11th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)

German 11th Infantry Division 11. Infanterie-Division
Active	1 October 1934 – 8 May 1945
Country	Nazi Germany
Branch	Army
Type	Infantry
Size	Division
Garrison/HQ	Allenstein

The 11th Infantry Division (11. Infanterie-Division) was a formation of the German Wehrmacht during World War II. Formed 1 October 1934 as Infanterieführer I in Allenstein it was renamed 11. Infanterie-Division on 15. October 1935 with the disclosure of German rearmament. The division was evacuated from Courland pocket on 30 April 1945.

Commanders

• Generalleutnant Günther von Niebelschütz 1 October 1934 – 1 April 1937
• Generalleutnant Max Bock 1 April 1937 – 23 October 1939
• Generalleutnant Herbert von Böckmann 23 October 1939 – 26 January 1942
• Generalleutnant Siegfried Thomaschki 26 January 1942 – 7 September 1943
• Generalleutnant Karl Burdach 7 September 1943 – 1 April 1944
• Generalleutnant Hellmuth Reymann 1 April 1944
• Generalmajor Gerhard Feyerabend 18 November 1944

Subordination and deployment

Timeframe	Army Corps	Army	Army group	Location
September 1939	I	3. Armee	North	East Prussia, Poland
December 1939	Reserve		B	Lower Rhine
January 1940		6. Armee		Lower Rhine, Belgium, Lille
June 1940	I	4. Armee		Somme, Loire
July 1940		7. Armee		Atlantic coast
September 1940	Reserve
November 1940	XXXI		D
March 1941	Reserve	18. Armee	B	East Prussia
April 1941	I
May 1941			C
June 1941			North	East Prussia – Wolchow (Volkhov River)
September 1941		16. Armee		Wolchow – Ladoga
December 1941		18. Armee
May 1942	XXVIII
February 1943	XXVI
October 1943	LIV			Leningrad
February 1944	L			Pleskau (Pskov)
March 1944	XXVI	Army Detachment "Narwa"		Narva
June 1944	XXXXIII
July 1944	III. SS			Narva, Pernau (Pärnu), Riga
October 1944	I	18. Armee		Courland
December 1944	X
January 1945	I
February 1945	II		Kurland
March 1945	L

Literature

• Burkhard Müller-Hillebrand: Das Heer 1933–1945. Entwicklung des organisatorischen Aufbaues. Vol.III: Der Zweifrontenkrieg. Das Heer vom Beginn des Feldzuges gegen die Sowjetunion bis zum Kriegsende. Mittler: Frankfurt am Main 1969, p. 285.
• Georg Tessin: Verbände und Truppen der deutschen Wehrmacht und Waffen-SS im Zweiten Weltkrieg, 1939 – 1945. Vol. III: Die Landstreitkräfte 6 – 14. Mittler: Frankfurt am Main 1967.