Commanding Officers
- Generalleutnant Hermann Wilck, 1 December 1939 – 17 September 1941
- Generalleutnant Heinrich Recke, 17 September 1941 – 15 August 1942
- Generalmajor Otto Schell, 15 – 22 August 1942
- Generalleutnant Karl-Albrecht von Groddeck, 22 August 1942 – 28 August 1943
- Generalmajor Paul Drekmann, 28 August – 15 November 1943
- Generalmajor Paul Drekmann, 27 July – 5 September 1944
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