Hans-Walter Heyne

Hans-Walter Heyne-Hedersleben
Born	10 January 1894 Hanover
Died	29 August 1967 (aged 73) Schloß Bodenengern
Allegiance	German Empire (to 1918)  Weimar Republic (to 1930)  Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Heer
Years of service	1913–30 1933–45
Rank	Generalleutnant
Commands held	82. Infanterie-Division 6. Infanterie-Division
Battles/wars	World War I World War II Invasion of Poland Battle of France Operation Barbarossa Siege of Leningrad Battle of Voronezh (1942) Lower Dnieper Offensive Battle of Kiev (1943) Hube's Pocket Operation Bagration Bobruysk Offensive
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 and 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

1. 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 [The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches] (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6.
• Scherzer, Veit (2007). Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives [The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives] (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Militaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.