Max von Schack

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Max Julius August Hans von Schack (born June 14, 1853 in Stettin , † March 6, 1924 in Naumburg (Saale) ) was a Prussian infantry general .

Life

origin

He was the son of the Prussian major a. D. August von Schack (1819–1861) and his wife Marie, née Weltz (1831–1899). The Prussian infantry general Hans Wilhelm von Schack (1791–1866) was his grandfather .

Military career

On August 2, 1870, during the war against France, Schack was transferred from the cadet corps as an ensign to the replacement battalion of the Colberg Grenadier Regiment (2nd Pomeranian) No. 9 of the Prussian Army . With the regiment he participated in the course of the war, from October 28, 1870 as a second lieutenant , in the enclosure of Metz , the siege of Paris and the battle of Villiers . In the battle near Bligny-le-Sec , Schack suffered a slight wound from a shot in the right thigh . His achievements were honored by being awarded the Iron Cross, 2nd class.

From May 1876, Schack acted as a battalion adjutant for four months and then graduated from the war academy . As a prime lieutenant , from October 1, 1880 to September 30, 1883, he was commanded as adjutant in the Köslin Landwehr district . After his promotion to captain , Schack worked as a company commander from August 14, 1886 to April 16, 1890 . Then, as an aide to the 15th Division of Cologne commanded, he was on 17 June 1893, leaving in this command with promotion to major in the Grenadier Regiment "King Frederick III." (1st East Prussian) No. 1 were added. After Schack was released from his command, he served in the Queen Elisabeth Guard Grenadier Regiment No. 3 from November 15, 1894 . At first he acted as commander of the 4th battalion, changed on May 13, 1895 in the same capacity to the 1st battalion and on January 27, 1900 became a lieutenant colonel . As such, he came to the headquarters of the 3rd Guards Regiment on May 22, 1900 on foot . On April 18, 1901, he was entrusted with the management of the business as commander of the district command IV Berlin. Appointed commander of this Landwehr district two months later, Schack was promoted to colonel on April 22, 1902 . Of 18 August 1903 to February 8, 1906 he was commander of the Body Guard Grenadiers Regiment "King Friedrich Wilhelm III." . He was then assigned to lead the 55th Infantry Brigade in Karlsruhe . With his promotion to major general on April 10, 1906, Schack became the commander of this large unit . From June 2, 1909, he was promoted to lieutenant general and served as commander of the 10th division in Posen . On June 16, 1911, he was appointed governor of Thorn . In this position, Wilhelm II awarded him the star of the Order of the Red Eagle II. Class with Oak Leaves and the Royal Crown on January 18, 1912, and in 1913 the character of General of the Infantry in recognition of his many years of service . In approval of his resignation request , Schack was put up for disposition on February 5, 1914 with permission to wear the uniform of the Leib Grenadier Regiment "King Friedrich Wilhelm III." (1st Brandenburg) No. 8 with the statutory pension .

At the beginning of the First World War , Schack was re-used as a zD officer and became the commanding general of the deputy general command of the XVII. Army Corps appointed in Gdansk . In this capacity he received the patent for his rank on December 24, 1914 . On June 14, 1916, he was released from the post and his mobilization provision lifted.

literature

  • List of officers of the Queen Elisabeth Guard Grenadier Regiment No. 3. ES Mittler & Sohn , Berlin 1910, pp. 188–189.
  • List of officers of the Royal Prussian 3rd Guard Regiment on foot. From 1860 to 1910. Verlag Gerhard Stalling, Oldenburg 1910, pp. 131–132.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Genealogical manual of the aristocracy , aristocrat of houses A . Volume XVII, Volume 81 of the complete series, CA Starke Verlag, Limburg (Lahn) 1983, p. 402.
  2. ↑ German Officer Association (Ed.): Honor ranking list of the former German Army. ES Mittler & Sohn, Berlin 1926, p. 692.
  3. ^ Military weekly paper. No. 76 of June 18, 1911, p. 1749.
  4. ^ Military weekly paper. No. 10 of January 21, 1912, p. 197.
  5. ^ Military weekly paper. No. 20 of February 7, 1914, p. 393.
  6. ^ Military weekly paper. No. 183/186 of December 24, 1914, p. 3962.
  7. ↑ 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. 80.
personal data
SURNAME Schack, Max von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schack, Max Julius August Hans von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian general of the infantry
DATE OF BIRTH June 14, 1853
PLACE OF BIRTH Szczecin
DATE OF DEATH March 6, 1924
Place of death Naumburg (Saale)