Werner Kienitz

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{{Infobox military person

|name=Werner Kienitz

|birth_date=3 June 1885

|death_date={{death date and age|1959|12|31|1885|6|3|df=y}}

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|allegiance={{flag|German Empire}}
{{flag|Weimar Republic}}
{{flag|Nazi Germany}}

|branch=Army

|serviceyears=1910–1945

|rank=General of the Infantry

|commands=24th Infantry Division
XVII. Armeekorps

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World War II

|awards=Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

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Werner Kienitz (3 June 1885 – 31 December 1959) was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II who commanded the XVII. Corps. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany.

Awards

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 31 August 1941 as General der Infanterie and commander of XVII. ArmeekorpsFellgiebel 2000, p. 209.

References

=Citations=

=Bibliography=

{{Cite book

|last=Fellgiebel

|first=Walther-Peer

|authorlink=Walther-Peer Fellgiebel

|year=2000

|origyear=1986

|title=Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile

|trans-title=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

|language=German

|location=Friedberg, Germany

|publisher=Podzun-Pallas

|isbn=978-3-7909-0284-6

}}

{{Cite book

|last=Scherzer

|first=Veit

|year=2007

|title=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

|trans-title=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

|language=German

|location=Jena, Germany

|publisher=Scherzers Militaer-Verlag

|isbn=978-3-938845-17-2

}}

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before=None|

after=Generalleutnant Sigisimund von Förster|

title= Commander of 24. Infanterie-Division|

years=15 October 1935 – 1 April 1938

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