The corps was formed on 1 August 1944 in
Silesia from the remnants of
Kampfgruppe von Gottberg and the
LIII Army Corps, and added to the
3rd Panzer Army. From September 1944, it fought in the Western Front as part of the
1st Parachute Army. Later it fought under the
15th Army on the
Siegfried Line and the Ruhr Front. The corps was surrounded and destroyed in the
Ruhr pocket in April 1945. ==Commanders==