Wend from Wietersheim

Wend von Wietersheim (1944)

Wend von Wietersheim (born April 18, 1900 in Neuland in the Löwenberg district , † September 19, 1975 in Bad Honnef ) was a German officer , most recently lieutenant general and commander of the 11th Panzer Division and commanding general in the XXXXI. Army Corps in World War II .

Life

He is the son of the mayor and owner of the Neuland manor, Walter von Wietersheim (1863-1919). His older brother was the later NSDAP member of the state parliament and district administrator of the Löwenberg district, Mark von Wietersheim .

In the First World War Wietersheim was an ensign . In 1919 he was promoted to lieutenant and accepted into the Reichswehr , where he served in various cavalry regiments from 1924. In 1938 he switched to armored weapons, first to the staff of the 3rd Panzer Division , then to the 1st Panzer Division . Here he commanded the motorbike battalion ( Western campaign ), later the Rifle Regiment 113 ( war against the Soviet Union ). In 1943 he was appointed commander of the 11th Panzer Division. Apart from a short break, he stayed that way until shortly before the end of the war. His division fought in Russia until mid-1944, then on the Western Front.

In April 1945 he was briefly commanding general in the XXXXI. Army Corps .

On May 5, 1945 he surrendered to the Americans in Bavaria, but was not taken prisoner of war.

Awards

Iron Cross (1914) 2nd class
Clasp for the Iron Cross, 2nd class
German cross in gold on December 24, 1941
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with oak leaves and swords
- Knight's Cross on February 10, 1942
- Oak leaves on January 12, 1943 (176th award)
- Swords on March 26, 1944 (58th award)

Individual evidence

↑ Ranking list of the German Reichsheeres , Ed .: Reichswehrministerium , Mittler & Sohn Verlag, Berlin 1930, p. 169.
↑ ^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. 786.

personal data
SURNAME	Wietersheim, Wend von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German officer and lieutenant general in World War II
DATE OF BIRTH	April 18, 1900
PLACE OF BIRTH	New territory , Löwenberg district
DATE OF DEATH	19th September 1975
Place of death	Bad Honnef

[1] Ranking list of the German Reichsheeres , Ed .: Reichswehrministerium , Mittler & Sohn Verlag, Berlin 1930, p. 169.

[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. 786.