Hans Joachim von Stockhausen

Hans Joachim von Stockhausen
Birth name	Hans Joachim Karl August Adolf von Stockhausen
Birth date	20 June 1898(1898-06-20)
Place of birth	Merseburg, Province of Saxony, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire
Death date	7 June 1990 (aged 91)
Place of death	Krefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Allegiance	German Empire Weimar Republic National Socialist Germany
Service/branch	Kaiserliche Marine Freikorps Reichsmarine Kriegsmarine Flensburg Government
Years of service	1917–1945
Rank	Captain at Sea
Battles/wars	World War I World War II
Awards	Iron Cross War Merit Cross (1939)
Relations	∞ 1934 Anne-Marie Weiß

Hans Joachim Karl August Adolf von Stockhausen (sometimes also Hans-Joachim; 20 June 1898 – 7 June 1990) was a German naval officer, finally Captain at Sea of the Kriegsmarine in WWII.

Life

After attending Gymnasium and achieving his Abitur, Hans(-)Joachim joined the German Navy in April 1917. He attended the Naval School and was trained on the SMS "Freya", a protected cruiser of the Victoria Louise class. He then served on the SMS "Baden" and the SMS "Emden II". From September to November 1918, he was commanded to further training, including infantry training, after the November Revolution and demobilization, he fought with the Freikorps in the Baltic area. In 1920, he was commanded to the Naval Academy (Marineschule Flensburg), in 1923, he served onboard the battleship "Hannover" and in 1924 with the coastal defense. In 1926, he was naval signals (intelligence) officer in Warnemünde, in 1929, he served onboard the battleship "Hessen" as a radio officer.

• 1931 Pillau Command, Adjutant
• 1935/36, Company Commander II. Naval Replacement Battalion (Wilhelmshaven)
• October 1937, Germersheim Military Prison, assigned to service
• September 1939, North Sea Station Command, Military Support Officer
• 19 September 1940 to 10 June 1943 Commander of the 14th Ship Core Battalion (14. Schiffsstamm-Abteilung) in Breda
• 11 June 1943 to 9 January 1944 Commander of the Milos Port and later also of the Island Command (Greece)
  • Corvette Captain Kawelmacher was replaced as island commander Milos on 19 September 1943 by Corvette Captain von Stockhausen
• 25 February 1944 to 28 February 1945 Commandant of the Naval High Command (OKM) Staff Headquarters "Bismarck" in Eberswalde and Department Head
  • After the command building on Tirpitzufer (Berlin) was bombed in November 1943, the "Bismarck" headquarters in Eberswalde was occupied. However, space there was limited. Therefore, the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy, Karl Dönitz, along with parts of his command staff and the Naval Personnel Office (MPA), quickly relocated from Eberswalde to the "Koralle" headquarters near Bernau. The "Roon" headquarters was planned as a further alternative, but was never occupied.
• March 1945 to May 1945 assigned to the OKH as naval liaison officer (finally under Alfred Jodl at the Sonderbereich Mürwik)
• 26 May 1945 to 26 June 1945 POW

Family

Hans Joachim was the son of Privy Government Councillor Hans Ernst Ludwig Walther Friedrich von Stockhausen (b. 29 December 1867 in Wiesbaden; d. 1 September 1960 in Trendelburg), District Administrator (Landrat of the Kreis Marienburg), lord of the manor (Gut Wülmersen near Kassel; together with his younger brother Lieutenant Colonel Hans Erich Karl Julius Emil von Stockhausen 1873–1957) and Knight of Justice (Rechtsritter) of the Johanniter-Orden, and his wife (∞ 1897) Olga Marie Therese "Rose", née Kricheldorff (b. 21 June 1877 in Wolmirstedt). He had one brother:

• Hans Wolf Erich Fridolf Claudius (b. 22 October 1899 in Merseburg; d. 22 November 1990), farmer, landowner, reserve officer in WWII, honorary mayor of Trendelburg (1960 to 1968)
  • ∞ Gut Wutschdorf (northwest of Schwiebus) 24 December 1931 Renate "Rena" Kuhlwein von Rathenow (b. 25 June 1907 at Gut Wutschdorf; d. 21 December 1988)

Marriage

On 4 December 1934 in Königsberg, Lieutenant Captain von Stockhausen married his fiancée Anne-Marie Edith Lucy Weiß (b. 2 July 1914 in Tilsit). They would have two children:

• Hans-Burckhard Wolf Walter Werner (b. 15 October 1936 in Wilhelmshaven), Dr. med. (license to practice: 16 April 1964), specialist in pediatrics and adolescent medicine (Children's Hospital and Children's Polyclinic of the University) as well as university professor (Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg)
• Ehrengard Edith Renate (b. 9 April 1939 in Speyer)

Promotions

Imperial German Army

• April 1917 Seekadett (Officer Candidate)
• 15 February 1918 Fähnrich zur See (Officer Cadet) without Patent (ernannt)

Reichsmarine

• 30 July 1920 Leutnant zur See (2nd Lieutenant)
• 1 May 1923 Oberleutnant zur See (1st Lieutenant)
• 1 August 1930 Kapitänleutnant (Lieutenant Captain)

Kriegsmarine

• 1 February 1936 Korvettenkapitän (Corvette Captain / Lieutenant Commander)
• 1 November 1939 Fregattenkapitän (Frigate Captain / Commander)
• 1 September 1941 Kapitän zur See (Captain at Sea / Captain / Colonel)

Awards and decorations

• Iron Cross (1914), 2nd Class
• Baltic Cross (Baltenkreuz)
• German Reich Sport Badge (Deutsches Reichssportabzeichen) in Silver
• Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918 with Swords
• Wehrmacht Long Service Award (Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung), 4th to 2nd Class on 2 October 1936
• War Merit Cross (1939), 2nd and 1st Class with Swords