Heinrich Schëuch (sometimes ''Scheüch''; 21 June 1864,

Sélestat Sélestat (; Alsatian: ''Schlettstàdt''; German: ''Schlettstadt'') is a commune in the Grand Est region of France. An administrative division (Subprefectures in France, sous-préfecture) of the Bas-Rhin Departments of France, department, the tow ...

– 3 September 1946, Bad Kissingen) was a German officer of the

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, Generalleutnant of the

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and (from 1918 to 1919) Prussian Minister of War.

General der Infanterie

On 27 August 1939, ''Tannenbergtag'', the highly decorated Knight of the Order of

Pour le Mérite The ' (; , ) is an order of merit (german: Verdienstorden) established in 1740 by Frederick the Great, King Frederick II of Prussia. The was awarded as both a military and civil honour and ranked, along with the Order of the Black Eagle, the Or ...

received the "Charakter" (honorary title) as a General der Infanterie of the

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Family

His father (1820–1888) worked as a jurist in Colmar. His mother Emilie Graeff was born in 1831 in Sélestat and died in 1879 in

Herrlisheim-près-Colmar Herrlisheim-près-Colmar (, literally ''Herrlisheim near Colmar''; ) is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. See also * Communes of the Haut-Rhin département The following is a list of the 366 communes ...

Promotions

* 17 October 1893: Leutnant * 28 July 1892: Oberleutnant * 27 January 1897: Hauptmann * 18 August 1903: Major * 20 April 1910: Oberstleutnant * 22 March 1913: Oberst * 27 January 1915 or 1916: Generalmajor * 9 October 1918: Generalleutnant * 27 August 1939: Charakter als General der Infanterie 1864 births 1946 deaths People from Sélestat {{Prussian Ministers of War Lieutenant generals of Prussia Generals of Infantry (Wehrmacht) German Army generals of World War I Recipients of the Pour le Mérite (military class)