Eccard Freiherr von Gablenz (26 January 1891 – 17 December 1978)[1] was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II who commanded several divisions.

[citation needed] After the end of the war von Gablenz was retained as a captain (Hauptmann) in the Reichswehr, initially from 1921 as chief of the 12th MG Company (12.

Then he was initially in command of Army Service 5 (Heeresdienststelle 5) in Dresden, which was responsible for the border section to Czechoslovakia.

[citation needed] On 15 March 1939, the day of the German annexation of Czechoslovakia, Radola Gajda contacted von Gablenz and promised him loyalty and cooperation.

With the transfer of the division from Poland to the Eifel, von Gablenz officially gave up command.

We want to uphold the reputation of our division in an iron fulfillment of our duties and attach new fame and honor to our flags.

In December 1941 he took over the XXVII Army Corps near Moscow and resigned from the command in early January 1942 in protest because of Hitler's order to halt.

[16] Shortly before the division was encircled in the Stalingrad pocket, von Gablenz was flown out with the staff.

From mid-March 1943 to June 1944 he took over the 404th Infantry Division,[17] which was responsible for the replacement troops in Military District IV (Dresden).

In July 1960, the GDR Defense Ministry was considering organizing a meeting with von Gablenz and the critically inclined former Colonel Bogislaw von Bonin through the contact of Vincenz Müller, which should include an exchange on the policy of the then Defense Minister Franz Strauss.

A contemporary Soviet press report described him as having liked his peacetime comforts, such as requiring a nap on a soft bed after every dinner.