Karl Löwrick Military person

Karl Löwrick (8 November 1894 – 8 April 1945) was a Generalleutnant in the Wehrmacht during World War II, and one of only 882 recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Karl Löwrick was killed on 8 April 1945 in an accident in Pillau.

Personal facts

Birth dateNovember 08, 1894
Birth place
East Prussia , Podlechy Kętrzyn County
Date of deathApril 08, 1945
Place of death
Baltiysk , East Prussia

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Military person

allegiance
Nazi Germany
German Empire (to 1918)
Weimar Republic (to 1920)
award
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
military operations
Operation Barbarossa
Siege of Leningrad
World War II
Battle of France
World War I
Battle for Velikiye Luki
East Prussian Offensive
Leningrad–Novgorod Offensive
military branch
German Army (1935–45)
military command
93. Infanterie-Division
542. Infanterie-Division
542. Volksgrenadier-Division
service start1912
service end1912

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External resources

  1. http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Personenregister/L/LoewrickK.htm
  2. http://www.ritterkreuztraeger-1939-45.de/Infanterie/L/Loewrick-Karl.htm