Otto Sponheimer

Otto Sponheimer
Otto Sponheimer
Born	19 December 1886; Nürnberg, German Empire
Died	14 March 1961 (aged 74); Bad Kötzting, West Germany
Allegiance	German Empire; Weimar Republic; Nazi Germany
Branch	German Army
Years of service	1907–1920; 1935–1945
Rank	General der Infanterie
Commands	21st Infantry Division; XXVIII Army Corps; LXVII Army Corps
Battles / wars	World War I; World War II Invasion of Poland; Battle of France; Operation Barbarossa; Siege of Leningrad; Kingisepp–Gdov Offensive; Battle of Narva (1944); Battle for Narva Bridgehead; Operation Market Garden; ;
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Otto Sponheimer (19 December 1886 – 14 March 1961) was a German general (General of the Infantry) in the Wehrmacht during World War II who commanded several corps. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany.

Awards and decorations

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 8 August 1941 as Generalleutnant and commander of 21. Infanterie-Division ^[1]

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.
Scherzer, Veit (2007). Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives [The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives] (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Militaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.