List of German colonel generals
The following is an incomplete list of German colonel generals.
Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden as Prussian colonel general (with the rank of Generalfeldmarschall (GFM)
Generals later promoted to general field marshal (GFM) are not included.
German Empire
German Army
See also: ⇒ de: List of the German Empire's colonel generals
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| 1873 | Prince August of Württemberg | 1813 | 1885 | Commander-in-Chief in the so-called Marken and Governor of Berlin |
| 1888 | Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden | 1826 | 1907 | with the rank of a GFM, Inspector of the Army |
| 1889 | Charles Alexander, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach | 1818 | 1901 | à la suite of the Royal Saxon Army |
| 1890 | Prince of Bismarck, Duke of Lauenburg | 1815 | 1898 | with the rank of GFM à la suite of the army, Minister President of Prussia |
| 1905 | Bernhard III, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen | 1851 | 1928 | with the rank of a GFM, Inspector of the Army |
| 1905 | Frederick II, Grand Duke of Baden | 1857 | 1928 | with the rank of an Inspector of the Army |
| 1908 | Hans von Plessen | 1841 | 1929 | with the rank of a GFM, adjudant general of the Empire and commander of the HQ |
| 1909 | Prince Henry of Prussia | 1862 | 1929 | with the rank of a GFM, Großadmiral, Inspector-General of the Navy, à la suite of the Prussian Army |
| 1910 | Prince Friedrich Leopold of Prussia | 1856 | 1931 | à la suite of the Prussian Army |
| 1911 | Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein | 1831 | 1917 | à la suite of the Prussian Army |
| 1911 | Gustav von Kessel | 1846 | 1918 | adjudant general of the Empire, Commander-in-Chief in the so-called Marken and Governor of Berlin |
| 1911 | Carl von Horn | 1847 | 1923 | War Minister of Bavaria |
| 1912 | Otto Kreß von Kressenstein | 1850 | 1929 | War Minister of Bavaria |
| 1913 | Duke Philipp of Württemberg | 1838 | 1917 | à la suite Army of Württemberg |
| 1913 | Maximilian von Prittwitz | 1848 | 1917 | Prussian army commander |
| 1914 | Moriz von Lyncker | 1853 | 1932 | Chief of the Military cabinet |
| 1914 | Friedrich von Scholl | 1846 | 1928 | adjudant general of the Empire |
| 1914 | Helmuth von Moltke the Younger | 1848 | 1916 | Chief of the German General Staff |
| 1914 | Max Freiherr von Hausen | 1846 | 1922 | Minister-President of Saxony and German Army commander |
| 1914 | Alexander von Kluck | 1846 | 1934 | Prussian army commander |
| 1914 | Moritz von Bissing | 1844 | 1917 | Prussian General Governorate of Belgium |
| 1915 | Karl von Einem | 1853 | 1934 | Prussian army commander |
| 1915 | Otto von Marchtaler | 1854 | 1920 | württembergischer Kriegsminister |
| 1917 | Günther Graf von Kirchbach | 1850 | 1925 | Prussian Heeresgruppenführer |
| 1918 | Felix Graf von Bothmer | 1852 | 1937 | Bavarian army commander |
| 1918 | Karl Ludwig d'Elsa | 1849 | 1922 | Saxonian army commander |
| 1918 | Hans von Kirchbach | 1849 | 1928 | Saxonian army commander |
Weimar Republic
Reichswehr
- 1926 – Hans von Seeckt (1866–1936), Chef of the Oberste Heeresleitung
- 1930 – Wilhelm Heye (1869–1946), Chef of the Oberste Heeresleitung
- 1934 – Kurt Freiherr von Hammerstein-Equord (1878–1943), Chef of the Oberste Heeresleitung
Third Reich
Heer
See also: ⇒ World War II German Army ranks and insignia
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Luftwaffe
⇒ See also: Military Ranks of the Luftwaffe (1935–1945)
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| Promoted | Name | Born | Died | Notes |
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| 1943 | Otto Deßloch | 1889 | 1977 | Commanding general Luftflotte 4 |
| 1940 | Ulrich Grauert | 1889 | 1941 | |
| 1942 | Hans Jeschonnek | 1899 | 1943 | |
| 1940 | Alfred Keller | 1882 | 1974 | |
| 1944 | Günther Korten | 1898 | 1944 | posthumous promotion |
| 1941 | Alexander Löhr | 1885 | 1947 | |
| 1943 | Bruno Loerzer | 1891 | 1960 | |
| 1942 | Günther Rüdel | 1883 | 1950 | |
| 1944 | Kurt Student | 1890 | 1978 | |
| 1940 | Hans-Jürgen Stumpff | 1889 | 1968 | |
| 1940 | Ernst Udet | 1896 | 1941 | |
| 1940 | Hubert Weise | 1884 | 1950 |
SS
SS Oberst-Gruppenführer and Generaloberst of the Waffen-SS:
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- 1942 - Paul Hausser (1880–1972)
- 1944 - Sepp Dietrich (1892–1966)
SS Oberst-Gruppenführer and Generaloberst of the Police:
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- 1942 - Kurt Daluege (1897-1946)
German Democratic Republic (GDR)
National People's Army
⇒ See also: Rank insignias
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| Promoted | Name | Born | Died | Notes |
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| 1988 | Klaus-Dieter Baumgarten | 1931 | 2008 | Deputy Defence minister and Commanding General of the GDR's Border Troops |
| 1979 | Erich Peter | 1919 | 1987 | |
| 1989 | Fritz Peter | 1927 | Chief of the GDR's Civil defense | |
| 1979 | Wolfgang Reinhold | 1923 | 2012 | Deputy Defence minister and Commanding General of the Kommando LSK/LV |
Ministerium für Staatssicherheit (MfS)
- Bruno Beater (1914–1982)
- Rudi Mittig (1925–1994)
- Markus Wolf (1923–2006)
German Volkspolizei (DVP)
- Karl Maron (1903–1975)
- Karl-Heinz Wagner
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See also
- Comparative officer ranks of World War II
- List of Austro-Hungarian colonel generals
- List of Generalobersts
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