Wend von Wietersheim (18 April 1900 – 19 September 1975) was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II.
[1] Wietersheim served in World War I with the 4th (1st Silesian) Hussars "von Schill".
Wietersheim was appointed commander of 113th Rifle Regiment of the 1st Panzer-Division on 20 July 1941, with which he took part in the invasion of the Soviet Union, Operation Barbarossa.
In late 1944, Wietersheim was in the south of France, commanding the 11th Panzer Division as it faced Allied amphibious landings near Toulon and Nice.
Wietersheim surrendered to the US 90th Infantry Division in May 1945, in Czechoslovakia near the border with Bavaria.