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     Friedrich von Scholtz    







Boje Friedrich Wilhelm Nikolaus von Scholtz  
(24.3.1851 - 30.4.1927)
place of birth:  Flensburg  (Schleswig)


German general of artillery who as XX. Corps Commander, served under Field Marshal Hindenburg's Eighth Army on the Eastern Front. His corps played a pivotal role during the Battle of Tannenberg. Scholtz grew up in Ballenstedt, beginning his military career in 1870 at the outset of the Franco-Prussian War.  Von Scholtz died on 30 April in his hometown of Ballenstedt-Harz.
 
Assignments and Commands  (pre-War)
00.00.1870 Lauenburgisches Feld-Artillerie-Regiment Nr. 45 - Rendsburg
19.07.1870 Franco-Prussian War - 1870/71
00.00.1871 Preußische Kriegsakademie - Berlin
09.03.1872 Leutnant
00.00.1874 Artillerie- und Ingenieur-Schule - Berlin  (Artillery and Engineers Academy)
00.00.1879 Preußische Kriegsakademie - Berlin
00.00.1891 Regiment  (Bty Cdr)
00.00.1898 Großer Generalstab - Berlin  (Section Cdr)
25.05.1899 XVIII. Armeekorps - Frankfurt am Main  (Chief of Staff) 
00.00.1899 Oberstleutnant
00.00.1901 Oberst
16.02.1902 25. Artillerie-Brigade (13.ID) - Darmstadt  (Cdr)
23.02.1906 Großer Generalstab, Oberquartiermeister - Berlin  (Deputy Chief of the Great General Staff)
00.03.1908 21. Infanterie-Division - Frankfurt am Main 
00.00.1908 Generalleutnant
01.30.1912 XX. Armeekorps - Allenstein 
13.09.1912 General der Artillerie
   
Assignments and Commands  (during Great War)
02.08.1914 XX. Armeekorps  =  8. Armee
26.05.1915 8. Armee     (concurrent with above, replaced Otto von Below)
08.10.1915 Armeeabteilung "D"     (formed from XX.AK)
02.01.1917 8. Armee     (replaced Mudra)
22.04.1917 Heeresgruppe Scholtz     (formed from Heeresgruppe Below)
   
Pour le Merite:  3 September 1915  (Oakleaves:  1 July 1917)
highest rank:  General der Artillerie




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