19th Division (German Empire)

19th Division (19. Division); in 1870-71 and from August 2, 1914, 19th Infantry Division (19. Infanterie-Division)
Active1866-1919
CountryPrussia/Germany
BranchArmy
TypeInfantry (in peacetime included cavalry)
SizeApprox. 15,000
Part ofX. Army Corps (X. Armeekorps)
Garrison/HQHannover
EngagementsFranco-Prussian War: Mars-la-Tour, Gravelotte, Metz, Beaune-la-Rolande, Le Mans
World War I: Liège, Great Retreat, 1st Marne, 1st Aisne, Gorlice-Tarnów, Brusilov Offensive, German spring offensive, Hundred Days Offensive

The 19th Division (19. Division) was a unit of the Prussian/German Army.[1] It was formed on October 11, 1866, and was headquartered in Hannover.[2] The division was subordinated in peacetime to the X Army Corps (X. Armeekorps).[3] The division was disbanded in 1919, during the demobilization of the German Army after World War I.

  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.116; Claus von Bredow, bearb., Historische Rang- und Stammliste des deuschen Heeres (1905), p.556.
  3. ^ Bredow, p. 555.