Heinrich-Walter Bronsart von Schellendorff

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Colonel Heinrich-Walter Bronsart von Schellendorff (left) with General of the Armored Force Walter Krüger (center) in France in June 1944

Heinrich-Walter Wilhelm Ernst Wiwigen's Konrad Bronsart von Schellendorff (born September 21, 1906 in Neustrelitz ; † September 22, 1944 Dieuze near Metz ) was a German officer, most recently major general in World War II .

Life

origin

Heinrich-Walter Bronsart von Schellendorff came from the old Prussian noble and officer family Bronsart von Schellendorff . His father, Heinrich Diomed Bronsart von Schellendorff (1873-1942), was a cousin of Bernhard Bronsart von Schellendorff and Friedrich Bronsart von Schellendorf .

Military career

Bronsart of Schellendorff joined as a cadet in 1924 in the 6th (Prussian) Reiter Regiment in Pasewalk the Reichswehr at. He went through an officer training in the cavalry and was taken over as Rittmeister in the Wehrmacht in 1935 , but remained with the 6th Cavalry Regiment, the successor unit of the 6th Cavalry Regiment, until 1939.

He was wounded several times during World War II. With the beginning of the Second World War he was in the reconnaissance department 179 of the 79th Infantry Division . From November 1939 he was first in command of reconnaissance department 36, which was first used in France from 1940 and in the Baltic States and northern Russia from 1941 , and then from March 1942 in the rank of major ; Promotion in January 1940; in the same position with the motorbike rifle department 36 of the 36th Infantry Division also in Northern Russia. In 1942 he received the German Cross in Gold for his service as commander. From February 1943, at the same time as his promotion to lieutenant colonel , he was commander of the 13th Panzer Grenadier Regiment in the 5th Panzer Division until spring 1944 . From the end of 1943, he was now in the rank of colonel , in addition to commanding the 5th Panzer Division for one month. In the spring of 1944 he was ordered to Germany and transferred to the staff of the OKHs . From August 1944 he took part in a division leader course in Hirschberg. From the beginning of September 1944 he was in command of the newly established Panzer Brigade 111 of the 15th Panzer Grenadier Division on the Western Front .

He was posthumously promoted to major general.

Awards

Works

  • History of the 6th Cavalry Regiment . F. Schulz's printing press, Schwedt / Oder 1937.

Web links

Commons : Heinrich-Walter Bronsart von Schellendorff  - Collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f Samuel W. Mitcham , Jr .: The Siegfried Line: The German Defense of the West Wall, September-December 1944 , p. 212. ( limited preview on Google Book Search ).
  2. ^ Genealogical handbook of the nobility . CA Starke, 1981, p. 187 ( google.de [accessed April 11, 2020]).
  3. ↑ Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of the primeval noble houses . Justus Perthes, 1916, p. 142 ( google.de [accessed April 11, 2020]).
  4. ^ A b Samuel W. Mitcham Jr: Panzer Legions: A Guide to the German Army Tank Divisions of World War II and Their Commanders . Stackpole Books, 2006, ISBN 978-1-4617-5143-4 , pp. 66 ( google.de [accessed April 11, 2020]).
  5. ^ Robert J. Edwards: Scouts Out: A History of German Armored Reconnaissance Units in World War II . Stackpole Books, 2014, ISBN 978-0-8117-5327-2 , pp. 451 ( google.de [accessed April 11, 2020]).
  6. ^ A b Samuel W. Mitcham Jr: Panzer Legions: A Guide to the German Army Tank Divisions of World War II and Their Commanders . Stackpole Books, 2006, ISBN 978-1-4617-5143-4 , pp. 69 ( google.de [accessed April 11, 2020]).
  7. ↑ Christian Hartmann: From generals and private: To the biographical dimension of the Second World War . Walter de Gruyter, 2012, ISBN 978-3-486-70826-4 , p. 56 ( google.de [accessed on April 11, 2020]).
  8. ↑ Veit Scherzer : The knight's cross bearers 1939-1945. The holders of the Iron Cross of the Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and armed forces allied with Germany according to the documents of the Federal Archives . 2nd Edition. Scherzers Militaer-Verlag, Ranis / Jena 2007, ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2 .
  9. ↑ Walther-Peer Fellgiebel : The bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-1945 - The holder of the highest award of the Second World War of all parts of the Wehrmacht . Dörfler Verlag, Eggolsheim 2004, ISBN 3-7909-0284-5 , p. 67, 124 .
personal data
SURNAME Bronsart von Schellendorff, Heinrich-Walter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bronsart von Schellendorff, Heinrich-Walter Wilhelm Ernst Wiwigens Konrad (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German officer, most recently major general in World War II
DATE OF BIRTH September 21, 1906
PLACE OF BIRTH Neustrelitz
DATE OF DEATH September 22, 1944
Place of death Dieuze