Heinrich von Schenckendorff

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Heinrich Kurt Emil Ernst von Schenckendorff (born October 9, 1877 in Sorau ; † February 22, 1941 in Liegnitz ) was a German lieutenant general and inspector of the military replacement inspection in Liegnitz during the Second World War .

Life

family

Heinrich von Schenckendorff came from an old noble family that was first mentioned in a document in the 13th century. The family's ancestral home was in Schenkendorf in Lower Lusatia in Brandenburg . The region around the village, where the family owned large estates, was called Schenckenländchen . Today the village is called Sękowice and belongs to the rural community of Gubin on the Neisse in Poland . The male members of the Schenckendorff family had mostly been squires, civil servants and officers. He was the son of the Prussian Colonel Christian von Schenckendorff, most recently in command of the 2nd Brandenburg Landwehr Regiment No. 12, and his wife, a born Countess Strachwitz . His two brothers also became officers. In the Battle of Verdun , his brother Günther (1881-1917) fell as captain and commander of the III. Battalion in the infantry regiment "General-Feldmarschall Prinz Friedrich Karl von Preußen" (8th Brandenburgisches) No. 64 in Fort Douaumont . His brother Max died in 1943 as a general of the infantry and commander of the rear army area of Army Group Center .

Military career

Schenckendorff was educated in the cadet corps and on March 7, 1896 transferred to the Grenadier Regiment "Kronprinz Friedrich Wilhelm" (2nd Silesian) No. 11 of the Prussian Army . From 1899 to 1902 he served as an adjutant of the 1st Battalion and from 1903 graduated from the War Academy for three years . During the First World War he was mostly used in general staffs and was most recently in charge of the infantry regiment Landgrave Friedrich I von Hessen-Cassel (1st Kurhessisches) No. 81 from September 23, 1918 .

In the Reichswehr he was on 1 October 1920, Lieutenant Colonel and on April 1, 1923 Colonel promoted. On April 1, 1924 he became the commandant of the Glogau Fortress . He kept this command until the adoption on 31 October 1927. For farewell he received the character as a major general . On October 1, 1935, he re-entered the army of the Wehrmacht as a colonel and Schenckendorff became inspector of the Liegnitz military replacement inspection. He kept this command until his death in 1941. On October 1, 1937, he was promoted to major general. On November 1, 1939 he was given the character of Lieutenant General. The promotion to lieutenant general took place on February 1, 1941.

literature

  • Jörn Hasenclever: Wehrmacht and occupation policy in the Soviet Union. The commanders of the rear army areas 1941–1943. Schöningh, Paderborn 2010, ISBN 978-3-506-76709-7 .
  • Wolf Keilig : The Generals of the Army 1939–1945. Troop officers, medical officers in the general rank, weapons officers in the general rank, officers d. Motor vehicle park troops in the general rank, engineer officers in the general rank, Wehrmacht judges in the general rank, administrative officers in the general rank, veterinary officers in the general rank. Podzun-Pallas-Verlag, Friedberg 1983, ISBN 3-7909-0202-0 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b von Koenig: The chiefs and officers of the 2nd Silesian Infantry Regiment, today's Grenadier Regiment King Friedrich III. (2. Silesian) No. 11. 1808-1908. Verlag Wilhelm Korn, Breslau 1908, p. 309.
  2. ^ Jörn Hasenclever: Wehrmacht and occupation policy in the Soviet Union. The commanders of the rear army areas 1941–1943. Schöningh, Paderborn 2010, p. 73 ff.
  3. ^ Günter Wegmann (Ed.), Günter Wegner: Formation history and staffing of the German armed forces 1815-1990. Part 1: Occupation of the German armies 1815–1939. Volume 2: The staffing of the active infantry regiments as well as jäger and MG battalions, military district commands and training managers from the foundation and / or list until 1939. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1992, ISBN 3-7648-1782-8 , p. 212.
  4. ↑ Wolfgang Keilig: The Generals of the Army 1939-1945. Podzun-Pallas-Verlag, Friedberg 1983, p. 298.
personal data
SURNAME Schenckendorff, Heinrich von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schenckendorff, Heinrich Kurt Emil Ernst von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Lieutenant General in World War II
DATE OF BIRTH October 9, 1877
PLACE OF BIRTH Sorau
DATE OF DEATH February 22, 1941
Place of death Liegnitz