11th Division (German Empire)

11th division
active	November 5, 1816 to 1919
Country	German Empire
Armed forces	Prussian Army
Type	Infantry Division
structure	see: Outline
Insinuation	VI. Army Corps

The 11th Division , also known as the 11th Infantry Division for the duration of the mobile relationship , was a large unit of the Prussian Army .

structure

The command was in Breslau , and the division was part of the VI. Army Corps .

Peace structure 1914

21st Infantry Brigade in Schweidnitz
- Grenadier Regiment "King Friedrich Wilhelm II." (1st Silesian) No. 10 in Schweidnitz
- Fusilier regiment "General-Feldmarschall Graf Moltke" (Silesian) No. 38 in Glatz
22nd Infantry Brigade in Wroclaw
- Grenadier Regiment "King Friedrich III." (2nd Silesian) No. 11 in Breslau
- 4th Lower Silesian Infantry Regiment No. 51 in Wroclaw
11th Cavalry Brigade in Wroclaw
- Leib-Cuirassier Regiment "Great Elector" (Silesian) No. 1 in Breslau
- Dragoon Regiment "King Friedrich III." (2nd Silesian) No. 8 in Oels , Kreuzburg in Upper Silesia (2nd Squadron ), Bernstadt (3rd Squadron) and Namslau (5th Squadron)
11th Field Artillery Brigade in Wroclaw
- Field artillery regiment "von Peucker" (1st Silesian) No. 6 in Breslau
- 2nd Silesian Field Artillery Regiment No. 42 in Schweidnitz
Wroclaw Landwehr Inspection

Organization of war during mobilization in 1914

21st Infantry Brigade
- Grenadier Regiment "King Friedrich Wilhelm II." (1st Silesian) No. 10
- Fusilier regiment "General-Feldmarschall Graf Moltke" (Silesian) No. 38
22nd Infantry Brigade
- Grenadier Regiment "King Friedrich III." (2nd Silesian) No. 11
- 4th Lower Silesian Infantry Regiment No. 51
- 2nd Silesian Jäger Battalion No. 6
Hunter Regiment on Horseback No. 11
11th Field Artillery Brigade
- Field artillery regiment "von Peucker" (1st Silesian) No. 6
- 2nd Silesian Field Artillery Regiment No. 42
1st Company / Silesian Pioneer Battalion No. 6

Division of War 1918

21st Infantry Brigade
- Grenadier Regiment "King Friedrich Wilhelm II." (1st Silesian) No. 10
- Fusilier regiment "General-Feldmarschall Graf Moltke" (Silesian) No. 38
- 4th Lower Silesian Infantry Regiment No. 51
- 2nd Squadron / Uhlan Regiment "von Katzler" (Silesian) No. 2
Artillery Commander No. 11
- 2nd Silesian Field Artillery Regiment No. 42
- Foot Artillery Battalion No. 131
Engineer Battalion No. 122
Division News Commander No. 11

history

The large association was originally set up as a troop brigade in Breslau on November 5, 1816 and then expanded to a division on September 5, 1818.

Franco-German War

During the Franco-Prussian War , the division took part in the bombardment of Pfalzburg and Toul and the battle at Moulin Saquet.

First World War

Battle calendar

1914

August 22-23 - Battle of Neufchâteau

August 24-29 - Battle of the Meuse
- August 25-26 - Fights for the Chiers

August 30th to 31st - pursuit from the Meuse to the Marne

August 31st to September 14th - trench warfare in front of Verdun

0September 2nd to 3rd - Battle of Varennes-Montfaucon

0September 4-5 - pursuit west of Verdun and through the Argonne

0September 6-12 - Battle of Vaubecourt-Fleury

September 13th - St. Menéhould

September 15-16 - Cernay-Binarville

from September 15 - trench warfare in Champagne and west of the Argonne

1915

to January 26th - Trench warfare in Champagne and west of the Argonne
January 27th to 31st - Trench warfare in Champagne
01st to 5th February - Battle of Perthes les Hurlus and Massiges (3rd Battle of Perthes)
February 17-18 - Fights for Vauquois
February 21 to March 20 - Winter battle in Champagne
- February 28th to March 15th - Fights for Vauquois
March 21 to June 18 - Trench warfare in Champagne
June 21 to July 23 - Battle of La Bassèe and Arras
July 24th to September 24th - Trench warfare in Flanders and Artois
September 25th to October 5th - autumn battle at La Bassèe and Arras
from October 7th - trench warfare west of Péronne

1916

until June 23rd - trench warfare west of Péronne

June 24th to August 1st - Battle of the Somme

0August 1-7 - 2nd Army Reserve

0August 7th to September 1st - Trench warfare at Roye-Noyon

0September 2nd to October 26th - Battle of the Somme

October 27th to December 12th - Trench warfare in Champagne

from December 13th - trench warfare on the Somme (reserve of the OHL )

1917

until January 6th - trench warfare on the Somme (reserve of the OHL)

0January 6th to March 15th - Trench warfare at Roye-Noyon

March 16-21 - fighting in front of the Siegfried Front

March 21-27 - Reserve of the OHL

March 27th to April 1st - Trench warfare in Champagne

0April 1 to 12 - trench warfare on the Yser

April 12-16 - the spring battle at Arras

April 16 to May 26 - Trench warfare on the Yser

May 27th to June 28th - Battle of Flanders

June 28th to July 8th - trench warfare in Flanders and Artois

0July 9th to September 26th - trench warfare in front of Verdun

September 28th to October 31st - Trench warfare in Champagne

October 31 to November 11 - Battle of Flanders (near Passchendaele )

November 13th to December 7th - Reserve of the OHL

from December 11th - trench warfare in Champagne

1918

until January 16 - trench warfare in Champagne
January 16 to February 25 - Reserve of the OHL
February 26th to April 15th - Trench warfare in Champagne
April 15 to June 8 - fighting on the Avre and near Montdidier and Noyon
0June 9th to August 7th - fighting on the Avre and Matz
- June 9-13 - Battle of Noyon
0August 8th to September 3rd - defensive battle between the Somme and Oise
- August 9-27 - Battle of Roye and Lassigny
0September 4 to 18 - fighting in front of the Siegfried Front
September 19 to October 9 - Defensive battle between Cambrai and St. Quentin
October 10th to November 4th - fights in front of and in the Hermann position
0November 5th to 11th - fighting in retreat in front of the Antwerp- Maas position
from November 12th - evacuation of the occupied territory and march home

Commanders

Rank	Surname	date
Lieutenant General	Friedrich Erhard von Röder	0November 5, 1816 to April 2, 1820
Major General / Lieutenant General	Oldwig from Natzmer	0April 3, 1820 to February 11, 1827
Major General / Lieutenant General	August Hiller von Gaertringen	February 12, 1827 to June 22, 1830
	unoccupied	June 23 to December 7, 1830
Major general	Karl Heinrich Stephan von Block	0December 8, 1830 to March 29, 1832 (in charge of the tour)
Major General / Lieutenant General	Karl Heinrich Stephan von Block	March 30, 1832 to March 29, 1838
Lieutenant General	Friedrich Wilhelm Count of Brandenburg	March 30, 1838 to November 28, 1839
Major General / Lieutenant General	August von Koch	February 19, 1852 to July 22, 1857
Major General / Lieutenant General	Eduard von Schlichting	July 23, 1857 to June 30, 1860
Major general	Eduard of Oriola	0July 1, 1860 to July 23, 1861 (in charge of the tour)
Major General / Lieutenant General	Eduard of Oriola	July 24, 1861 to October 20, 1862
Lieutenant General	Louis of Mutius	October 23, 1862 to January 28, 1863
Lieutenant General	Adolf von Zastrow	January 29, 1863 to October 29, 1866
Lieutenant General	Helmuth von Gordon	October 30, 1866 to October 10, 1871
Major General / Lieutenant General	Friedrich of Brandenburg	October 11, 1871 to January 12, 1880
Major general	Rudolf von Wechmar	January 13 to March 21, 1880 (in charge of the tour)
Lieutenant General	Rudolf von Wechmar	March 22, 1880 to September 9, 1881
Major general	Ernst von der Burg	September 20 to November 14, 1881 (responsible for the tour)
Lieutenant General	Ernst von der Burg	November 15, 1881 to September 8, 1884
Major general	Karl von Schaumann	0August 2 to September 18, 1888 (in charge of the tour)
Lieutenant General	Karl von Schaumann	September 19, 1888 to June 8, 1891
Major general	Viktor von Lignitz	0June 9 to November 16, 1891 (in charge of the tour)
Lieutenant General	Viktor von Lignitz	November 17, 1891 to February 5, 1896
Lieutenant General	Emil von Meerscheidt-Hüllessem	0February 6, 1896 to May 21, 1899
Major general	Louis by Stephani	May 22 to June 14, 1899 (in charge of the tour)
Lieutenant General	Louis by Stephani	June 15, 1899 to March 5, 1902
Lieutenant General	Reimer from the end	March 22, 1902 to May 18, 1903
Lieutenant General	Konrad Ernst von Goßler	May 19, 1903 to April 15, 1908
Lieutenant General	Eugen von Falkenhayn	April 15, 1908 to May 2, 1910
Lieutenant General	Gustav von Oertzen	0May 3, 1910 to June 12, 1911
Lieutenant General	Eberhard von Claer	June 13, 1911 to January 4, 1913
Dignity. Lieutenant General	Eugen von Dorrer	0April 1, 1913 to March 2, 1914
Lieutenant General	Richard von Webern	0March 3, 1914 to September 23, 1916
Lieutenant General	Arthur von Eisenhart-Rothe	September 24, 1916 to December 17, 1916
Lieutenant General	Roderich von Schoeler	December 18, 1916 to May 10, 1917
Major General / Lieutenant General	Günther von Etzel	May 11, 1917 to June 22, 1918
Lieutenant General	Walter Schmidt von Schmidtseck	June 22, 1918 to November 1918

literature

Hall of Fame of our Old Army. Published on the basis of official material from the Reichsarchiv , Militär-Verlag, Berlin 1927, pp. 64, 105-106.
Histories of Two Hundred and Fifty-One Divisions of the German Army Which Participated in the War (1914-1918). United States War Office as War Department Document No. 905, Office of the Adjutant, 1920, pp. 197-200.

Individual evidence

↑ Dermot Bradley (ed.), Günter Wegner: Occupation of the German Army 1815-1939. Volume 1: The higher command posts 1815–1939. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1990, ISBN 3-7648-1780-1 , p. 105 f.

[1] Dermot Bradley (ed.), Günter Wegner: Occupation of the German Army 1815-1939. Volume 1: The higher command posts 1815–1939. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1990, ISBN 3-7648-1780-1 , p. 105 f.