Karl Weisenberger

Karl Weisenberger (born September 29, 1890 in Würzburg , † March 28, 1952 in Kempten (Allgäu) ) was a German officer , most recently general of the infantry in World War II .

Karl Weisenberger (left in the picture) in December 1944 with Lothar Rendulic

Life

Weisenberger joined the 9th Infantry Regiment "Wrede" of the Bavarian Army in Würzburg on October 1, 1909 as a one-year volunteer . On October 26, 1911 he was promoted to lieutenant in the 20th Infantry Regiment "Prince Franz" . He took part in the First World War and was accepted into the Reichswehr at the end of the war . There he found several uses in the Reichswehr Ministry and was promoted to major on February 1, 1928 . In 1934 he was appointed commander of the 21st (Bavarian) Infantry Regiment and promoted to colonel . In 1935, Weisenberger became chief of the general staff of the Army War Academy .

After the beginning of World War II, Weisenberger was appointed commander of the 71st Infantry Division on October 15, 1939 . From March 1941 he was commanding general of the LIII. Army Corps . In April of the same year he was promoted to general of the infantry. With this he marched into the Soviet Union on June 22, 1941. On November 29, 1941, Weisenberger gave up command and then took over the XXXVI. Mountain Corps . He led this command until August 10, 1944. He was briefly transferred to the Führerreserve . On August 15, 1944, he replaced Mauritz von Wiktorin as commander of the military district XIII, based in Nuremberg .

Awards

Iron Cross (1914) 2nd and 1st class
Wound badge (1918) in silver
Bavarian Order of Military Merit IV class with swords and crown
Clasp for the Iron Cross, 2nd and 1st class
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on June 29, 1940
German cross in gold on August 13, 1944

literature

Walther Lammers (Ed.): "Fahrtberichte" from the time of the German-Soviet War 1941. Protocols of the officer accompanying the commanding General LIII. Army Corps. Single and ed. by Walther Lammers. Boppard am Rhein: Boldt, 1988 (German historical sources of the 19th and 20th centuries; 56). ISBN 3-7646-1876-0 .

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c Ranking list of the German Imperial Army. Ed .: Reichswehr Ministry . ES Mittler & Sohn . Berlin 1930. p. 124.
↑ ^a ^b Veit Scherzer : Knight's Cross bearer 1939–1945. The holders of the Iron Cross of the Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and armed forces allied with Germany according to the documents of the Federal Archives. 2nd Edition. Scherzers Militaer-Verlag, Ranis / Jena 2007, ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2 , p. 774.

personal data
SURNAME	Weisenberger, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German officer, most recently General of the Infantry in World War II
DATE OF BIRTH	September 29, 1890
PLACE OF BIRTH	Wurzburg
DATE OF DEATH	March 28, 1952
Place of death	Kempten (Allgäu)

[Rangliste-1] Ranking list of the German Imperial Army. Ed .: Reichswehr Ministry . ES Mittler & Sohn . Berlin 1930. p. 124.

[Scherzer-2] Veit Scherzer : Knight's Cross bearer 1939–1945. The holders of the Iron Cross of the Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and armed forces allied with Germany according to the documents of the Federal Archives. 2nd Edition. Scherzers Militaer-Verlag, Ranis / Jena 2007, ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2 , p. 774.