Oberst Henning Runkel (1903-1986)

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Oberst Henning Runkel (1903-1986)

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Post by askropp » 14 Apr 2019, 14:58

*22.11.1903 [?]
+xx.xx.1986 [?]

Vater: [?] Runkel, Oberschulrat und Geheimer Regierungsrat (+1938)
Mutter: Elise Runkel, geb. Höver (+1939)
[?] Heirat mit Irene Papenhausen
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01.12.1926 Leutnant (150)
01.01.1930 Oberleutnant (5)
01.03.1935 Hauptmann (33)
01.08.1940 Major (21)
xx.xx.194x neues RDA vom 01.01.1940 (45b) erhalten
01.04.1942 Oberstleutnant (40)
20.04.1943 Oberst mit RDA vom 01.02.1943 (76)

01.05.1927 in der 3. / Artillerieregiment 6 (Münster) [laut Stellenbesetzung]
01.05.1929 in der 12. (r) / Artillerieregiment 6 (Verden) [laut Stellenbesetzung]
01.05.1931 im Stab der IV. (r) / Artillerieregiment 6 (Verden) [laut Stellenbesetzung]
01.05.1932 Adjutant der IV. (r) / Artillerieregiment 6 (Verden) [laut Stellenbesetzung]
01.10.1934 Adjutant des Artillerieregiments 6 (Minden)
01.10.1935 zur Ausbildung an der Kriegsakademie (Berlin)
01.06.1937 Ic des IX. Armeekorps (Kassel)
23.10.1939 Ia der 36. Infanteriedivision
10.07.1943 Führerreserve OKH (HPA)
28.07.1943 Chef des Generalstabes des LXXVI. Panzerkorps
05.02.1945 Chef des Generalstabes der 14. Armee

14.05.1940 EK II
11.06.1940 EK I
25.05.1942 Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
09.07.1942 Ostmedaille
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Re: Oberst Henning Runkel (1903-1977)

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Post by Stauffenberg II » 27 Feb 2023, 20:24

Hi Albert,

born in Tondern according to his marriage certificate and the church books of Tondern.


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Re: Oberst Henning Runkel (1903-1986)

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Post by JakeV » 27 Feb 2023, 23:08

Full name Henning Werner Runkel.

According to an obituary from Europäische Wehrkunde, Runkel died in 1986 (probably in München).

His father was the apparently more famous Dr. phil. Heinrich Runkel (1862–1938), later Reichstagsabgeordneter in the Weimar Republic.

17.08.1939 Heirat mit Irene Papenhausen (*02.07.1920 in Northeim), also had a stillborn son in 1944.

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Re: Oberst Henning Runkel (1903-1986)

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Post by graveland » 28 Feb 2023, 21:26

Thank you, askropp, Jürgen and Jake.

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