General of Panzer Troops
* 30th of November 1897
† 21st of April 1945
| 1939-04-01 | Lieutenant-Colonel | 
| 1942-02-01 | Colonel | 
| 1943-12-01 | Major-General | 
| 1944-06-01 | Lieutenant-General | 
| 1944-12-27 | General of Panzer Troops | 
| 1936-10-12 | – | 1940-04-10 | Commanding Officer 38th Anti-Tank Battalion | 
| 1940-04-10 | – | 1941-05-15 | Commanding Officer 1st Battalion, 3rd Panzer Regiment | 
| 1941-05-15 | – | 1943-01-18 | Commanding Officer 3rd Panzer Regiment | 
| 1943-01-18 | – | 1943-02-10 | Commanding Officer 35th Panzer Regiment | 
| 1943-02-10 | – | 1943-04-01 | Unemployed | 
| 1943-04-01 | – | 1943-06-20 | Attached to Special Panzer Staff, Inspectorate of Panzer Troops | 
| 1943-06-20 | – | 1943-09-07 | Commanding Officer 21st Panzer Brigade | 
| 1943-09-07 | – | 1943-10-30 | Temporary General Officer Commanding 5th Panzer Division | 
| 1943-10-30 | – | 1943-12-01 | Acting General Officer Commanding 5th Panzer Division | 
| 1943-10-30 | – | 1944-10-16 | General Officer Commanding 5th Panzer Division | 
| 1944-10-16 | – | 1944-12-27 | Acting General Officer Commanding XXIX Panzer Corps | 
| 1944-12-27 | – | 1945-04-21 | General Officer Commanding XXIX Panzer Corps | 
| 1945-04-21 | Suicide |