Commanding Officers
- Generalleutnant Herbert Loch, 1 September 1939
- Generalleutnant Ernst Güntzel, 28 October 1941
- Generalleutnant Gustav-Adolf von Zangen, 25 December 1941
- Generalmajor Richard Zimmer, 1 April 1943
- Oberst Scheiker, December 1943
- Generalmajor Paul Schricker, January 1944
- Oberst Otto-Hermann Brücker, February 1944
- Oberst Georg Haus, 15 March 1944
- Oberst Theodor Preu, 1 April 1944
- Generalleutnant Richard Zimmer, April 1944
- Generalmajor Max Sachsenheimer, 4 September 1944
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