Karl Löwrick Explained

Karl Löwrick
Birth Date:	8 November 1894
Birth Place:	Podlechen, East Prussia
Death Place:	Pillau, East Prussia
Allegiance:
Branch:	Army
Serviceyears:	1912–20 & 1936–45
Rank:	Generalleutnant
Commands:	93 Infantry Division 542 Infanterie Division 542 Volksgrenadier Division
Battles:	World War II
Awards:	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

Karl Löwrick (8 November 1894 – 8 April 1945) was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II, and a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves of Nazi Germany. Löwrick was killed on 8 April 1945 in an accident in Pillau.

Awards and decorations

• Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (9 May 1915) & 1st Class (18 September 1917)^[1]
• Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (14 June 1940) &1st Class (20 June 1940)^[1]
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
  • Knight's Cross on 5 August 1940 as Oberstleutnant and commander of III./Infanterie-Regiment 272^[2]
  • 247th Oak Leaves on 17 May 1943 as Oberst and commander of Grenadier-Regiment 272^[3]

References

Bibliography

• Book: Fellgiebel , Walther-Peer . Walther-Peer Fellgiebel

. Walther-Peer Fellgiebel . 2000 . 1986 . Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile . 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 . German . Friedberg, Germany . Podzun-Pallas . 978-3-7909-0284-6.

• Book: Thomas , Franz . 1998 . Die Eichenlaubträger 1939–1945 Band 2: L–Z . The Oak Leaves Bearers 1939–1945 Volume 2: L–Z . German . Osnabrück, Germany . Biblio-Verlag . 978-3-7648-2300-9.

Notes and References

1. Thomas 1998, p. 35.
2. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 241.
3. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 61.