Date of birth:

July 23rd, 1895 (Frankenthal/Palatinate, Germany)

Date of death:

August 4th, 1973 (Frankenthal/Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany)

Nationality:

German

Bürcky, Heinrich "Heinz" joined the Army as a Fahnenjunker in the 18th Bavarian Infantry Regiment, „Prinz Ludwig Ferdinand" on 02-11-1914, three months after the beginning of World War I.
After a course for Fahnenjunkers in Döberitz he on 17. 4. 1915 was sent to the Western Front.
He was promoted to Lieutenant and transferred end February to a MG Company.
He became 2nd Adjutant with the 6th Infantry Brigade.
He ended the war as commander of the Staff Quarters of the 23rd Reichswehr Brigade.
He remained in the new Reichswehr and at the beginning of World War II, commanded the 1st Battalion of the 62nd Infantry Regiment, until 6. 2. 1940 and was involved in the invasion of Poland.
Following the command of the 528th Infantry Regiment with the 299th Infantry Division. Later he was assigned to the Führer Reserve and assigned as the commander of School VII for Officer Aspirants of Infantry, in Milowitz near Prague, until 15. 3.1944.
From 15. 3. 1944 he was reassigned to Potsdam as commander of all Infantry Schools for Fahnenjunkers. Again a short time in the Führer Reserve and detached to the Division Leaders Course.
Bürcky’s last command was of the 159th Infantry Division.

WWII units of assignment:
1 September 1939: Commander of the 62nd Infantry Regiment.
6 February 1940: Commander of 528th Infantry Regiment
1 October 1942: Commander of the Infantry Officer‘s school #7 at Milowitz.
15 March 1944: Commander of the Fahnenjunker school of Infantry.
11 December 1944: Commander of the 159th Infantry Division

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