Hans Röttiger

Hans Röttiger
Röttiger in 1945
Inspector of the Army
In office
21 September 1957  15 April 1960
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byAlfred Zerbel
Personal details
Born(1896-04-16)16 April 1896
Hamburg, German Empire
Died15 April 1960(1960-04-15) (aged 63)
Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany
Resting placeFriedhof Ohlsdorf
RelationsMajor of the Reserves Professor Dr. phil. Carl Wilhelm Heinrich Gustav Röttiger (father)
Anna Boyer (mother)
Ilse Boldt (wife)
Military service
Allegiance
Branch/servicePrussian Army
Reichswehr
German Army
Bundeswehr
Years of service1914–1945
1956–1960
RankGeneral der Panzertruppe
Generalleutnant
CommandsArmy Group A
Army Group C
Battles/warsWorld War I
World War II
AwardsIron Cross
Hanseatic Cross (Hamburg)
Wehrmacht Long Service Award
German Cross in Gold

Hans Röttiger (16 April 1896 – 15 April 1960) was a German career military officer who served in the militaries of four German states: the Imperial Army of the German Empire, the Reichswehr of the Weimar Republic, the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany where he served as a Panzer General during the Second World War, and Bundeswehr of West Germany where he served as the first Inspector of the Army.