Ernst Meiners

Ernst Meiners
Ernst Meiners
Born	13 June 1893
Died	11 June 1959 (aged 65)
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Service / branch	Army
Rank	Generalmajor
Commands	81st Infantry Division; 35th Infantry Division
Battles / wars	World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Ernst Meiners (13 June 1893 – 11 June 1959) was a German general during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany.

Awards and decorations

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 17 December 1943 as Oberst der Reserve and commander of Grenadier-Regiment 161^[1]

Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) [1986]. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile [The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches] (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6.

Military offices
Preceded by Generalleutnant Vollrath Lübbe	Commander of 81. Infanterie-Division 1 July 1944 – 10 July 1944	Succeeded by Generalleutnant Franz-Eccard von Bentivegni
Preceded by None	Commander of 547. Grenadier-Division 15 July 1944 – 9 October 1944	Succeeded by Redesignated 547. Volksgrenadier-division
Preceded by Previously 547. Grenadier-Division	Commander of 547. Volksgrenadier-Division 9 October 1944 – 8 February 1945	Succeeded by SS-Standartenführer Hans Kempin
Preceded by Generalleutnant Johann-Georg Richert	Commander of 35. Infanterie-Division ? May 1945 - ? May 1945	Succeeded by None