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Biography
Hans-Walter Heyne-Hedersleben (10 January 1894 – 29 August 1967) was a highly decorated Generalleutnant in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Hans-Walter Heyne was captured by Soviet troops in June 1944 during the Bobruysk Offensive and was released in October 1955.
Family
Hans-Walther Heyne, was member of the cloisterestate owner family in Hedersleben, that his Brother, the Colonel Friedrich Adolf Heyne-Hedersleben inherited. He was son of Dr.jur Adolf Friedrich Eduard Heyne-Hedersleben, owner of the Radaxdorf Estate, next to Leuthen, and Wally Marie von Willich. Hans-Walther married Elisabeth Mummy daughter of Ludolf Hieronymus Mummy, owner of a Shipping Company in Bremen and the Estates Coppenbruegge, Burg next to Herrenhausen, Bisperode, Harderode and Neuhaus and his Wife, Maria Louise von Kapff. (Second marriage Freya Sophie Georgine von Linsingen). Hans-Walther spent his retirement on the family estate Wasserschloß Bodenengern, where he is also buried.
Awards and decorations
- Iron Cross (1914)
- 2nd Class
- 1st Class
- Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918
- Iron Cross (1939)
- 2nd Class
- 1st Class
- Infantry Assault Badge
- Eastern Front Medal
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 4 April 1943 as Oberst and commander of Artillerie-Regiment 182
- Fellgiebel 2000, p. 187.