Ernst von Heynitz (General)
Ernst Gustav Erdmann von Heynitz (born June 16, 1863 in Liegnitz , † May 28, 1927 in Lübeck ) was a Prussian major general .
Life
origin
Ernst came from the Meissnian noble family von Heynitz . He was the son of the Prussian Lieutenant Colonel Ernst Rudolf Erdmann von Heynitz (1833-1904), most recently commander of the Landwehr district of Neustrelitz , and his wife Anna Friederike Auguste, née Brandt von Lindau (1840-1924).
Military career
Heynitz attended grammar school in Fulda and the cadet schools in Bensberg and Groß-Lichterfelde . On April 16, 1881 he was transferred to the West Prussian Fusilier Regiment No. 37 of the Prussian Army in Krotoschin . There, Heynitz was promoted to Second Lieutenant on November 15, 1881 with a patent from October 18, 1881 . For half a year he was assigned to the Central Gymnastics Institute and was used on August 16, 1887 with effect from October 1 as a company officer at the non-commissioned school in Potsdam . Left in this command, he was transferred to the 2nd Hanseatic Infantry Regiment No. 76 on June 14, 1890 when he was promoted to Prime Lieutenant . From November 1, 1892 to October 30, 1893, Heynitz worked as an adjutant in the Landwehr district of Neustrelitz and then in the same position in the Landwehr district of Hamburg. With his promotion to captain on May 13, 1895, he was transferred to the 3rd Magdeburg Infantry Regiment No. 66 and appointed company commander in mid-December 1895 . Under position à la suite of the regiment, Heynitz came on August 18, 1901 as a company commander at the non-commissioned officer school in Potsdam. This was followed from April 1, 1905 to January 26, 1907 as a company commander in the infantry regiment "Lübeck" (3rd Hanseatic) No. 162 . Afterwards promoted to major and aggregated into the regiment , Heynitz joined the regimental staff on May 18, 1907. For a short time he acted as commander of the non-commissioned officers' school in Weilburg and on November 19, 1909 was appointed commander of the 1st battalion in the infantry regiment "Lübeck" (3rd Hanseatic) No. 162. In this capacity, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel on April 18, 1913 and transferred to regimental staff on October 1, 1913.
With the mobilization at the outbreak of the First World War , Heynitz was appointed commander of Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 76 on August 1, 1914. With this association he marched into neutral Belgium at the beginning of the war and took part in the destruction of Lion . An event that is one of the worst German war crimes of the First World War. Then, his regiment moved to France before, participated in the Battle of Noyon part and went west of Roye-Noyon in trench warfare over. Heynitz was seriously wounded by a shot in the chest and hip near Bethoncourt. He then had to give up his command and was transferred to the officers of the army. After his recovery, Heynitz received command of the regiment again on December 24, 1914. Awarded both classes of the Iron Cross , he was promoted to colonel on April 18, 1915 . He was on the Western Front throughout the war . He fought in the Artois and on the Somme . For his achievements, Heynitz received the Hanseatic Cross of the City of Lübeck and on September 13, 1916 the Order of the Crown, 2nd Class with Swords.
On November 20, 1916, he was appointed commander of the 85th Reserve Infantry Brigade. With this he fought on the Yser , before Verdun , in the Champagne , in the Argonne , in Flanders and again on the Somme . Heynitz was promoted to major general on July 15, 1918 and was in command of the 30th Landwehr Infantry Brigade from October 1 to October 21, 1918. After a brief transfer to the army officers, he acted as commander of the 34th Landwehr Infantry Brigade from November 6, 1918, until Heynitz finally became the commander of the dissolution staff of the 81st Infantry Brigade after the end of the war on February 21, 1919 was appointed. From this position, he was dismissed on October 1, 1919 and December 16, 1919. Pension from active service adopted .
After the war he devoted himself to the warrior association. He was the first chairman of the officers' association Regiment Lübeck and first chairman of the local group Lübeck of the "National Association of German Officers" ("NDO" for short). Heynitz worked in the war grave care , for the war blind , in the local group Lübeck German aristocratic associations and was active in the comradely associations of the 76ers and 162s.
In the memorial committee for the memorial to be created to commemorate those who died in the World War, helmet off to prayer , was v. Heynitz the chairman , mayor Neumann and the general of the infantry from tomorrow the honorary chairmen.
burial
Heynitz, one of the most valued officers of the former Lübeck regiment, had died. At his funeral service on 2 June 1927 at the cathedral , the former garrison church of Lübeckischen regiment appeared among others Nikolaus von Oldenburg , the last Grand Duke of Oldenburg with the Principality of Luebeck , the generals of infantry Walter Bergmann , since 1925 head of the result regiment in the Reichswehr , and Curt von Morgen, the last commander of the 81st Infantry Brigade in peace, representatives of youth organizations, representatives of all clubs of the 76ers and 162s, as well as numerous official representatives. Two officers of the former regiment 162 held the honor guard in its uniform at the time of peace by the side of his coffin, which was decorated with sword , helmet and wreaths .
The organ played, partly accompanied by the wind choir of the regimental band, introducing the chorale Jesus, my confidence , which was followed by the Largo by Georg Friedrich Handel . The sermon was held by the senior pastor Balcke , who was also close to him in life . He put the verse to her: Now you can't see the light that shines brightly from heaven, but when the wind blows, it becomes clear ( Job 37.21 EU ) and mentioned that Heynitz, when he was on the day of his death Read news of the sudden death of the former Minister of War Hermann von Stein , said that he wanted such a death one day. When he read to his eldest daughter, whose wedding he was about to celebrate in the cathedral, from the emperor's memories of Friedrich's death , he suffered a heart attack . At the funeral the flags of the comradeships were lowered onto the coffin, and the organ played: " Oh, stay with your grace "
After the funeral procession had left the cathedral through paradise, the sounds of funeral marches accompanied it to the cemetery of honor . Behind the chapel, the flag delegations of the former 76ers and 162s opened the procession, followed by an officer who carried the medal pillow with the numerous decorations . In front of and on the sides of the car soldiers of the Reichswehr wore wreaths. The general's relatives followed the coffin, then those close to him.
In the cemetery of honor, the coffin was carried to the last roundel and, while the band I pray to the power of love was playing, it was sunk. Balcke emphasized that Heynitz's last wish was to be buried there. The rifle section of the Comradeship 1914-18 fired three salvos of honor at the muffled Ich hatt 'ein Comrade played by the band .
For the “NDO” and the “Bund der 76er”, Lieutenant General v. Paaschen down a wreath each. Lieutenant Colonel Otto Dziobek , at the beginning of the war just like Heynitz an infantryman in the 162nd, he also became the commander of the 76er reserve regiment, paid tribute to him on behalf of the latter and emphasized that Heynitz's name was inextricably linked with the great deeds of the regiment in the world war . The major a. D., Eberhard Goetze, finally thanked on behalf of the officers' association of the "Lübeck" regiment.
family
Heynitz married on January 4, 1898 in Berlin Elisabeth von Hänisch (1870–1943), the daughter of the Prussian cavalry general Carl von Hänisch (1829–1908) and his wife Laura, née von Hippel. The marriage resulted in several children, including the son Erdmann Eduard Bruno (1900-1918), who fell as a lieutenant in the 1st Guards Regiment on foot near Crécy-au-Mont .
Heynitz sent his children to secondary school in Lübeck . When Elisabeth died in 1943, she was also buried in the cemetery of honor. However, she was not buried with her husband in the warrior rondel. Instead, it is located in one of the three grave fields laid out for the Second World War , namely the one for the victims of the air raid on Lübeck .
References
literature
- Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 10, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1942], DNB 986919810 , pp. 110-112, no. 3108.
- Lieutenant Colonel von Heynitz. In: From Lübeck's towers. No. 9 of February 27, 1915.
- Major General a. D. Ernst v. Heynitz †. In: Lübeck advertisements . No. 124 of May 30, 1927.
- The funeral of Major General v. Heynitz. In: Lübecker General-Anzeiger . No. 128 of June 3, 1927.
- General Ernst v. Heynitz †. In: Father-city sheets. No. 19 of June 12, 1927, pp. 25-26.
- Hugo Gropp: Hanseatic people in battle. Klindworth & Neuenhaus, Hamburg 1932, on behalf of the former Members of the Reserve 76 eV association
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lübeck city archives in terms of Senate files: Directory of the owner of the Lübeckischen Hanseatic Cross. Signature 1093.
- ^ Genealogical handbook of the nobility . Noble houses A. Volume VIII, p. 230, Volume 38 of the complete series, CA Starke Verlag, Limburg (Lahn) 1966.
- ↑ One of his sons is listed on the table there of the former Primans of the Katharineum who died in the First World War.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Heynitz, Ernst von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Heynitz, Ernst Gustav Erdmann von (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prussian major general |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 16, 1863 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Liegnitz |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 28, 1927 |
| Place of death | Lübeck |