List of German colonel generals

The following is an incomplete list of German colonel generals.

Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden as Prussian colonel general (with the rank of Generalfeldmarschall (GFM)

Generals later promoted to general field marshal (GFM) are not included.

German Empire

German Army

See also: ⇒ de: List of the German Empire's colonel generals

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1873Prince August of Württemberg18131885Commander-in-Chief in the so-called Marken and Governor of Berlin
1888Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden18261907with the rank of a GFM, Inspector of the Army
1889Charles Alexander, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach18181901à la suite of the Royal Saxon Army
1890Prince of Bismarck, Duke of Lauenburg18151898with the rank of GFM à la suite of the army, Minister President of Prussia
1905Bernhard III, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen18511928with the rank of a GFM, Inspector of the Army
1905Frederick II, Grand Duke of Baden18571928with the rank of an Inspector of the Army
1908Hans von Plessen18411929with the rank of a GFM, adjudant general of the Empire and commander of the HQ
1909Prince Henry of Prussia18621929with the rank of a GFM, à la suite of the Prussian Army, also Großadmiral and Inspector-General of the Navy
1910Prince Friedrich Leopold of Prussia18561931à la suite of the Prussian Army
1911Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein18311917à la suite of the Prussian Army
1911Gustav von Kessel18461918adjudant general of the Empire, Commander-in-Chief in the so-called Marken and Governor of Berlin
1911Carl von Horn18471923War Minister of Bavaria
1912Otto Kreß von Kressenstein18501929War Minister of Bavaria
1913Duke Philipp of Württemberg18381917à la suite Army of Württemberg
1913Maximilian von Prittwitz18481917Prussian army commander
1914Moriz von Lyncker18531932Chief of the Military cabinet
1914Friedrich von Scholl18461928adjudant general of the Empire
1914Helmuth von Moltke the Younger18481916Chief of the German General Staff
1914Max Freiherr von Hausen18461922Minister-President of Saxony and German Army commander
1914Alexander von Kluck18461934Prussian army commander
1914Moritz von Bissing18441917Prussian General Governorate of Belgium
1915Karl von Einem18531934Prussian army commander
1915Otto von Marchtaler18541920War Minister of Württemberg
1917Günther Graf von Kirchbach18501925Prussian army group commander
1918Felix Graf von Bothmer18521937Bavarian army commander
1918Karl Ludwig d'Elsa18491922Saxonian army commander
1918Hans von Kirchbach18491928Saxonian army commander

Weimar Republic

Reichswehr

Third Reich

Heer

See also: ⇒ World War II German Army ranks and insignia

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20 Apr 1936Werner von Fritsch18801939Commander-in-Chief of the Oberkommando des Heeres
1 Nov 1938Ludwig Beck18801944Chief of the German General Staff
1 Jan 1939Wilhelm Adam18771949Commander-in-Chief of the Heeresgruppe 2 in Kassel (1938)
1 Oct 1939Johannes Blaskowitz188319488th Army (Wehrmacht) - 9th Army (Wehrmacht) - 1st Army (Wehrmacht) - Army Group G - Army Group H - 25th Army (Wehrmacht)
19 July 1940Friedrich Dollmann188219447th Army (Wehrmacht)
19 July 1940Nikolaus von Falkenhorst18851968Army HC Norwegen
19 July 1940Friedrich Fromm18881945Replacement Army
19 July 1940Heinz Guderian18841954Panzer Group Guderian - 2nd Panzer Army -Chief of the German General Staff
19 July 1940Curt Haase1881194315th Army (Wehrmacht)
19 July 1940Franz Halder18841972Chief of the German General Staff
19 July 1940Hermann Hoth1885197117th Army (Wehrmacht) - 4th Panzer Army - Panzer Group Hoth
19 July 1940Erich Hoepner188619444th Panzer Army
19 July 1940Eugen von Schobert1883194111th Army (Wehrmacht)
19 July 1940Adolf Strauß187919739th Army (Wehrmacht)
1 Jan 1942Georg-Hans Reinhardt188719633rd Panzer Army - Army Group Center
1 Jan 1942Rudolf Schmidt188619572nd Panzer Army
1 Apr 1942Richard Ruoff188319674th Panzer Army - 17th Army (Wehrmacht) - Panzer Group Ruoff - 17th Army (Wehrmacht)
1 June 1942Eduard Dietl18901944Lapland Army - 20th Mountain Army
5 July 1942Georg Lindemann1884196318th Army (Wehrmacht) - Army Group North
4 Dec 1942Hans-Jürgen von Arnim188919625th Panzer Army - Army Group Africa
1 Jan 1943Gotthard Heinrici188619714th Army (Wehrmacht) - 1st Panzer Army - Army Group Vistula
1 Jan 1943Hans von Salmuth188819622nd Army (Wehrmacht) - 15th Army (Wehrmacht)
30 Jan 1943Walter Heitz18781944VIII Army Corps (Wehrmacht)
6 July 1943Eberhard von Mackensen188919691st Panzer Army - 14th Army (Wehrmacht)
1 Sep 1943Heinrich Gottfried von Vietinghoff-Scheel188719529th Army (Wehrmacht) - 15th Army (Wehrmacht) - 10th Army (Wehrmacht) - Army Group Kurland - Army Group C
1 Sep 1943Karl-Adolf Hollidt189119856th Army (Wehrmacht)
30 Jan 1944Alfred Jodl18901946Chief of the Operations Staff of the Armed Forces High Command (Oberkommando der Wehrmacht, or OKW)
30 Jan 1944Erwin Jaenecke1890196017th Army (Wehrmacht)
30 Jan 1944Walter Weiß189019672nd Army (Wehrmacht) - Army Group North
30 Jan 1944Kurt Zeitzler18951963Chief of the German General Staff
20 Apr 1944Josef Harpe188719689th Army (Wehrmacht) - 4th Panzer Army - Army Group North Ukraine - Army Group A - 5th Panzer Army
1 Apr 1944Lothar Rendulic188719712nd Panzer Army - 20th Mountain Army
1 Apr 1944Hans-Valentin Hube189019441st Panzer Army
23 July 1944Johannes Frießner18921971Army Group Friessner - Army Group North - Army Group South Ukraine - Army Group South
15 Aug 1944Erhard Raus188819564th Panzer Army - 1st Panzer Army - 3rd Panzer Army
7 May 1945Carl Hilpert1888194716th Army (Wehrmacht) - Army Group Kurland

Luftwaffe

⇒ See also: Military Ranks of the Luftwaffe (1935–1945)

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PromotedNameBornDied Notes
1943Otto Deßloch18891977Commanding general Luftflotte 4
1940Ulrich Grauert18891941
1942Hans Jeschonnek18991943
1940Alfred Keller18821974
1944Günther Korten18981944posthumous promotion
1941Alexander Löhr18851947
1943Bruno Loerzer18911960
1942Günther Rüdel18831950
1944Kurt Student18901978
1940Hans-Jürgen Stumpff18891968
1940Ernst Udet18961941
1940Hubert Weise18841950

SS

SS Oberst-Gruppenführer and Generaloberst of the Waffen-SS:

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SS Oberst-Gruppenführer and Generaloberst of the Police:

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German Democratic Republic (GDR)

National People's Army

⇒ See also: Rank insignias

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1988Klaus-Dieter Baumgarten19312008Deputy Defence minister and Commanding General of the GDR's Border Troops
1979Erich Peter19191987Deputy Defence minister and Commanding General of the GDR's Border Troops
1989Fritz Peter1927Chief of the GDR's Civil defense
1979Wolfgang Reinhold19232012Deputy Defence minister and Commanding General of the Kommando LSK/LV

Ministerium für Staatssicherheit (MfS)

German Volkspolizei (DVP)

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