Richard of Heineccius

Georg Hans Richard von Heineccius (born August 23, 1881 in Glogau , † December 13, 1943 in Hamburg ) was a German officer , most recently lieutenant general and commander of Hamburg during World War II .

Life

family

He came from the Heineccius family and was the son of the Prussian Major General Georg von Heineccius (1840–1907).

His son Günther (* 1912) became a medical officer. Major General Benno von Heineccius was his uncle.

Military career

Heineccius graduated from the Cadet Corps and then joined the 8th Thuringian Infantry Regiment No. 153 of the Prussian Army on February 9, 1900 as a lieutenant with a patent from June 20, 1899 . Here he was used as adjutant of the 2nd battalion, rose to regimental adjutant in 1908 and was promoted to first lieutenant on August 9, 1909 . As a captain , he was transferred to Lahr / Black Forest as adjutant of the 84th Infantry Brigade on October 1, 1913 .

He held this position even after the outbreak of the First World War . In the further course of the war, Heineccius served as a company commander , in the general staff and finally as a major in the command of the Schutztruppe in Berlin in the prisoner welfare department.

In March 1920 he switched to the police service in Wesel, worked in various police administrations and as a teacher at the Münster Police School in the years to come, and rose to become a police colonel by 1932.

On March 15, 1934, he joined the army of the Wehrmacht with the rank of colonel and was appointed commander of the 80th Infantry Regiment. On April 1, 1936 he rose to major general and on March 1, 1938, Heineccius received the character of lieutenant general. On October 6, 1936, he became the commandant of Hamburg and in this position he received the patent for his rank on February 1, 1941. He was released from his post as city commander on June 29, 1942 and transferred to the Führerreserve . Two months later he retired from active service and his position as a member of the public administration was canceled after a year.

Heineccius was killed in late 1943 as a result of an Allied bombing raid on Hamburg.

literature

• Dermot Bradley (ed.), Karl-Friedrich Hildebrand, Markus Brockmann: Die Generale der Heeres 1921-1945. The military careers of the generals, as well as the doctors, veterinarians, intendants, judges and ministerial officials with the rank of general. Volume 5: v. Haack-Hitzfeld. Biblio Publishing House. Osnabrück 1999. ISBN 3-7648-2538-3 . Pp. 248-249.
• Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch. Part B. 34. Vol. Gotha 1942. P. 221.

Web links

• Newspaper article about Richard von Heineccius in the 20th century press kit of the ZBW - Leibniz Information Center for Economics .