General of infantry
* 17th of February 1893
† 1st of July 1951
| 1935-08-01 | Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1938-03-01 | Colonel |
| 1940-08-01 | Major-General |
| 1942-08-01 | Lieutenant-General |
| 1943-05-01 | General of Infantry |
| 1934-10-01 | – | 1935-10-15 | Commanding Officer 3rd Battalion, Infantry Regiment Lübeck |
| 1935-10-15 | – | 1937-10-12 | Commanding Officer 3rd Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment |
| 1937-10-12 | – | 1938-11-10 | Commanding Officer 3rd Battalion, 90th Infantry Regiment |
| 1938-11-10 | – | 1940-10-25 | Commanding Officer 28th Infantry Regiment |
| 1940-11-25 | – | 1941-12-01 | General Officer Commanding 8th Infantry Division |
| 1941-12-01 | – | 1942-07-23 | Commanding Officer 8th Light Division |
| 1942-11-28 | – | 1943-03-15 | Acting General Officer Commanding Corps Laux |
| 1943-03-15 | – | 1943-07-20 | General Officer Commanding Group Höhne |
| 1943-07-20 | – | 1944-09-10 | General Officer Commanding VIII Corps |
| 1944-09-10 | – | 1944-11-15 | Unemployed |
| 1944-11-15 | – | 1944-12-01 | At disposal of Commander in Chief West |
| 1944-12-01 | – | 1945-05-08 | General Officer Commanding LXXXIX Corps |
| 1945-05-08 | – | 1947-XX-XX | Prisoner of War |
| 1947-XX-XX | Released |