Friedrich-Jobst Volckamer von Kirchensittenbach

{{Short description|German general (1894-1989)}}

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{{Infobox military person

|name = Friedrich-Jobst Volckamer von Kirchensittenbach

|birth_date = {{birth-date|16 April 1894}}

|death_date = {{death date and age|1989|4|3|1894|4|16|df=y}}

|birth_place = Oberstdorf, German Empire

|death_place = Munich, West Germany

|image = Porträt Friedrich-Jobst Volckamer von Kirchensittenbach.jpg

|caption = Portrait of general Friedrich-Jobst Volckamer von Kirchensittenbach

|nickname =

|allegiance = {{flag|German Empire}} (to 1918)
{{flag|Weimar Republic}} (to 1933)
{{flag|Nazi Germany}} (to 1945)

|branch = {{army|German Empire}}
{{flagd|Weimar Republic|army}} Reichsheer
16px German Army

|serviceyears = 1913–1945

|rank = General der Gebirgstruppe

|commands = 8th Jäger Division
L Army Corps
16th Army

|unit =

|battles = {{tree list}}

• World War I
• World War II
• Polish Campaign
• French Campaign
• Operation Marita
• Siege of Leningrad
• Battle of Debrecen
• Courland Pocket

{{tree list/end}}

|awards = Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

|laterwork = }}

Friedrich-Jobst Volckamer von Kirchensittenbach (16 April 1894 – 3 April 1989) was a German General der Gebirgstruppe in the German Army during World War II. He commanded the 8th Jäger Division, 16th Army, and L Army Corps. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.

He served in the Germany Army during the First World War on the Western Front. He received both classes of the Iron Cross for his achievements and was promoted to first lieutenant on April 6, 1918. In 1919, he was briefly a member of the Epp Freikorps before joining the regular Reichswehr.

In the Second World War, Kirchensittenbach served in the Balkans and Eastern Front, promoted to Major General in December, 1942. He surrendered to the Red Army in 1945 in the Courland Pocket. Convicted as a war criminal in the Soviet Union, he was held until 1955.