Hans-Walter Heyne
Hans-Walter Heyne-Hedersleben | |
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Born | 10 January 1894 Hanover |
Died | 29 August 1967 Schloß Bodenengern | (aged 73)
Allegiance | German Empire (to 1918) Weimar Republic (to 1930) Nazi Germany |
Service/ | Heer |
Years of service | 1913–30 1933–45 |
Rank | Generalleutnant |
Commands | 82. Infanterie-Division 6. Infanterie-Division |
Battles/wars | World War I
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Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross |
Hans-Walter Heyne-Hedersleben (10 January 1894 – 29 August 1967) was a highly decorated Generalleutnant in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Hans-Walter Heyne was captured by Soviet troops in June 1944 during the Bobruysk Offensive and was released in October 1955.
Family
Hans-Walther Heyne, was member of the cloisterestate owner family in Hedersleben, that his Brother, the Colonel Friedrich Adolf Heyne-Hedersleben inherited. He was son of Dr.jur Adolf Friedrich Eduard Heyne-Hedersleben, owner of the Radaxdorf Estate, next to Leuthen, and Wally Marie von Willich. Hans-Walther married Elisabeth Mummy daughter of Ludolf Hieronymus Mummy, owner of a Shipping Company in Bremen an the Estates Coppenbruegge, Burg next to Herrenhausen, Bisperode, Harderode and Neuhaus and his Wife, Maria Louise von Kapff. (Second marriage Freya Sophie Georgine von Linsingen). Hans-Walther spent his retirement on the family estate Wasserschloß Bodenengern, where he is also buried.
Awards and decorations
- Iron Cross (1914)
- 2nd Class
- 1st Class
- Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918
- Iron Cross (1939)
- 2nd Class
- 1st Class
- Infantry Assault Badge
- Eastern Front Medal
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 4 April 1943 as Oberst and commander of Artillerie-Regiment 182[1]
References
Citations
- ^ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 187.
Bibliography
- Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) [1986]. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6.
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External links
- 1894 births
- 1962 deaths
- People from Hanover
- Lieutenant generals of the German Army (Wehrmacht)
- German military personnel of World War I
- Recipients of the clasp to the Iron Cross, 1st class
- Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
- German prisoners of war
- World War II prisoners of war held by the Soviet Union
- People from the Province of Hanover