Hans von Schack (General)

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Hans Georg Karl Wladislaw von Schack (born June 27, 1853 in Landsberg an der Warthe ; † December 9, 1934 ) was a Prussian lieutenant general .

Life

Schack visited the cadet houses in Potsdam , Bensberg and Berlin . Subsequently, on February 16, 1871, he was transferred to the Magdeburg Fusilier Regiment No. 36 of the Prussian Army as Second Lieutenant . For further training he graduated from the War Academy in Berlin for three years from October 1876 . From October 1, 1880 to September 17, 1882, Schack served as regimental adjutant and was then commanded as an adjutant to the 13th Infantry Brigade in Magdeburg under position à la suite of the regiment . From April 21, 1883, this was followed by a one-year command to service the Great General Staff . This command was extended for another year. Left with the Great General Staff, he was then aggregated to the General Staff of the Army and promoted to captain on June 13, 1885 . In mid-April 1886, he was transferred to the General Staff of the 1st Army Corps in Königsberg for two years . After he was transferred back to the General Staff, he served in the General Staff of the 33rd Division in Strasbourg and the 30th Division in Metz. As a major , Schack was transferred to the general staff of the Mainz governorate on September 17, 1892 . With his appointment as battalion commander in the 7th Rhenish Infantry Regiment No. 69 , he returned to service on February 17, 1894. In the same capacity, Schack was transferred to Infantry Regiment No. 97 in Saarburg on April 18, 1896 . On September 12, 1896, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel and regular staff officer . With his promotion to colonel on March 25, 1899, Schack was appointed commander of the infantry regiment "Herwarth von Bittenfeld" (1st Westphalian) No. 13 stationed in Münster . On September 12, 1902, he was promoted to major general and appointed commander of the 68th Infantry Brigade in Metz. In recognition of his services, Wilhelm II awarded him the Red Eagle Order II. Class with Oak Leaves and the Crown Order II. Class with a Star. In addition, Schack received on October 16, 1906 the character of Lieutenant General. A month later he was transferred to the officers of the army and on 16 February 1907, the statutory pension for disposition made.

On July 3, 1913 he was given permission to wear the uniform of the infantry regiment "Herwarth von Bittenfeld" (1st Westphalian) No. 13. During the First World War , Schack was reused as a zD officer and acted from August 2, 1914 to March 31, 1918 as the commander of the 44th Infantry Brigade in Kassel .

family

Schack had married a daughter Karoline (1883-1937) from his marriage to Marie von Schultz, who in 1906 was her first marriage to Major Hans Hünke († 1919) and, after divorcing, her second marriage in 1921 with Councilor Hasso von Podewils (1878-1956) was.

literature

  • Julius von Basse, Karl von Kleinsorgen: Stamm-Liste of the Infantry Regiment Herwarth von Bittenfeld (1st Westphalian) No. 13. Verlag Ch.Belser, Stuttgart, no year, p. 26.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Dermot Bradley (ed.), Günter Wegner: Occupation of the German Army 1815-1939. Volume 1: The higher command posts 1815–1939. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1990, ISBN 3-7648-1780-1 , p. 275.
  2. ^ Military weekly paper . No. 88 of July 5, 1913, p. 2001.
  3. ^ Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels , A 8, Volume 38 of the complete series, CA Starke Verlag , Limburg an der Lahn 1966, p. 365.
personal data
SURNAME Schack, Hans von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schack, Hans Georg Karl Wladislaw von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian lieutenant general
DATE OF BIRTH June 27, 1853
PLACE OF BIRTH Landsberg on the Warta
DATE OF DEATH December 9, 1934