The 11th Infantry Division (''11. Infanterie-Division'') was a formation of
Nazi Germany's
Wehrmacht during
World War II. Formed 1 October 1934 as
Infanterieführer I in
Allenstein
Olsztyn ( , ; german: Allenstein ; Old Prussian: ''Alnāsteini''
* Latin: ''Allenstenium'', ''Holstin'') is a city on the Łyna River in northern Poland. It is the capital of the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, and is a city with county rights. ...
it was renamed ''11. Infanterie-Division'' on 15. October 1935 with the disclosure of German rearmament.
About two-thirds of the division could be evacuated to Schleswig-Holstein from the
Courland pocket on 30 April 1945. Commander Feyerabend and the rest of the division went into Russian captivity.
Commanders
*Generalleutnant
Günther von Niebelschütz Günther, Guenther, Ginther, Gunther, and the variants Günter, Guenter, Guenther, Ginter, and Gunter, are Germanic names derived from ''Gunthere, Gunthari'', composed of '' *gunþiz'' "battle" (Old Norse ''gunnr'') and ''heri, hari'' "army". Gund ...
: 1 October 1934 – 1 April 1937
*Generalleutnant
Max Bock
Max Woldemar Gustav Eduard Bock (4 April 1885 – 29 April 1948) was a Baltic German politician and lawyer prominent in Estonia.
Bock was born in Reval (later named Tallinn) on 4 April 1885 to Julius Bock, a medical doctor, and his wife Alice, '' ...
: 1 April 1937 – 23 October 1939
*Generalleutnant
Herbert von Böckmann __NOTOC__
Herbert von Böckmann (24 July 1886 – 3 March 1974) was a German general during World War II who commanded the L Army Corps. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany. Böckmann was discharged from the a ...
: 23 October 1939 – 26 January 1942
*Generalleutnant
Siegfried Thomaschki __NOTOC__
Siegfried Thomaschki (20 March 1894 – 31 May 1967) was a German general during World War II who commanded the 11th Infantry Division. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves of Nazi Germany.
Thomas ...
: 26 January 1942 – 7 September 1943
*Generalleutnant
Karl Burdach __NOTOC__
Karl Burdach (28 July 1891 – 30 December 1976) was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, of Nazi Germany.
Awards and decorations
* German Cross in Gold on ...
: 7 September 1943 – 1 April 1944
*Generalleutnant
Hellmuth Reymann: 1 April 1944 – 18 November 1944
*Generalmajor
Gerhard Feyerabend
__NOTOC__
Gerhard Feyerabend (29 April 1898 – 6 November 1965) was a German general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II who commanded several divisions. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Feyerabend s ...
: 18 November 1944 – 8 May 1945
Subordination and deployment
Literature
*Burkhard Müller-Hillebrand: ''Das Heer 1933–1945. Entwicklung des organisatorischen Aufbaues.'' Vol.III: ''Der Zweifrontenkrieg. Das Heer vom Beginn des Feldzuges gegen die Sowjetunion bis zum Kriegsende''. Mittler: Frankfurt am Main 1969, p. 285.
* Georg Tessin: ''Verbände und Truppen der deutschen Wehrmacht und Waffen-SS im Zweiten Weltkrieg, 1939 – 1945''. Vol. III: ''Die Landstreitkräfte 6 – 14''. Mittler: Frankfurt am Main 1967.
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Military units and formations established in 1934
1934 establishments in Germany
Military units and formations disestablished in 1945
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