Heinrich Kirchheim

Infobox Military Person
name=Heinrich Kirchheim
lived=birth date|1882|4|6|df=y — death date and age|1973|12|14|1882|4|6|df=y
placeofbirth=Bad Elmen bei Groß-Salze, Saxony-Anhalt
placeofdeath=Lüdenscheid, North Rhine-Westphalia


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allegiance=flagicon|German Empire German Empire (to 1918)
flagicon|Germany Weimar Republic (to 1933)
flagicon|Nazi Germany Nazi Germany
branch=Heer
serviceyears=1900-1945
rank= Generalleutnant
commands=169. Infantry Division
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battles=World War I
World War II
awards=Knight's Cross, Pour le Mérite
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Heinrich Kirchheim (6 April 1882 – 14 December 1973) was a German generalleutnant who served in both World War I and World War II. He is also one of few German officers who were awarded the Pour le Mérite and the Knight's Cross.

ummary of his military career

Dates of rank

* Fähnrich : January 27, 1900
* Leutnant : October 18, 1900
* Oberleutnant : February 10, 1910
* Hauptmann : September 15, 1914
* Major : April 1, 1923
* Oberstleutnant : November 1, 1928
* Oberst : April 11, 1931
* Charakter als Generalmajor : August 27, 1939
* Generalmajor: July 1, 1940
* Generalleutnant : July 1, 1942

Notable decorations

* Pour le Mérite (1918)
* Prussian Royal House Order of Hohenzollern, Knight's Cross (?)
* Austrian Order of the Iron Crown, 3rd Class with War Decoration (?)
* Austrian Military Merit Cross 3rd Class with War Decoration (?)
* Knight's Cross (1941)
* 1914 Iron Cross Second (?) and First (?) Classes
* Clasp to the Iron Cross Second (1939) and First (1939) Classes
* Cross of Honor (?)
* Ärmelband "Afrika" (?)
* 1918 Wound Badge in Black (?)
* Prussian Order of the Crown, 4th Class with Swords
* Bavarian Military Merit Order, 4. Class with Swords
* Southwest Africa Memorial Medal in Bronze

References

*cite book|title=Die Generale des Heeres 1921-1945 - Band 6; HO-KL (HOCHBAUM-KLUTMANN)|first=Dermot|last=Bradley|publisher=Biblio-Verlag|location=Osnabrück, Germany|year=2002|