German submarine U-1194 was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. She was ordered on 25 August 1941, and was laid down on 29 December 1942 at F Schichau GmbH, Danzig, as yard number 1564. She was launched on 5 August 1943 and commissioned under the command of Leutnant zur See Gerhard Nolte on 21 October 1943.