List of German colonel generals

Insignias colonel general Heer
Junior Rank
General		 Rank
Colonel general

(Four-star rank)

 Senior Rank
Generalfeldmarschall (GFM)

The following is an incomplete list of German colonel generals.

Contents

List

German Empire

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

These generals, promoted later to Generalfeldmarschall, are not included.

Promoted Name Born Died Notes
1873 Prince August of Württemberg 1813 1885 Commander-in-Chief in the socalled Marken and Governor of Berlin
1888 Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden 1826 1907 with the rank of a GFM, Inspactor oft the Army
1889 Charles Alexander, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach 1818 1901 à la suite of the Royal Saxon Army
1890 Prince of Bismarck, Duke of Lauenburg 1815 1898 with the rank of GFM à la suite of the army, Minister President of Prussia
1905 Bernhard III, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen 1851 1928 with the rank of a GFM, Inspactor oft the Army
1905 Frederick II, Grand Duke of Baden 1857 1928 with the rank of a Inspactor oft he Army
1908 Hans von Plessen 1841 1929 with the rank of a GFM, adjudant general of the Empire and commander of the HQ
1909 Prince Henry of Prussia 1862 1929 with the rank of a GFM, Großadmiral, Inspector-General of the Navy, à la suite of the Prussian Army
1910 Prince Friedrich Leopold of Prussia 1856 1931 à la suite of the Prussian Army
1911 Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein 1831 1917 à la suite of the Prussian Army
1911 Gustav von Kessel 1846 1918 adjudant general of the Empire, Commander-in-Chief in the socalled Marken and Governor of Berlin
1011 Carl von Horn 1847 1923 War Minister of Bavaria
1912 Otto Kreß von Kressenstein 1850 1929 War Minister of Bavaria
1913 Duke Philipp of Württemberg 1838 1917 à la suite Army of Württemberg
1913 Maximilian von Prittwitz 1848 1917 Prussian army commander
1914 Moriz von Lyncker 1853 1932 Chief of the Miltary cabinet
1914 Friedrich von Scholl 1846 1928 adjudant general of the Empire
1914 Helmuth von Moltke the Younger 1848 1916 Chief of the German General Staff
1914 Max Freiherr von Hausen 1846 1922 Minister-President of Saxony and German Army commander
1914 Alexander von Kluck 1846 1934 Prussian army commander
1914 Moritz von Bissing 1844 1917 Prussian General Governorate of Belgium
1915 Karl von Einem 1853 1934 Prussian army commander
1915 Otto von Marchtaler 1854 1920 württembergischer Kriegsminister
1917 Günther Graf von Kirchbach 1850 1925 Prussian Heeresgruppenführer
1918 Felix Graf von Bothmer 1852 1937 Bavarian army commander
1918 Karl Ludwig d’Elsa 1849 1922 Saxonian army commander
1918 Hans von Kirchbach 1849 1928 Saxonian army commander

Reichswehr

Nazi Germany Wehrmacht

Heer

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

Complete list without colonel generals promoted to Generalfeldmarschall:

Promoted Name Born Died Notes
1936 Werner von Fritsch 1880 1938 Commander-in-Chief of the Oberkommando des Heeres
1938 Ludwig Beck 1880 1944 Chief of the German General Staff
1938 Wilhelm Adam 1877 1949 Commander-in-Chief of the Heeresgruppe 2 in Kassel (1938)
1939 Johannes Blaskowitz 1883 1948
1940 Friedrich Dollmann 1882 1944
1940 Heinz Guderian 1884 1972
1940 Hermann Hoth 1885 1917
1940 Adolf Strauß 1879 1937
1940 Nikolaus von Falkenhorst 1885 1968
1940 Friedrich Fromm 1888 1945
1940 Curt Haase 1881 1943
1940 Erich Hoepner 1886 1944
1940 Eugen Ritter von Schobert 1883 1941
1942 Georg-Hans Reinhardt 1887 1963
1942 Rudolf Schmidt 1886 1957
1942 Richard Ruoff 1883 1967
1942 Eduard Dietl 1890 1944
1942 Georg Lindemann 1884 1963
1942 Hans-Jürgen von Arnim 1889 1962
1943 Gotthard Heinrici 1886 1971
1943 Hans von Salmuth 1888 1962
1943 Walter Heitz 1878 1944
1943 Eberhard von Mackensen 1889 1969
1943 Heinrich Gottfried von Vietinghoff-Scheel 1887 1952
1943 Karl-Adolf Hollidt 1891 1985
1944 Alfred Jodl 1890 1946
1944 Erwin Jaenecke 1890 1960
1944 Walter Weiss 1890 1967
1944 Kurt Zeitzler 1895 1963
1944 Josef Harpe 1887 1968
1944 Lothar Rendulic 1887 1944
1944 Hans-Valentin Hube 1890 1944
1944 Johannes Frießner 1892 1971
1944 Erhard Raus 1888 1948
1945 Carl Hilpert 1888 1948

Luftwaffe

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

Insignia colonel general
Promoted Name Born Died Notes
1943 Otto Deßloch 1889 1977 Commanding general Luftflotte 4
19.. Ulrich Grauert 1889 1941
19.. Hans Jeschonnek 1899 1943
19.. Alfred Keller 1882 1974
19.. Günther Korten 1898 1944
19.. Alexander Löhr 1885 1947
19.. Bruno Loerzer 1891 1960
19.. Günther Rüdel 1883 1950
19.. Kurt Student 1890 1978
19.. Hans-Jürgen Stumpff 1889 1968
19.. Ernst Udet 1896 1941
19.. Hubert Weise 1884 1950

Waffen-SS

List of the SS Oberst-Gruppenführer and Generaloberst of the Waffen-SS
Insignias

Police in Nazi Germany

SS Oberst-Gruppenführer and Generaloberst of the Police:

Insignias

German Democratic Republic (GDR)

National People's Army

⇒ See also: Rank insignias

Insignias
Promoted Name Born Died Notes
1988 Klaus-Dieter Baumgarten 1931 2008 Deputy Defence minister and Commanding General of the GDR's Border Troops
1987 Horst Brünner 1929 2008
1977 Werner Fleißner 1922 1985
1986 Joachim Goldbach 1929 2008
1979 Erich Peter 1919 1987
1989 Fritz Peter 1927 Chief of the GDR's Civil defense
1979 Wolfgang Reinhold 1923 Deputy Defence minister and Commanding General of the Kommando LSK/LV
1972 Herbert Scheibe 1914 1991 Deputy Defence minister and Commanding General of the Kommando LSK/LV
1976 Horst Stechbarth 1925 Deputy Defence minister and Commanding General of the Landstreitkraefte
1979 Fritz Streletz 1926
1966 Kurt Wagner 1904 1989

Ministerium für Staatssicherheit (MfS)

German Volkspolizei (DVP)

See also

⇒ Comparative officer ranks of World War II
⇒ List of Austro-Hungarian colonel generals

Translation reference

This article incorporates information from the equivalent article on the German Wikipedia.