Otto-Ernst Ottenbacher

Otto-Ernst Ottenbacher
Otto-Ernst Ottenbacher
	Otto Ottenbacher (right) in 1928
Born	18 November 1888
Died	7 January 1975 (aged 86)
Allegiance	German Empire; Weimar Republic; Nazi Germany
Branch	Army
Rank	Generalleutnant
Commands	36. Infanterie-Division; XXXXI. Armeekorps; XIII. Armeekorps
Conflicts	World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Otto-Ernst Ottenbacher (18 November 1888 – 7 January 1975) was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II who commanded several corps. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Ottenbacher was wounded during the opening stages of the Battle of Kalinin in October 1941, when his plane was shot down by Soviet fighters. Severely burned, he was invalided back to Germany to recuperate.