Commanding Officers
- Generalmajor Kurt von der Chevallerie, 1 December 1939 – 10 December 1940
- Generalleutnant Alexander von Zülow, 10 December 1940 – 13 February 1942
- Generalmajor Adolf Sinzinger, 13 February 1942 – 2 November 1942
- Generalleutnant Theodor Scherer, 2 November 1942 – 1 March 1944
- Generalmajor Wilhelm Heun, 1 March 1944 – 28 June 1944
- Generalmajor Heinrich Götz, 28 June 1944 – 22 August 1944
- Generalleutnant Wilhelm Heun, 22 August 1944 – 27 March 1945
- Generalmajor of the Reserves Maximilian Wengler, 27 March 1945 – 25 April 1945
- Oberst Hellmuth Raatz, 25 April 1945 – German capitulation
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