Ernst König

Ernst König
Born	(1908-08-12)12 August 1908
Died	18 March 1986(1986-03-18) (aged 77)
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Army
Years of service	1935–1945
Rank	Generalmajor
Commands held	31st Infantry Division 28th Jäger Division
Battles/wars	World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

Ernst König (12 August 1908 – 3 March 1986) was a German general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves.

Awards and decorations

Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (1 October 1939) & 1st Class (10 October 1940)^[1]
German Cross in Gold on 7 March 1942 as Hauptmann in the III./Infanterie-Regiment 82^[2]
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
- Knight's Cross on 16 September 1943 as Major and commander of Grenadier-Regiment 12^[3]
- 598th Oak Leaves on 21 September 1944 as Oberst and commander of Grenadier-Regiment 12^[4]

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.
Patzwall, Klaus D.; Scherzer, Veit (2001). Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 – 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II [The German Cross 1941 – 1945 History and Recipients Volume 2] (in German). Norderstedt, Germany: Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall. ISBN 978-3-931533-45-8.
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.

Military offices
Preceded by Generalleutnant Willifrank Ochsner	Commander of 31. Infanterie-Division June 1944 – 1 July 1944	Succeeded by Oberst Hans-Joachim von Stolzmann
Preceded by Generalleutnant Gustav Heistermann von Ziehlberg	Commander of 28. Jäger-Division 20 November 1944 – 11 April 1945	Succeeded by Oberst Hans Tempelhoff

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients of the 31st Infantry Division
Gerhard Berthold Friedrich Hoßbach¹ (Oak Leaves) Ernst König (Oak Leaves) Willifrank Ochsner
¹ Oak Leaves with LVI Panzer Corps

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