Infanterie-Division) was an infantry division of the Heer, the ground forces of the German Wehrmacht, during World War II.

The 526th Infantry Division was formed in Cologne, in Wehrkreis VI, on 15 October 1939 through the reorganization of the Frontier Guard Sector Command 9 (German: Grenzwacht-Abschnitts-Kommando 9).

[1]: 75 On 28 May 1940, the division was initially made available once again to Wehrkreis VI for the processing of prisoners of war captured during the Western Campaign but then rerouted to secure the Dutch-Belgian frontiers.

[1]: 75  Here, the division served on occupation duty, overseeing various smaller units in both Germany and in the occupied Low Countries.

526 on 28 September 1942 and charged with the control of replacement units in the western parts of Wehrkreis VI.

[5]: 342  The division was attached to the LXXVI Corps in September 1944 and subsequently transferred to the reserve of 1st Parachute Army.

[1]: 76 This intended strength was evidently never fully reached; instead, the various aforementioned elements were, over the course of October 1944, scattered and inserted piecemeal into the 12th, 89th, 246th and 347th Infantry Divisions.

The divisional staff was attached on 10 December 1944 to Army Group G by OB West.