duke of Brunswick Chamberlain and Rittmeister Albert von Pawel-Rammingen and his wife Elisabeth, née Elisabeth . Martini. The two had a son, Hans-Karl von Kirchbach (1874-1946), who perished in Dresden in late 1946 in the Soviet central prison, and a daughter, Elisabeth von Kirchbach (1874-1946).

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Ranking list of the Royal Saxon Army for 1912 , Ed .: Saxon War Ministry, Department for Personal Affairs, C. Heinrich, Dresden 1912, p. 13.
  2. ↑ The Royal Saxon Military St. Heinrichs Order 1736-1918. An honor sheet of the Saxon Army. Wilhelm and Bertha von Baensch Foundation, Dresden 1937, p. 367.
  3. ↑ The Royal Saxon Military St. Heinrichs Order 1736-1918. An honor sheet of the Saxon Army. Wilhelm and Bertha von Baensch Foundation, Dresden 1937, p. 93.
  4. ↑ The Royal Saxon Military St. Heinrichs Order 1736-1918. An honor sheet of the Saxon Army. Wilhelm and Bertha von Baensch Foundation, Dresden 1937, p. 73.
personal data
SURNAME Kirchbach, Hans von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kirchbach, Rudolph Bodo Hans von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Saxon Colonel General
DATE OF BIRTH June 22, 1849
PLACE OF BIRTH Auerbach / Vogtl.
DATE OF DEATH July 23, 1928
Place of death Dresden