The division was formed at Frankfurt on the Oder in January 1945 from elements of the Grossdeutschland Panzer Grenadier Ersatz Brigade.

[1] The unit did not receive enough motorized transport, so one of its Panzergrenadier battalions used bicycles and rode horses.

It was surrounded alongside other Wehrmacht and SS formations of the 9th Army south-east of Berlin.

They abandoned and blew up their last three King Tiger tanks on 30 April 1945 after they had run out of fuel.

[3] Remnants of the Panzergrenadier Division Kurmark broke out of the pocket and reached Jerichow on the Elbe where they surrendered to the U.S. Army in May 1945.