Heinrich Gaedcke

Ludwig Heinrich Gaedcke
Born	16 January 1905
Died	21 December 1992(1992-12-21) (aged 87)
Allegiance	Nazi Germany West Germany
Service/branch	Army (Wehrmacht)
Rank	Generalmajor (Wehrmacht) Generalleutnant (Bundeswehr)
Commands held	11 Panzergrenadier Division III Corps
Battles/wars	World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Ludwig Heinrich Gaedcke (16 January 1905 – 21 December 1992) was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II and later in the Bundeswehr. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. He commanded the new Bundeswehr's 11th Panzergrenadier Division from 1959 to 1960.

Awards and decorations

German Cross in Gold on 7 March 1942 as Major im Generalstab in the 25. Infanterie-Division (motorized)^[1]
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 7 April 1944 as Oberst im Generalstab and Chief of the Generalstab of XI. Armeekorps^[2]

Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) [1986]. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile [The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches] (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6.
Patzwall, Klaus D.; Scherzer, Veit (2001). Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 – 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II [The German Cross 1941 – 1945 History and Recipients Volume 2] (in German). Norderstedt, Germany: Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall. ISBN 978-3-931533-45-8.

Military offices
Preceded by Oberst i.G. Hellmuth Schultze	Chief of the Generalstab XI. Armeekorps 7 December 1943 – 25 February 1944	Succeeded by Oberst i.G. Hellmuth Schultze
Preceded by Generalmajor Helmuth Voelter	Chief of the Generalstab 6. Armee 15 August 1944 – 8 May 1945	Succeeded by None
Preceded by None	Commander of 11. Panzergrenadier-Division (Bundeswehr) 1 November 1959 – 31 December 1960	Succeeded by Generalmajor Cord von Hobe
Preceded by Generalleutnant Smilo Freiherr von Lüttwitz	Commander of III. Corps (Bundeswehr) 1 January 1961 – 31 March 1965	Succeeded by Generalleutnant Albert Schnez

Commanders of the Military Academy of the German Armed Forces, Bundeswehr
Detlev von Rumohr (provisional director) Heinrich Gaedcke Hellmuth Laegeler Ulrich de Maizière Jürgen Bennecke Hans Hinrichs Rudolf Jenett Eberhard Wagemann Heinz von zur Gathen Dieter Wellershoff Dieter Clauß Jörn Söder Werner von Scheven Klaus Reinhardt Hartmut Olboeter Rudolf Lange Hans-Christian Beck Wolf-Dieter Löser Robert Bergmann Achim Lidsba

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