Otto Sponheimer

Otto Sponheimer
Born	(1886-12-19)19 December 1886 Nürnberg
Died	14 March 1961(1961-03-14) (aged 74) Bad Kötzting
Allegiance	German Empire Weimar Republic Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Heer
Years of service	1907–20 1935–45
Rank	General of the Infantry
Commands held	21st Infantry Division XXVIII. Armeekorps LXVIII. Armeekorps
Battles/wars	World War I World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Otto Sponheimer (19 December 1886 – 14 March 1961) was a German general (General of the Infantry_ in the Wehrmacht during World War II who commanded several corps. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany.

Awards and decorations

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 8 August 1941 as Generalleutnant and commander of 21. Infanterie-Division ^[1]

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.
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.

Military offices
Preceded by Generalleutnant Kuno-Hans von Both	Commander of 21. Infanterie-Division 1 November 1939 – April 1942	Succeeded by Generalleutnant Wilhelm Bohnstedt
Preceded by Generalleutnant Wilhelm Bohnstedt	Commander of 21. Infanterie-Division April 1942 – 10 January 1943	Succeeded by Generalleutnant Gerhard Matzky
Preceded by Generalleutnant Carl Püchler	Commander of LXVII Armeekorps 25 July 1944 - 25 October 1944	Succeeded by Generalleutnant Friedrich-August Schack

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients of the 21st Infantry Division

Staff	Hermann Foertsch Heinrich Götz (Oak Leaves) Gerhard Matzky Otto Sponheimer

Units	Karl Arning Conrad-Oskar Heinrichs Wilhelm Beuttel Hans-Joachim Kappis (Oak Leaves) Helmut Kroeg Karl Radermacher Franz Rogalski (Oak Leaves) Erich Rudnick Herbert Schwender (Oak Leaves)

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