{{Short description|German General in WWII (1886–1961)}} __NOTOC__ {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2026}} {{Infobox military person |name=Otto Sponheimer |birth_date={{birth date|1886|12|19|df=y}} |death_date={{death date and age|1961|3|14|1886|12|19|df=y}} |birth_place= Nürnberg, German Empire |death_place= Bad Kötzting, West Germany |image= |caption= |nickname= |allegiance=German Empire<br/>Weimar Republic<br/>Nazi Germany |branch=German Army |service_years=1907–1920<br/>1935–1945 |rank=''General der Infanterie'' |commands=21st Infantry Division<br/>XXVIII Army Corps<br/>LXVII Army Corps |unit= |battles={{tree list}} *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 {{tree list/end}} |awards=Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross |other_work= }}
'''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== <!--- * Iron Cross (1914) ** 2nd Class ** 1st Class * Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918 * Iron Cross (1939) ** 2nd Class ** 1st Class * Eastern Front Medal * German Cross in Gold (29 November 1942)---> * Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 8 August 1941 as ''Generalleutnant'' and commander of 21. Infanterie-Division <ref>Fellgiebel 2000, p. 329.</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 }} * {{Cite book |last=Scherzer |first=Veit |year=2007 |title=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 |trans-title=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 |language=German |location=Jena, Germany |publisher=Scherzers Militaer-Verlag |isbn=978-3-938845-17-2 }} {{refend}}
{{s-start}} {{s-mil}} {{succession box |before=Generalleutnant Kuno-Hans von Both |after=Generalleutnant Wilhelm Bohnstedt |title= Commander of 21. Infanterie-Division |years=1 November 1939 – April 1942 }} {{succession box |before=Generalleutnant Wilhelm Bohnstedt |after=Generalleutnant Gerhard Matzky |title= Commander of 21. Infanterie-Division |years=April 1942 – 10 January 1943 }} {{succession box |before=Generaloberst Carl Hilpert |after =Johannes Frießner (Army Detachment Narva) |title = Commander of LIV. Armeekorps |years= 1 August 1943 - 2 February 1944 }} {{succession box |before=Generalleutnant Carl Püchler |after=Generalleutnant Friedrich-August Schack |title= Commander of LXVII. Armeekorps |years=25 July 1944 - 25 October 1944 }} {{s-end}}
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