Enno von Rintelen

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Enno Emil von Rintelen (born November 6, 1891 in Stettin , † August 7, 1971 in Heidelberg ) was a German officer , most recently a general of the infantry during the Second World War .

Life

He came from an old Herford councilor family and was the son of the Prussian lieutenant general Wilhelm Rintelen (1855-1938), who was raised to the hereditary Prussian nobility in 1913 , and Hedwig Russell (1865-1953). Rintelen married Ernina Boy-Keßler (born April 23, 1897 in Stettin; † February 5, 1988 in Heidelberg) on ​​June 9, 1920 in Stettin, the daughter of the Prussian major Harry von Keßler and Elsbeth Rückforth, the adopted daughter of Franziska Boy. The couple had a daughter and a son.

Rintelen joined the Prussian Army and was promoted to Fahnenjunker on September 18, 1910 and to lieutenant on January 27, 1912 . During the First World War he served in various troop formations at the front, most recently as captain since October 18, 1918 . He received both classes of the Iron Cross .

After the war he was accepted into the Reichswehr . Rintelen u. a. in the General Staff of Group Command 2 in Kassel and with the staff of the 2nd Cavalry Division . On December 1, 1933, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel and battalion commander, and from October 1, 1935, he was transferred to the Wehrmacht Academy as a colonel .

From October 1, 1936, Rintelen was deployed as a military attaché in Rome . After the beginning of the Second World War, he was appointed on April 20, 1940 with the rank of major general (promotion on June 1, 1939) to the authorized German general at the headquarters of the Italian armed forces . On June 1, 1941, he was appointed lieutenant general and on July 1, 1942, infantry general. Rintelen was transferred to the Führer Reserve on September 1, 1943 ; Rudolf Toussaint became his successor. On December 31, 1944, Rintelen retired and was awarded the German Cross in Silver.

Works

  • Mussolini as an ally: Memories of the German military attaché in Rome, 1936–1943. Rainer Wunderlich Verlag Hermann Leins , Tübingen u. a. 1951, DNB 454052995 .

literature

  • Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels , Adelige Häuser B. Volume XXI, p. 463, Volume 108 of the complete series, CA Starke Verlag, Limburg (Lahn) 1995, ISBN 3-7980-0700-4 .
  • Gerhard Schreiber (ed.): The Italian military internees in the German sphere of influence 1943-1945 , chap. II.1 ( On Italy's exit from the war and its history ). Oldenbourg 1990, ISBN 978-3486553918 .
  • Georg Bewersdorf: Enno von Rintelen. General of the Infantry (born November 6, 1891 Stettin; † August 7, 1971 Heidelberg) . In: Orders and Medals. The magazine for friends of phaleristics, publisher: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Ordenskunde , issue 90, 16th year, Gäufelden 2014. ISSN 1438-3772.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Reichswehr Ministry (Ed.): Ranking list of the German Reichsheeres. ES Mittler & Sohn , Berlin 1924, p. 157.
  2. ↑ Von Rintelen in conversation with Mussolini ( Memento of the original from May 27, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Photo from 1942 in the Federal Archives @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bundesarchiv.de
  3. ↑ Klaus D. Patzwall , Veit Scherzer : The German Cross 1941-1945. History and owner. Volume II. Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt 2001, ISBN 3-931533-45-X , p. 554
personal data
SURNAME Rintelen, Enno von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rintelen, Enno Emil von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German officer and general of the infantry in World War II
DATE OF BIRTH November 6, 1891
PLACE OF BIRTH Szczecin
DATE OF DEATH 7th August 1971
Place of death Heidelberg