Rudolf Heynsen

Rudolf Heynsen
Born	22 August 1890 Eutin
Died	29 May 1974 (aged 83) Hamburg
Allegiance	German Empire (to 1918)  Weimar Republic (to 1919)  Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Kaiserliche Marine  Reichsmarine  Kriegsmarine
Years of service	1914–1919 1936–1945
Rank	Korvettenkapitän of the Reserves
Commands held	27. Minensuchflottille
Battles/wars	World War I World War II Battle of the Atlantic
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Rudolf Heynsen (22 August 1890 in Eutin – 26 May 1974 in Hamburg) was a German naval officer and commander of the 27. Minensuchflottille in World War II and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (German: Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes). The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. He graduated from the Thomasschule zu Leipzig in 1911.^[1]

Awards

• Iron Cross (1914)
  • 2nd Class
  • 1st Class
• Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918
• Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (8 January 1942)^[2]
  • 1st Class (12 June 1942)^[2]
• Minesweeper War Badge (17 July 1941)^[2]
• German Cross in Gold on 13 June 1944 as Korvettenkapitän of the Reserves in the 7. Minensuchflottille^[3]
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 20 April 1945 as Korvettenkapitän of the Reserves zur Verwendung (for disposition) and chief of the 27. Minensuchflottille^[4]

References

Citations

1. Richard Sachse, Karl Ramshorn, Reinhart Herz: Die Lehrer der Thomasschule zu Leipzig 1832–1912. Die Abiturienten der Thomasschule zu Leipzig 1845–1912. B. G. Teubner Verlag, Leipzig 1912, S. 130.
2. Dörr 1995, p. 250.
3. Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 185.
4. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 226.

Bibliography

• Dörr, Manfred (1995). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Überwasserstreitkräfte der Kriegsmarine—Band 1: A–K [The Knight's Cross Bearers of the Surface Forces of the Navy—Volume 1: A–K] (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7648-2453-2.
• Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) [1986]. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile [The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches] (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6.
• Huß, Jürgen; Viohl, Armin (2003). Die Ritterkreuzträger des Eisernen Kreuzes der preußischen Provinz Schleswig-Holstein und der Freien und Hansestadt Lübeck 1939–1945 [The Knight's Cross Bearers the Prussian Province of Schleswig-Holstein and the Free and Hanseatic City of Lübeck 1939–1945] (in German). Zweibrücken, Germany: VDM Heinz Nickel. ISBN 978-3-925480-79-9.
• Patzwall, Klaus D.; Scherzer, Veit (2001). Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 – 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II [The German Cross 1941 – 1945 History and Recipients Volume 2] (in German). Norderstedt, Germany: Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall. ISBN 978-3-931533-45-8.
• Range, Clemens (1974). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Kriegsmarine [The Knight's Cross Bearers of the Navy]. Stuttgart, Germany: Motorbuch Verlag. ISBN 978-3-87943-355-1.
• Scherzer, Veit (2007). Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives [The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives] (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Miltaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.

External links

• Deutsches Marinearchiv
• eNotes