Konstanz von Heineccius
(26.9.1859 - 3.7.1936)
place of birth:  Berlin


German artillery general and corps level commander during the Great War. As teenager and native Berliner, Heineccius commenced his military service with the local Guard Field Artillery Regiment. He remained with this unit for the next 20 years and was ultimately assigned as the regiment's commander. During this period, Colonel von Heineccius additionally served as one of Kaiser Wilhelm II's wing adjutants in His Majesty's Headquarters.

As Germany mobilized and marched to War, Lt General von Heineccius was in command of the 36th Infantry Division headquartered in Danzig. At War's outbreak, his division was in action on the Eastern Front battling the Russians at Tannenberg as a unit subordinate to Mackensen's XVII. Corps. In 1916, General Heineccius was transferred to the Western Front as head of Generalkommando 53. He continued service as a corps-level commander through War's end.