13th Division (German Empire)

13th Division (13. Division); in 1870-71 and from August 2, 1914, 13th Infantry Division (13. Infanterie-Division)
Active1818-1919
CountryPrussia/Germany
BranchArmy
TypeInfantry (in peacetime included cavalry)
SizeApprox. 15,000
Part ofVII. Army Corps (VII. Armeekorps)
Garrison/HQMünster in Westphalia
EngagementsSecond Schleswig War: Dybbøl, Als

Austro-Prussian War: Main River campaign
Franco-Prussian War: Colombey, Gravelotte, Metz

World War I: 1st Marne, Verdun, Somme (1916), German spring offensive, Somme (1918), Meuse-Argonne Offensive
Commanders
Notable
commanders		Friedrich Graf von Wrangel, August Karl von Goeben, Friedrich Sixt von Armin, Hermann von François, Kurt von dem Borne, Rudolf von Borries, Peter von Kameke

The 13th Division (13. Division) was a unit of the Prussian/German Army.[1] It was formed in November 1816 in Münster in Westphalia as a troop brigade and became the 13th Division on September 5, 1818.[2] The division was subordinated in peacetime to the VII Army Corps (VII. Armeekorps).[3] The division was disbanded in 1919 during the demobilization of the German Army after World War I. The division was recruited primarily in the Prussian Province of Westphalia and two small principalities in the Westphalian region, Lippe-Detmold and Schaumburg-Lippe.

  1. ^ From the late 1800s, the Prussian Army was effectively the German Army, as during the period of German unification (1866-1871) the states of the German Empire entered into conventions with Prussia regarding their armies and only the Bavarian Army remained fully autonomous.
  2. ^ Günter Wegner, Stellenbesetzung der deutschen Heere 1815-1939. (Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück, 1993), Bd. 1, p.108-09; Claus von Bredow, bearb., Historische Rang- und Stammliste des deuschen Heeres (1905), pp.458-459.
  3. ^ Bredow, p. 457.