Hans von Boineburg-Lengsfeld

Hans von Boineburg-Lengsfeld
Born	9 June 1889
Died	20 November 1980(1980-11-20) (aged 91)
Allegiance	German Empire Weimar Republic Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Heer
Rank	Generalleutnant
Commands held	4th Panzer Division 23rd Panzer Division
Battles/wars	World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

'Hans von Boineburg-Lengsfeld (9 June 1889 – 20 November 1980) was a German general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany who commanded several panzer divisions during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.

He was temporarily relieved of command during the "Reichel Case", when plans for Case Blue were lost to the Soviet side.^[1]

Awards

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 19 July 1940 as Oberst and commander of the 4. Schützen-Brigade ^[2]

References

Citations

↑ Adam, Wilhelm; Ruhle, Otto (2015). With Paulus at Stalingrad. Translated by Tony Le Tissier. Pen and Sword Books Ltd. p. 23. ISBN 9781473833869.
↑ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 118.

Bibliography

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.

Military offices
Preceded by Generalleutnant Johann Joachim Stever	Commander of 4. Panzer-Division 24 July 1940 – 8 September 1940	Succeeded by General der Panzertruppe Willibald Freiherr von Langermann und Erlencamp
Preceded by None	Commander of 23. Panzer-Division 25 September 1941 – 16 November 1941	Succeeded by Generalmajor Heinz-Joachim Werner-Ehrenfeucht
Preceded by Generalmajor Heinz-Joachim Werner-Ehrenfeucht	Commander of 23. Panzer-Division 22 November 1941 – 20 July 1942	Succeeded by Generalmajor Erwin Mack
Preceded by Generalmajor Erwin Mack	Commander of 23. Panzer-Division 26 August 1942 – 26 December 1942	Succeeded by General der Panzertruppe Nikolaus von Vormann

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients of the 4th Panzer Division

Staff	Clemens Betzel (Oak Leaves) Willibald Freiherr von Langermann und Erlencamp¹ (Oak Leaves) Georg-Hans Reinhardt² (Oak Leaves & Swords) Dietrich von Saucken³ (Oak Leaves, Swords & Diamonds) Erich Schneider⁴ (Oak Leaves)

Brigades	Hermann Breith⁵ (Oak Leaves & Swords) Hans Reichsfreiherr von Boineburg-Lengsfeld Heinrich Eberbach⁶ (Oak Leaves)

Regiments	Josef Beginen Hermann Bix Hans-Detloff von Cossel (Oak Leaves) Heinrich Eberbach (Oak Leaves) Gustav Fehn Erich Friedrich Erdmann Gabriel Gerlach von Gaudecker-Zuch Rüdiger Hertel Ernst-Wilhelm Hoffmann (Oak Leaves) Fritz Fessmann¹¹ (Oak Leaves & Swords) Gerhard Lange Meinrad von Lauchert ⁷ (Oak Leaves) Smilo Freiherr von Lüttwitz⁸ (Oak Leaves & Swords) Josef Karl (Oak Leaves) Hans-Joachim Kahler¹⁰ (Oak Leaves) Gerhard Kunert (Oak Leaves) Karl Mauss⁹ (Oak Leaves, Swords & Diamonds) Werner Möller Reinhard Peters Werner Rode Fritz-Rudolf Schultz (Oak Leaves) Hans-Joachim Schulz-Merkel Kurt Schäfer

¹ Knight's Cross with the 29th Infantry Division. ² Oak Leaves, Swords with 3rd Panzer Army. ³ Diamonds with the AOK Ostpreußen. ⁴ Oak Leaves with the 14th Infantry Division ⁵ Oak Leaves with the 3rd Panzer Division, Swords with the III Panzer Corps. ⁷ Oak Leaves with 11th Panzer Division. ⁸ Oak Leaves with the 26th Panzer Division. ⁹ Knight's Cross with 10th Panzer Division, Swords and Diamonds with the 7th Panzer Division. ¹⁰ Oak Leaves with 12th Panzer Division. ¹¹ Oak Leaves with 14th Panzer Division, Swords with 5th Panzer Division.

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