16th Division (German Empire)

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The 16th Division , also known as the 16th Infantry Division for the duration of the mobile relationship , was a large unit of the Prussian Army .

16th division

active November 5, 1816 to May 1919
Country German EmpireThe German Imperium German Empire
Armed forces Prussian Army
Type Infantry Division
structure see: Outline
Insinuation VIII Army Corps

structure

The command was in Trier and the division was part of the VIII Army Corps .

Peace structure 1914

Organization of war during mobilization in 1914

  • 30th Infantry Brigade
    • Infantry Regiment "von Goeben" (2nd Rheinisches) No. 28
    • 6th Rhenish Infantry Regiment No. 68
  • 31st Infantry Brigade
    • Infantry Regiment "von Horn" (3rd Rheinisches) No. 29
    • 7th Rhenish Infantry Regiment No. 69
  • Hussar regiment "King Wilhelm I." (1st Rheinisches) No. 7
  • 16th Field Artillery Brigade
    • 2nd Rhenish Field Artillery Regiment No. 23
    • Trier Field Artillery Regiment No. 44
  • 2nd and 3rd company / 1st Rhenish Pioneer Battalion No. 8

Division of War of March 25, 1918

  • 30th Infantry Brigade
    • Infantry Regiment "von Goeben" (2nd Rheinisches) No. 28
    • Infantry Regiment "von Horn" (3rd Rheinisches) No. 29
    • 6th Rhenish Infantry Regiment No. 68
    • 1st squadron / hussar regiment "King Wilhelm I." (1st Rheinisches) No. 7
  • Artillery Commander No. 16
    • 2nd Rhenish Field Artillery Regiment No. 23
    • Foot Artillery Battalion No. 32
  • 1st Rhenish Pioneer Battalion No. 8
  • Division News Commander # 16

history

The large association was originally formed on November 5, 1816 as a troop brigade in Koblenz and formed into the 16th division on December 14, 1818.

Franco-German War

In the Franco-Prussian War 1870–71, the division fought in the Battle of Spichern , the Battle of Gravelotte and was part of the siege of Metz . After the fall of Metz, fighting continued in northern France at the Battle of the Hallue and then successfully besieged the fortress of Péronne .

First World War

During the First World War , the division was in action on the Western Front . In August 1918 she fought with the 18th Army near Dury and Villers-lès-Cagnicourt , withdrew from the Siegfried Line and was then assigned to the 6th Army . With this she withdrew to the Antwerp - Maas position. After the end of the war, they were returned home, where the division was demobilized in January 1919 and finally dissolved in May 1919.

Battle calendar

1914

  • August 22-23 - Battle of Neufchâteau
  • August 24-29 - Battle of the Meuse
  • August 30th to September 5th - pursuit from the Meuse to the Marne
  • 0September 6-12 - Battle of the Marne
  • September 13th to December 19th - Trench warfare in Champagne
    • from December 11th - trench warfare in Upper Alsace (parts of the division)
    • from December 11th - fighting near Sennheim (parts of the division)
  • from December 31st - trench warfare in Champagne

1915

  • until January 7th - trench warfare in Champagne
    • until January 7th - fighting near Sennheim (parts of the division)
    • until April 11th - trench warfare in Upper Alsace (parts of the division)
  • 04th to 23rd January - fights at Hartmannsweilerkopf (parts of the division)
  • January 14th to 31st - Trench warfare in Champagne
  • 0February 1st to 5th - Battle of Perthes-les-Hurius and Massiges (3rd Battle of Perthes)
  • 0February 6-15 - Trench warfare in Champagne
  • February 16-19 - Battle of Perthes-les-Hurius and Beausejour (4th Battle of Perthes)
  • February 21 to March 20 - Winter battle in Champagne
  • March 17th to April 26th - Fights at Hartmannsweilerkopf (parts of the division)
  • March 21st to April 3rd - Trench warfare in Champagne
  • 0April 4 to May 11 - Reserve of the OHL
  • May 13th to June 30th - Battle of La Bassée and Arras
  • from July 1st - fighting on the Aisne

1916

  • until July 25th - fighting on the Aisne
  • July 25th to August 25th - Battle of the Somme
  • August 25th to October 6th - fighting on the Aisne
  • 0October 6th to 26th - Battle of the Somme
  • October 27-30 - transport to the east
  • October 31 to November 4 - Battle of Kovel
  • from November 5th - fighting on the upper Styr - Stochod

1917

  • until May 18th - fighting on the upper Styr-Stochod
  • May 18-23 - transport to the west
  • May 23-27 - Aisne-Champagne double battle
  • May 28th June 3rd - Trench warfare in Champagne
  • 03rd to 9th June - trench warfare in front of Verdun
  • June 10-26 - trench warfare in Flanders and Artois
  • June 27th to December 3rd - Battle of Flanders
  • from December 4th - trench warfare in Flanders

1918

  • until April 3rd - trench warfare in Flanders
  • 0April 3 to 30 - Trench warfare in Flanders and Artois
  • 0April 9-18 - Battle of Armentières
  • 0May 1st to August 4th - Trench warfare in French Flanders and Artois
  • 0August 5th to 26th - Fighting on the Ypres Front - La Bassée
  • August 27th to September 2nd - Battle of Monchy- Bapaume
  • 0September 3rd to 21st - fighting in front of the Siegfried Front
  • September 22nd to October 14th - fighting on the Armentières- Lens front
  • October 15-19 - fighting between the Deule Canal and the Scheldt
  • October 20 to November 4 - Fights in the Hermann position at the scabbard
  • 05th to 11th November - fighting in retreat in front of the Antwerp - Meuse position
  • November 12th to December 19th - evacuation of the occupied territory and march home

Commanders

Rank Surname date
Major general Heinrich von Hüser March 30, 1839 to September 9, 1840 (in charge of the tour)
Major General / Lieutenant General Heinrich von Hüser September 10, 1840 to October 2, 1844
Lieutenant General Heinrich von Holleben 0October 3, 1844 to April 12, 1848
Lieutenant General Friedrich Wilhelm von Dunker April 13, 1848 to July 15, 1850
Lieutenant General Eduard von Bonin July 16, 1850 to February 18, 1852
Major General / Lieutenant General Leopold of Gayl February 19, 1852 to June 2, 1858
Major General / Lieutenant General Gustav von Arnim 0June 3, 1858 to December 18, 1863
Lieutenant General Friedrich August von Etzel December 19, 1863 to October 29, 1866
Lieutenant General Albert von Barnekow October 30, 1866 to July 19, 1871
Lieutenant General Alexander von Kraatz-Koschlau July 20, 1871 to March 3, 1879
Lieutenant General Hermann von Wichmann 0March 4, 1879 to November 26, 1883
Lieutenant General Julius von Trenk 0December 6, 1883 to March 7, 1887
Lieutenant General Karl von Alten 0March 8 to November 14, 1887
Lieutenant General August von Lentze November 15, 1887 to March 23, 1890
Lieutenant General August von Seebeck March 24, 1890 to January 26, 1893
Lieutenant General Georg von Oesterley January 27, 1893 to December 16, 1896
Lieutenant General Günther von Schlotheim December 17, 1896 to January 26, 1900
Lieutenant General Oscar Serno January 27, 1900 to May 17, 1901
Lieutenant General Friedrich von Schele May 18, 1901 to February 16, 1903
Lieutenant General Lothar von Trotha February 17, 1903 to May 21, 1904
Lieutenant General Hugo von Collani May 22, 1904 to February 14, 1906
Lieutenant General Konrad von Hausmann February 15, 1906 to February 17, 1908
Lieutenant General Ernst Kuntze February 18, 1908 to April 20, 1911
Lieutenant General Kurt von Lindenau April 21, 1911 to February 2, 1914
Lieutenant General Georg Fuchs 0February 3, 1914 to August 28, 1916
Major general Otto von Zaborowski August 29 to November 4, 1916
Lieutenant General Theodor Mengelbier 0November 5, 1916 to January 2, 1917
Lieutenant General Arthur von Lüttwitz 0January 3, 1917 to August 2, 1918
Lieutenant General Paul von Stolzmann 0August 3 to September 14, 1918 (in charge of representation)
Lieutenant General Paul von Stolzmann September 15, 1918 to May 8, 1919

literature

  • Hall of Fame of our Old Army. Published on the basis of official material from the Reichsarchiv , Militär-Verlag, Berlin 1927, pp. 66, 113–114.
  • 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. 262-265.

Individual evidence

  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. 112 f.