Werner Ziegler (Soldier)

Infobox Military Person
name=Werner Ziegler
lived =birth date|1916|4|30|df=y — death date and age|2001|4|15|1916|4|30|df=y
placeofbirth= Hausach
placeofdeath=Oftersheim


caption=
nickname=
allegiance=flagicon|Nazi Germany Nazi Germany (to 1945)
flagicon|West Germany West Germany
branch=Heer
serviceyears=1936-1945
1956-1967
rank=Oberstleutnant
Oberst
commands=2./Infanterie-Regiment 186
Grenadier-Regiment 186
Grenadier-Regiment 1112
Panzergrenadier-Brigade 19
unit=
battles=World War II
awards=Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords
laterwork=Bundeswehr

Werner Ziegler (30 April 1916 – 15 April 2001) was a German Oberstleutnant, serving during World War II.

Werner Ziegler was released as a prisoner of war in 1946. He then worked for ten years in the private industry before joining the Bundeswehr. In 1956 he served at the Infantry School in Hammelburg under Brigadegeneral Hellmuth Mäder. In 1960 Ziegler served deputy commander of the "Panzergrenadierbrigade" 35. Seven years later he retired as Oberst and commander of the "Panzergrenadierbrigade' 19 in Ahlen. [ Berger 2006, p. 391.]

Awards

* Wound Badge in Black
* Close Combat Clasp in Bronze
* Tank Destruction Badge for Individual Combatants
* Crimea Shield
* Iron Cross (1939)
** 2nd Class (7 July 1940)
** 1st Class (26 April 1941)
* Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords
** Knight's Cross (31 December 1941)
** 121. Oak Leaves (8 September 1942)
** 102. Swords (23 October 1944)

References

* Berger, Florian, "Mit Eichenlaub und Schwertern. Die höchstdekorierten Soldaten des Zweiten Weltkrieges". Selbstverlag Florian Berger, 2006. ISBN 3-9501307-0-5.
* Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer. "Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945". Friedburg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas, 2000. ISBN 3-7909-0284-5.

External links

* [http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Personenregister/Z/ZieglerW.htm Werner Ziegler @ Lexikon der Wehrmacht]
* [http://www.ritterkreuztraeger-1939-45.de/Infanterie/Z/Zi/Ziegler-Werner.htm Werner Ziegler @ Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht und Waffen-SS]