Notable Soldiers
- Commanders
- Lieutenant General Wilhelm Ulex (1 October 1935 - 11 October 1936)
- Lieutenant General Albrecht Schubert (12 October 1936)
- Major General Ludwig von der Leyen (1 September 1939)
- Lieutenant General Walther von Seydlitz-Kurzbach (10 March 1940)
- Colonel Karl Hernekamp (1 January 1942)
- Lieutenant General Kurt-Jürgen Freiherr von Lützow (1 March 1942)
- Colonel Gerhard Müller (1 June 1942)
- Colonel Wilhelm Lorenz (11 July 1942)
- Lieutenant General Kurt-Jürgen Freiherr von Lützow (20 July 1942)
- Lieutenant General Curt Jahn (25 May 1944)
- Lieutenant General Rudolf Bamler (4 June 1944)
- Major General Gerhard Engel (28 June 1944 - January 1 1945)
- Colonel Rudolf Langhaeuser (January - February 1945)
- Lieutenant General Gerhard Engel (February - April 1945)
- Major General Koenig (12-18 April 1945)
- Other notable soldiers
- Heinz-Georg Lemm
- Siegfried Hauptmann - Knights Cross recipient
- Helmuth Beukemann
- Kurt Klinger - Knights Cross recipient
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