Hans Kreysing

Hans Kreysing

Born	(1890-08-17)17 August 1890 Göttingen, German Empire
Died	14 April 1969(1969-04-14) (aged 78) Oldenburg, West Germany
Allegiance	German Empire Weimar Republic Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Heer
Years of service	1909–1945
Rank	General der Gebirgstruppe
Commands held	3rd Mountain Division, 8th Army
Battles/wars	World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords

Hans Kreysing (17 August 1890 – 14 April 1969) was a German general who commanded the 3rd Mountain Division and the 8th Army. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords of Nazi Germany.

Awards

Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) II. and I. Class (24 November 1939)^[1]
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords
- Knight's Cross on 29 May 1940 as Oberst and commander of Infanterie-Regiment 16^[2]
- 183rd Oak Leaves on 20 January 1943 as Generalleutnant and commander of the 3. Gebirgs-Division^[2]
- 63rd Swords on 13 April 1944 as General der Gebirgstruppe and commanding general of the XVII. Armeekorps^[2]
Order of the Cross of Liberty I. Class with Swords
Mentioned in the Wehrmachtbericht on 18 February 1944

References

Citations

↑ Thomas 1997, p. 410.
1 2 3 Scherzer 2007, p. 475.

Bibliography

Scherzer, Veit (2007). Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives [The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives] (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Miltaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.
Thomas, Franz (1997). Die Eichenlaubträger 1939–1945 Band 1: A–K [The Oak Leaves Bearers 1939–1945 Volume 1: A–K] (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7648-2299-6.
Die Wehrmachtberichte 1939-1945 Band 3, 1. Januar 1944 bis 9. Mai 1945 [The Wehrmacht Reports 1939–1945 Volume 3, 1 January 1944 to 9 May 1945] (in German). München, Germany: Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag GmbH & Co. KG. 1985. ISBN 978-3-423-05944-2.

Military offices
Preceded by General der Gebirgstruppen Julius Ringel	Commander of 3. Gebirgs-Division 23 October 1940 – 10 August 1943	Succeeded by Generalleutnant Egbert Picker
Preceded by General der Artillerie Erich Brandenberger	Commander of XVII. Armeekorps 1 November 1943 – 27 April 1944	Succeeded by Generalleutnant Dr. Franz Beyer
Preceded by Generalleutnant Dr. Franz Beyer	Commander of XVII. Armeekorps 25 May 1944 – 28 December 1944	Succeeded by General der Pioniere Otto Tiemann
Preceded by General der Infanterie Otto Wöhler	Commander of 8. Armee 28 December 1944 – 8 May 1945	Succeeded by none

Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords

Ernst-Günther Baade Franz Bäke Hermann Balck (Diamonds) Heinrich Bär Erich Bärenfänger Gerhard Barkhorn Wilhelm Batz Otto Baum Werner Baumbach Fritz Bayerlein Hermann-Heinrich Behrend Wilhelm Bittrich? Johannes Blaskowitz Georg Bochmann Alwin Boerst Georg Freiherr von Boeselager Albrecht Brandi (Diamonds) Hermann Breith Josef Bremm? Kurt Bühligen Karl Decker? August Dieckmann Eduard Dietl Sepp Dietrich (Diamonds) Helmut Dörner Hans Dorr Alfred Druschel Maximilian Reichsfreiherr von Edelsheim Karl Eibl Hermann Fegelein? Fritz Feßmann Walter Fries Adolf Galland (Diamonds) Waldemar von Gazen Herbert Otto Gille (Diamonds) Gordon Gollob (Diamonds) Walter Gorn Hermann Graf (Diamonds) Fritz-Hubert Gräser? Robert Ritter von Greim Franz Griesbach Anton Hackl Heinz Harmel Josef Harpe Erich Hartmann (Diamonds) Walter Hartmann Paul Hausser Richard Heidrich Ludwig Heilmann Gotthard Heinrici Joachim Helbig Traugott Herr Hajo Herrmann Otto Hitzfeld? Hermann Hogeback Hermann Hohn Hermann Hoth Hans Hube (Diamonds) Herbert Ihlefeld Hans Jordan Arthur Jüttner Hans Källner Albert Kesselring (Diamonds) Friedrich Kirchner Otto Kittel Ewald von Kleist Günther von Kluge Otto von Knobelsdorff Alfons König Wolfgang Kretzschmar Otto Kretschmer Hans Kreysing Hans Kroh Walter Krüger Otto Kumm Ernst Kupfer Friedrich Lang Heinz-Georg Lemm Helmut Lent (Diamonds) Wolfgang Lüth (Diamonds) Heinrich Freiherr von Lüttwitz? Smilo Freiherr von Lüttwitz Günther Lützow Hellmuth Mäder Erich von Manstein Hasso von Manteuffel (Diamonds) Hans-Joachim Marseille (Diamonds) Karl Mauss (Diamonds) Egon Mayer Johannes Mayer Eugen Meindl? Kurt Meyer Walter Model (Diamonds) Werner Mölders (Diamonds) Dietrich von Müller Friedrich-Wilhelm Müller Werner Mummert Joachim Müncheberg Walther Nehring Hermann Niehoff? Horst Niemack Theodor Nordmann Walter Nowotny (Diamonds) Hans von Obstfelder Walter Oesau Hermann von Oppeln-Bronikowski Max-Hellmuth Ostermann Joachim Peiper Dietrich Peltz Hans Philipp Georg-Wilhelm Postel Hermann Prieß Josef Priller Günther Rall Hermann-Bernhard Ramcke (Diamonds) Hermann Recknagel Ernst-Wilhelm Reinert Alfred-Hermann Reinhardt Georg-Hans Reinhardt Lothar Rendulic Erwin Rommel (Diamonds) Hans-Ulrich Rudel (Diamonds & Golden Oak Leaves) Erich Rudorffer Gerd von Rundstedt Max Sachsenheimer Dietrich von Saucken (Diamonds) Heinrich Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer (Diamonds) Fritz von Scholz Ferdinand Schörner (Diamonds) Werner Schröer Hinrich Schuldt Adelbert Schulz (Diamonds) Friedrich Schulz Karl-Lothar Schulz Gerhard Graf von Schwerin Sylvester Stadler? Rainer Stahel Leopold Steinbatz Felix Steiner Johannes Steinhoff Hyacinth Graf Strachwitz von Groß-Zauche und Camminetz (Diamonds) Werner Streib Reinhard Suhren Karl Thieme? Theodor Tolsdorff (Diamonds) Erich Topp Erich Walther Wilhelm Wegener Otto Weidinger? Helmuth Weidling Maximilian Wengler Wend von Wietersheim Wolf-Dietrich Wilcke Theodor Wisch Günther-Eberhardt Wisliceny? Michael Wittmann Josef Wurmheller Isoroku Yamamoto Werner Ziegler

in alphabetical order This along with the ? (question mark) indicates doubt regarding the veracity and formal correctness of the listing.

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients of the 22nd Air Landing Division

Staff	Werner Ehrig Hans Graf von Sponeck Ludwig Wolff¹ (Oak Leaves)

Units	Diedrich Bruns Rudolf Buhse Dietrich von Choltitz Kurt Heyser Hans Kreysing² (Oak Leaves & Swords) Hans-Jürgen Schreiber Hermann-Albert Schrader Sylvester von Saldern-Brallentin Rudolf Zürn

¹ Knight's Cross with the 56th Infantry Division. ² Oak Leaves with the 3rd Mountain Division, Swords with the XVII. Armeekorps

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients of the 3rd Mountain Division

Staff	Eduard Dietl¹ (Oak Leaves & Swords) Paul Klatt(Oak Leaves) Hans Kreysing³ (Oak Leaves & Swords)

Units	Johann Benedikt Wolf Hagemann⁴ (Oak Leaves) Paul Klatt² (Oak Leaves) Hans von Schlebrügge Ludwig Stautner Alois Windisch Albert Graf von der Goltz⁵ (Oak Leaves) Matthäus Hetzenauer Max Kloß

¹Swords with the 20th Mountain Army ³Knight's Cross with Infanterie-Regiment 16 (22nd Infantry Division), Swords with the XVII. Armeekorps ⁴Oak Leaves with the 336th Infantry-Division ⁵Knight's Cross with the 123rd Infantry-Division

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 171644640 GND: 1012723216

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