Hans Kreysing (17 August 1890 – 14 April 1969) was a German general who commanded the 3rd Mountain Division and the 8th Army.

Hans Kreysing was born in Göttingen in Lower Saxony on 17 August 1890.

He entered the German Army in October 1909, later joining a Jäger battalion.

From October 1940 to August 1943 he commanded the 3rd Mountain Division, serving in Norway, Lapland and the Eastern Front.

Continuing on the Eastern Front, Kreysing led the XVII Army Corps from November 1943 to April 1944, when he took command of the 8th Army,[1] which surrendered to Allied troops in Austria in May 1945.