__NOTOC__ {{Infobox military person | name = Alwin Wolz | birth_date = 22 September 1897 | death_date = {{death date and age|1978|9|15|1897|9|22|df=y}} | allegiance = {{flag|Nazi Germany}} | rank = Generalmajor | commands = 3rd Flak Division | battles = Defense of the Reich<br>Bombing of Hamburg | awards = Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross }}

'''Alwin Wolz''' (22 September 1897 – 15 September 1978) was a general in the Luftwaffe of Nazi Germany during World War II who commanded the 3rd Flak Division. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.

Wolz commanded the 3rd Flak Division between 1 May 1944 and 2 April 1945.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book |last=Mitcham |first=Samuel W. |title=German Order of Battle: 291st–999th Infantry Divisions, Named Infantry Divisions, and Special Divisions in World War II |publisher=Stackpole Books |year=2007 |isbn=9780811734370 |volume=2 |chapter=3rd Flak Division}}</ref>

Wolz was appointed combat commander of Hamburg on 15 April 1945. He surrendered the city to the British 7th Armoured Division on 3 May 1945.

==Awards and decorations== <!------ * Iron Cross (1914) ** 2nd Class ** 1st Class * Iron Cross (1939) ** 2nd Class ** 1st Class ---> * German Cross in Gold (21 August 1942) * Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 4 June 1943 as ''Oberst'' and commander of Flak-Regiment 135 (mot.)<ref>Fellgiebel 2000, p. 366.</ref>

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===Bibliography=== {{refbegin}} * {{Cite book |last=Fellgiebel |first=Walther-Peer |authorlink=Walther-Peer Fellgiebel |year=2000 |orig-date=1986 |title=Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile |trans-title=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 |language=German |location=Friedberg, Germany |publisher=Podzun-Pallas |isbn=978-3-7909-0284-6 }} {{refend}}

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