Hermann von Schkopp

Eduard Hermann von Schkopp (born November 20, 1833 in Breslau , † July 7, 1898 in Heidelberg ) was a Prussian infantry general .

Life

origin

Hermann was the son of the Prussian major a. D. Karl Eduard Hubertus von Schkopp (1786–1859) and his wife Friederike Wilhelmine, born von Kalckreuth (1783–1842). The later Prussian major general Eugen von Schkopp (1839–1925) was his younger brother.

Military career

Schkopp attended elementary school in Dyhernfurth and the cadet houses in Wahlstatt and Berlin . Subsequently, on April 26, 1851, he was transferred to the 18th Infantry Regiment of the Prussian Army as a Second Lieutenant . For further training, he completed the General War School for three years from October 1, 1854 , from which he graduated with a very good certificate. Schkopp then worked as a teacher at the division school in Glogau until the end of June 1858 , and in December 1857 he was appointed adjutant of the fusilier battalion. On May 31, 1859 he was promoted to prime lieutenant and a year later was promoted to regimental adjutant. From May 1861 to mid-April 1862 Schkopp was assigned to the topographical department of the Great General Staff . With promotion to captain , he then became company commander . Because of his achievements in troop leadership, his superiors recommended him several times for preferential promotion and to the general staff. In 1864 Schkopp and his company were involved in the siege and assault on the Düppeler Schanzen during the war against Denmark . For this he was awarded the Order of the Red Eagle IV Class with Swords on June 7, 1864 .

Even during the war against Austria , Schkopp was able to prove himself again in 1866. In the Battle of Gitschin he and the 5th Company to the west of Breska succeeded in taking the Austrian positions and defending them against two attacking battalions . For this achievement he was awarded the order Pour le Mérite after the end of the war on September 20, 1866 . On October 30, 1866, he was transferred to the newly established Infantry Regiment No. 75 in Harburg as chief of the 3rd Company . With his promotion to major, Schkopp came to the General Staff on March 22, 1868 and from there to the General Staff of the 11th Division on November 25, 1868 in Breslau . In this position he took part in the 1870/71 war against France in the bombardment of Pfalzburg , the siege of Paris and the battles at Chévilly , Thiais and Choisy-le-Roi . Shortly before the end of the war, Schkopp suffered a nervous breakdown and temporarily lost hearing and speech. After his health had improved, he was transferred to the Hanoverian Fusilier Regiment No. 73 at the end of February 1872 . There Schkopp received on March 3, 1872 command of the 1st Battalion, which was still in France with the occupation army. In this position he was awarded the Iron Cross 1st Class on April 9, 1872 and Schkopp was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel on March 22, 1873 . Under position à la suite, he was commissioned on February 12, 1876 with the command of the 7th Westphalian Infantry Regiment No. 56 . On March 11th he was appointed regimental commander and promoted to colonel on March 22nd, 1876 . Schkopp gave the regiment from June 11, 1882 was in the lead of the 12th Infantry Brigade in Brandenburg an der Havel commissioned and with promotion to major general on July 6, 1882 commander of this United Association appointed. Due to his increasing hearing loss , despite his qualifications, he was not given a division command and instead, on March 26, 1885, Schkopp was appointed inspector of the 1st Landwehr inspection in Königsberg . This was followed on February 11, 1886, when he was employed as the commandant of Spandau . In this position Schkopp received on 15 January 1887 the character as a lieutenant general , and on March 22, 1887 the patent for his rank . On August 18, 1888, he was finally awarded the governor of Cologne and in March 1890 with the Order of the Crown, First Class. He also received the character of General of the Infantry on May 5, 1891. Under awarded the Red Eagle, First Class with Oak Leaves and Swords was Schkopp on 8 April 1893 the statutory pension for disposition made.

After his departure he moved to Braunschweig . Schkopp died as a result of a serious operation in Heidelberg. He was an honorary knight of the Order of St. John .

family

Schkopp had married Mathilde Knauer (1835-1917), widowed Haupt, on December 14, 1867 in Hamburg. The marriage remained childless.

literature

• August Philipps: Master list of officers, medical officers and officials of the Vogel von Falckenstein infantry regiment (7th Westphalian) No. 56. Gerhard Stalling publisher, Oldenburg 1905, pp. 70–71.
• Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 10, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1942], DNB 986919810 , pp. 171-173, no. 3147.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Kurt von Priesdorff: Soldatisches Führertum. Volume 10, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1942], DNB 986919810 , p. 173, no. 3148.