Karl Weisenberger ( German: Karl Weisenberger ; September 20, 1890 , Würzburg - March 28, 1952 , Kempten ) - German military leader, participant in the Second World War , general from infantry .
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 Infantry General Carl Weisenberger (left) with his immediate superior in the summer of 1944, Colonel-General Lothar Rendulic . | |||||||||||||
| Date of Birth | September 20, 1890 | ||||||||||||
| Place of Birth | Wurzburg Kingdom of Bavaria , German empire . | ||||||||||||
| Date of death | March 28, 1952 (61 years old) | ||||||||||||
| Place of death | Kempten , Bavaria , Germany | ||||||||||||
| Affiliation |  German Empire Weimar Republic Third Reich | ||||||||||||
| Type of army | infantry | ||||||||||||
| Years of service | 1909 - 1945 | ||||||||||||
| Rank | general from infantry | ||||||||||||
| Commanded | 71st Infantry Division 53rd Army Corps 36th Mountain Corps 13th Military District | ||||||||||||
| Battles / wars | World War I The Second World War | ||||||||||||
| Awards and prizes | German Empire
Third Reich
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Biography
Karl Weisenberger was born in 1890 in the city of Würzburg in northern Bavaria .
In 1909 he entered the 9th Bavarian Infantry Regiment "Wrede" of the Bavarian Army as part of the army of the German Empire . October 26, 1911 was promoted to lieutenant of the 20th Bavarian infantry regiment "Prince Franz" .
He participated in the First World War , after the war he continued to serve in the German army. February 1, 1928 he became a major, and in 1934 he was promoted to colonel and appointed commander of the 21st (Bavarian) infantry regiment of the Reichswehr , and in 1935 he headed the Military Academy.
After the outbreak of World War II, General Weisenberger was appointed commander of the 71st Infantry Division on October 15, 1939, at the head of which he took part in the French campaign . On February 15, 1941, General Weisenberger was appointed to command the 53rd Army Corps . In April of the same year, he was promoted to general from infantry . In this rank and position, Weisenberger took part in the war against the USSR , the corps under his command as part of Army Group Center advanced across the territory of Belarus , then took part in the battle for Moscow .
On November 29, 1941, Weisenberger received under his command the 36th Mountain Corps , which conducted military operations in Karelia together with the Finns in the 20th Mountain Army, under the command of Colonel General Edward Dietl and then Colonel General Lothar Rendulich .
General Weisenberger headed the corps until August 10, 1944, after which he was transferred to the Führer Reserve . However, already on August 15, 1944, he replaced General Moritz von Quiz on the post of commander of the 13th military district in Nuremberg .
General Weisenberger died in 1952 in his native Bavaria.
Rewards
- Iron Cross (1914) 2nd and 1st grade ( Kingdom of Prussia )
- 4th Class Merit Order with Swords and Crown ( Kingdom of Bavaria )
- Breastplate "For the wounded" (1918) in black and silver
- Honorary Cross of the First World War 1914/1918 with swords (1934)
- Buckle to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd and 1st grade
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (June 29, 1940)
- Medal "For the Winter Campaign in the East 1941/42"
- German cross in gold (August 13, 1944)
- Order of the Cross of Liberty 1st class with swords ( Finland )
Sources
- Walther Lammers (eds.): Fahrtberichte aus der Zeit des deutsch-sowjetischen Krieges 1941. Protokolle des Begleitoffiziers des kommandierenden Generals LIII. Armeekorps. Eingel. und hrsg. von Walther Lammers. Boppard am Rhein: Boldt, 1988 (Deutsche Geschichtsquellen des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts; 56). ISBN 3-7646-1876-0 .
- Rangliste des Deutschen Reichsheeres. Hrsg .: Reichswehrministerium. ES Mittler & Sohn. Berlin 1930.p. 124.
- Veit Scherzer: Ritterkreuzträger 1939-1945. Die Inhaber des Eisernen Kreuzes von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündete Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchivs. 2. Auflage. Scherzers Militaer-Verlag, Ranis / Jena 2007, ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2 , p. 774.