Hans von Boineburg-Lengsfeld (9 June 1889-20 November 1980) was a German general who commanded the 4th and 23rd Panzer Divisions during World War II.
Biography[]
Hans von Boineburg-Lengsfeld was born in Thuringia, German Empire in 1889. He served in the Imperial German Army's light infantry during World War I before rising through the ranks of the Reichswehr and the Wehrmacht, commanding the 4th Rifle Brigade of the 4th Panzer Division during the 1939 invasion of Poland. He temporarily commanded the division for a few days during the Battle of the Netherlands in 1940, and he rose to the rank of oberst and commanded the 4th Panzer from July to September 1940 and led the 7th Panzer Division's 7th Rifle Brigade during Operation Barbarossa. In September 1941, he was given command of the 23rd Panzer Division, leading the division during the Battle of the Caucasus. In December 1942, he was promoted to Generalleutnant, but he was injured during a tank accident and was given command of the 325th Security Division in Paris on his convalescence. Boineburg-Lengsfeld served as commandant of greater Paris until the city was captured by the Allies in August 1944, after which he took a post at OB West. His participation in Operation Valkyrie went undetected, and he ended the war as the commander of Bergen. He died in 1980.