Emil Heusinger from Waldegg

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Emil Heusinger von Waldegg (born October 22, 1880 in Themar in Thuringia , † December 8, 1966 in Bad Godesberg ) was a German naval officer , most recently in the rank of admiral in the Navy .

Career

Imperial Navy and First World War

Heusinger joined the Imperial Navy on April 7, 1900 as a midshipman . He completed the basic training and then the basic training until April 2, 1901 on the covered corvette SMS Stosch used as a training ship . Then he came for further training from April 3, 1901 at the naval school in Kiel . On April 19, 1901, he was appointed ensign at sea . He then traveled to Tsingtau in the Kiautschou lease area , where he was initially deployed on the armored cruiser SMS Fürst Bismarck from November 20, 1902 and on the large cruiser SMS Hertha from September 26, 1903 . While serving on the Hertha he was promoted to lieutenant on September 27, 1903 . After the end of these assignments, Heusinger returned to Germany from October 2 to November 20, 1904. Subsequently, until March 21, 1905, he was in command as a company officer in the Second Shipyard Division. On the same day he was promoted to lieutenant at sea . From March 12 to September 30, 1905, Heusinger was also a trainer for officer candidates on the artillery training ship SMS Mars . This was followed by a command as adjutant in the 2nd  Battalion of the 2nd  Sailor Division until March 29, 1906 and then two commands as officer on watch . First on the training ship SMS Stein and then from April 1, 1908 on the training ship SMS König Wilhelm . On October 1, 1908 Heusinger was a company officer transported back to the 2nd Division sailors, serving from February 24, 1909 then again as a security officer on the battleship SMS Braunschweig . On September 18, 1909, he was transferred to the ship cadre of the liner SMS Westfalen under construction and then, after the ship was commissioned, served on board again as an officer on watch from November 16, 1909. The period of service on the Westfalen ended on September 14, 1910, before Heusinger had been promoted to lieutenant captain on February 12, 1910 . Then he was transferred to the Admiral Staff Officer course at the Naval Academy until July 30, 1911 and then served as an officer on watch from the liner SMS Kaiser Wilhelm der Große until September 15, 1911 . This was followed by the second part of his command at the Naval Academy until June 30, 1912 and then a period of service in the Admiralty until August 8, 1912. From August 9, 1912, Heusinger then served as a navigation officer on the large cruiser SMS Victoria Louise and from on July 1, 1913, he was again active in the admiralty staff. Immediately before the outbreak of the First World War , Heusinger was then employed from July 31, 1914 as an admiralty officer in the command of the high seas fleet . Heusinger held this position until April 14, 1917 and then completed his submarine training. From October 23, 1917, Heusinger took over the submarine SM U 25 as commander . On December 29, he gave up command and was used as an admitral staff officer in the newly established U-cruiser formation in Kiel . Heusinger kept this post until after the end of the war until February 14, 1919. He was promoted to Korvettenkapitän on April 19, 1918.

Reichsmarine and Kriegsmarine

He then worked as an advisor to the Reichsmarineamt until July 14, 1919 and then as an advisor to the Admiralty until September 14, 1920 . At the same time, he was also appointed to the committee of inquiry into the course of the Kapp Putsch . This was followed by employment until October 7, 1922 as an advisor to the nautical department of the naval management , which he was also acting as head from December 15, 1920 to January 6, 1921. From October 8, 1922, Heusinger was employed as 1st Admiral Staff Officer in the staff of the Commander of the North Sea Forces and then served again as a staff officer in the staff of the ship cadre division for the North Sea from October 15, 1923. At the same time he was also head of the development office in Wilhelmshaven and from October 15, 1923 to December 8, 1924 also commanded the 2nd Marine Battalion. During this time he was promoted to frigate captain on July 1, 1924. From January 26, 1925, he again served in the naval command and then from April 1, 1925 as head of the naval budget department in the Reichswehr Ministry . On October 1, 1926, Heusinger was promoted to sea captain. From August 26, 1927, he returned to the Reichsmarine and took over as commander of the Hessen liner on September 8th . Subsequently, from September 28, 1928, he was acting chief of the naval command for a short time and then served from November 1, 1928 as chief of staff of the new chief of the naval command Erich Raeder . When he was finally promoted to rear admiral on October 1, 1930 , he was briefly at the disposal of the chief of naval command. This was followed by a position as head of the General Naval Office (B) of the naval management, which Heusinger held from November 15, 1930 to September 26, 1935 and thus also during the transfer of the Reichsmarine to the Kriegsmarine. During this time he was also promoted to Vice Admiral on October 1, 1933 . Then he was made available again on September 27, 1935 at the disposal of the chief of the naval command and then retired on September 30, 1935 . On the same day he received his last promotion with the character to admiral.

On February 15, 1939, Heusinger was once again made available to the Navy, but was no longer used for active service.

Further career

From 1937 on, Heusinger was appointed to the supervisory board of the Germania shipyard belonging to the Krupp group . In this role he was supposed to help broker military orders to the shipyard. In 1941 he was also chairman of the supervisory board of Danziger Werft AG , Deutsche Werke Kiel AG , Schichau-Werke and Howaldtswerke AG Hamburg with the same objective . He worked until the end of the war and then withdrew into private life.

Awards

During the First World War:

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Harold James: Krupp: German legend and global company. Verlag CH Beck, Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-406-62414-8 , p. 192.
personal data
SURNAME Heusinger von Waldegg, Emil
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Heusinger von Waldegg, Emil Albert Werner (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German admiral
DATE OF BIRTH October 22, 1880
PLACE OF BIRTH Themar
DATE OF DEATH December 8, 1966
Place of death bad Godesberg