Reinhard König

Reinhard König
File:Reinhard König.jpg
Born	(1909-03-30)30 March 1909 Hanau
Died	Bischofsheim
Allegiance	Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Reichsmarine Kriegsmarine
Years of service	1928–45
Rank	Kapitänleutnant (Ing.)
Unit	Schleswig-Holstein Hannover cruiser Köln aircraft carrier Graf Zeppelin auxiliary cruiser Atlantis U-123, U-2506
Battles/wars	World War II Battle of the Atlantic
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Reinhard König (30 March 1909, in Hanau – 28 March 1998, in Bischofsheim) was a German chief engineer on a U-boat 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.

Awards

• Spanish Cross in Bronze (6 June 1939)
• Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (22 September 1940)
  • 1st Class (31 March 1943)
• Auxiliary Cruiser Badge (30 December 1941)
• Wehrmacht Long Service Award 4th Class (1 October 1942)
• U-boat War Badge (1939) (11 February 1943)
• War Merit Cross with Swords 2nd Class (1 September 1943)
• U-boat Front Clasp
  • in Bronze (14 October 1944)
  • in Silver (15 March 1945)
• German Cross in Gold on 12 December 1943 as Oberleutnant (Ing.) on U-123/2. Unterseeboots-Flottille
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 8 July 1944 as Oberleutnant (Ing.) and chief engineer on U-123

References

Bibliography

• Busch, Rainer; Röll, Hans-Joachim (2003). Der U-Boot-Krieg 1939–1945 — Die Ritterkreuzträger der U-Boot-Waffe von September 1939 bis Mai 1945 (in German). Hamburg, Berlin, Bonn Germany: Verlag E.S. Mittler & Sohn. ISBN 978-3-8132-0515-2. CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
• Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) [1986]. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6. CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
• Kurowski, Franz (1995). Knight's Cross Holders of the U-Boat Service. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing. ISBN 978-0-88740-748-2.
• Patzwall, Klaus D.; Scherzer, Veit (2001). Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 – 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II (in German). Norderstedt, Germany: Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall. ISBN 978-3-931533-45-8. CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
• Range, Clemens (1974). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Kriegsmarine. 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 (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Miltaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2. CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

External links

• Helgason, Guðmundur. "Reinhard König". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
• Lexikon der Wehrmacht