Hans Meiser (16 February 1881, Nuremberg - 8 June 1956, Munich) was a German Protestant theologian, pastor and from 1933 to 1955 the first 'Landesbischof' of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria.
Today Meiser's political stance between 1933 and 1945 is intensely studied and debated within the parameters of Germany's Culture of Remembrance.
In his unsuccessful attempt to maintain his 'landeskirche' and its independence he decided to make several compromises with the Nazi state.
Their objection was not due to theological reasons, but was instead an insistence that their churches maintain their traditional independence.
Through speaking Meiser was able to produce popular opinion throughout Protestant Bavaria that the regional Nazis could not overturn.