The 131st Infantry Division (German: 131.

Infanterie-Division) was a German Army infantry division in World War II.

The 131st Infantry Division was activated in October 1940, primarily out of other divisions - it included soldiers from the 31st and 269th Infantry Divisions, and cavalry from the 19th.

[1] The division participated in Operation Barbarossa and fought during the entire war on the Eastern Front.

In January 1945, the division was driven into the so-called Heiligenbeil Pocket, where it was destroyed in March 1945.