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Kirchbach attended private school in
Auerbach and the higher secondary school of Bezzenberger and Opelt in Dresden. He joined the army on 1 April 1863, at the age of 14 years, spending 3 years as a cadet in the Royal Saxon Artillery School in Dresden. In May 1866, Kirchbach was assigned to the
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He came from the Saxon nobility. Kirchbach and was the son of the
Oberland Forest Master Carl von Kirchbach (1799–1893), Privy Council of Finance and Saxon royal chamberlain, and his second wife Josephine von Bodenhausen (1825–1898).
605:, Albert von Pawel-Rammingen and his wife Elisabeth Martini. They had a son, Hans-Karl von Kirchbach (1876–1946), who died in late 1946 in Dresden in the Russian Central Prison, and a daughter, Elizabeth von Kirchbach (1874–1946).
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Artillery Regiment. After nearly six years as corps commander, Kirchbach retired at the end of November 1913.
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October 1918, he retired after a total of 52 years of service. He lived in Dresden until his death on 23 July 1928. He is buried at the Nordfriedhof Cemetery.
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offensive in August 1914. He served with this corps on the
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Rangliste der Königlich Sächsischen Armee für das Jahr 1912
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Knight's Cross 1st Class of the Order of the White Falcon
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over the next three years. He fought in 1914 in the
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348:in 1895, when he was placed in command of the
191:23rd (1st Royal Saxon) Field Artillery Brigade
188:40th (4th Royal Saxon) Field Artillery Brigade
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576:Commander 1st Class on 28 August 1916
573:Commander 2nd Class on 9 October 1915
350:32nd (3rd Royal Saxon) Field Artillery
301:12th (1st Royal Saxon) Field Artillery
184:32nd (3rd Royal Saxon) Field Artillery
539:Grand Cross of the Order of Frederick
434:In December 1917, Kirchbach moved to
289:19th (2nd Royal Saxon) Foot Artillery
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883:Alexander Graf Vitzthum von Eckstädt
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699:Peter Mertens (19 September 2007).
570:Knight's Cross on 9 September 1914
958:14 December 1917 – 2 October 1918
701:"Kirchbach, Rudolph Bodo Hans von"
395:, part of the predominantly Saxon
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920:XII (Royal Saxon) Reserve Corps
488:Grand Cross of the Albert Order
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362:32nd (3rd Royal Saxon) Division
360:and appointed commander of the
248:Rudolph Bodo Hans von Kirchbach
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195:32nd (3rd Royal Saxon) Division
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371:and commanding general of the
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314:In 1872, he was promoted to
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566:Military Order of St. Henry
490:mit golden Star and Swords
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278:Life and military career
16:Royal Saxon army officer
554:Order of the Iron Crown
444:, replacing his cousin
425:Battle of Passchendaele
330:, gaining promotion to
262:army officer who was a
254:– died 23 July 1928 in
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901:General der Kavallerie
880:General der Infanterie
850:Cron, Hermann (2002).
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369:General der Artillerie
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155:Years of service
667:"Hans von Kirchbach"
516:2nd Class with Star
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854:. Helion & Co.
601:'s Chamberlain and
431:on 11 August 1916.
421:Battle of the Somme
305:Franco-Prussian War
293:Austro-Prussian War
252:Auerbach (Vogtland)
226:Franco-Prussian War
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342:lieutenant colonel
23:Hans von Kirchbach
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872:Military offices
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64:23 July 1928
48:22 June 1849
985:1928 deaths
980:1849 births
952:Commander,
918:Commander,
889:Commander,
707:24 December
673:23 December
603:Rittmeister
423:and at the
383:World War I
260:Royal Saxon
230:World War I
974:Categories
831:. Dresden.
638:References
631:Army Group
560:Iron Cross
556:1st Class
520:Iron Cross
463:Later life
309:Iron Cross
137:Saxon Army
94:Allegiance
44:1849-06-22
963:Dissolved
837:cite book
811:Cron 2002
722:Cron 2002
337:Abteilung
158:1863–1918
609:Glossary
397:3rd Army
311:(1870).
258:) was a
178:Commands
124:Service/
51:Auerbach
346:colonel
320:captain
266:in the
256:Dresden
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75:Germany
71:Dresden
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589:Family
477:Awards
401:France
328:Berlin
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