Commanding Officers
- Generalmajor Johann von Ravenstein, 1 August 1941 – 29 November 1941
- Oberstleutnant Gustav-Georg Knabe, 29 November 1941 – 1 December 1941 (acting leader)
- Generalmajor Karl Böttcher, 1 December 1941 – 11 February 1942
- Generalmajor Georg von Bismarck, 11 February 1942 – 21 July 1942
- Oberst Alfred Bruer, 21 July 1942 – 1 August 1942 (acting leader)
- Generalmajor Georg von Bismarck, 1 August 1942 – 31 August 1942
- Oberst Karl-Hans Lungershausen, 1 September 1942 – 18 September 1942 (acting leader)
- Generalmajor Heinz von Randow, 18 September 1942 – 21 December 1942
- Oberst Kurt Freiherr von Liebenstein, 21 December 1942 – 1 January 1943 (acting leader)
- Generalmajor Hans-Georg Hildebrandt, 1 January 1943 – 25 April 1943
- Oberst Heinrich-Hermann von Hülsen, 25 April 1943 – 13 Mai 1943
- Generalleutnant Edgar Feuchtinger, 15 May 1943 (re-creation) – 15 January 1944
- Generalmajor Oswin Grolig, 15 January 1944 – 8 March 1944
- Generalleutnant Franz Westhoven, 8 March 1944 – 8 May 1944
- Generalleutnant Edgar Feuchtinger, 8 May 1944 – 25 January 1945
- Oberst Helmut Zollenkopf, 25 January 1945 – 12 February 1945
- Generalleutnant Werner Marcks, 12 February 1945 – 8 May 1945
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