3rd Royal Bavarian Division

3rd Royal Bavarian Division (*3. Königlich Bayerische Division*); from August 2, 1914, 3rd Bavarian Infantry Division (*3. Bayerische Infanterie-Division*)
3rd Royal Bavarian Division (3. Königlich Bayerische Division); from August 2, 1914, 3rd Bavarian Infantry Division (3. Bayerische Infanterie-Division)
Active	1815–1919
Country	Bavaria, German Empire
Branch	Army
Type	Infantry (in peacetime included cavalry)
Size	Approximately 18,000 (on mobilisation in 1914)
Part of	II Royal Bavarian Corps ; (II. Kgl. Bayer. Armeekorps)
Garrison/HQ	Nuremberg (1815-1843, 1848-1901); Landau (1901-1918)
Engagements	Austro-Prussian War; Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Wörth; Battle of Sedan; Siege of Paris; World War I: Battle of the Frontiers; Race to the Sea; First Battle of Ypres; Second Battle of Artois; Battle of Loos; Battle of the Somme; Battle of Arras (1917); Battle of Messines (1917); Second Battle of the Aisne; German spring offensive First Battle of the Somme (1918); ; Hundred Days Offensive Battle of Amiens; Second Battle of the Somme (1918); ;

The 3rd Royal Bavarian Division was a unit of the Royal Bavarian Army which served alongside the Prussian Army as part of the Imperial German Army.^[1] The division was formed on November 27, 1815, as an Infantry Division of the Würzburg General Command (Infanterie-Division des Generalkommandos Würzburg).^[2] It was called the 3rd Army Division between 1822 and 1848, again between 1851 and 1859, and again from 1869 to 1872.^[3] It was called the 3rd Infantry Division from 1848 to 1851 (as well as during wartime) and was named the Nuremberg General Command from 1859 to 1869.^[4] From April 1, 1872, until mobilization for World War I, it was the 3rd Division.^[5] In 1901, it had swapped division numbers with the 5th Division. In Bavarian sources, it was not generally referred to as a "Royal Bavarian" division, as this was considered self-evident, but outside Bavaria, this designation was used for it, and other Bavarian units, to distinguish them from similarly numbered Prussian units. The division was headquartered in Nuremberg from 1815 to 1843, in Ansbach from 1843 to 1848, and then again in Nuremberg until 1901, when after the renumbering of divisions, it became the 3rd Division in Landau and the division in Nuremberg became the 5th Division.^[5] The division was part of the II Royal Bavarian Army Corps.

^ 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. Only the Bavarian Army remained fully autonomous, while the Saxon Army maintained a lesser degree of autonomy. The armies of the other German states were integrated into the Prussian Army with limited autonomy.
^ Günter Wegner, Stellenbesetzung der deutschen Heere 1815-1939. (Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück, 1993), Bd. 1, p. 663; Claus von Bredow, bearb., Historische Rang- und Stammliste des deutschen Heeres (1905), p. 1252.
^ Wegner, p. 663; Bredow, p. 1252.
^ Wegner, p. 661; Bredow, p. 1242.
^ ^a ^b Wegner, p. 663; Bredow, pp. 1246, 1252.

[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. Only the Bavarian Army remained fully autonomous, while the Saxon Army maintained a lesser degree of autonomy. The armies of the other German states were integrated into the Prussian Army with limited autonomy.

[2] Günter Wegner, Stellenbesetzung der deutschen Heere 1815-1939. (Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück, 1993), Bd. 1, p. 663; Claus von Bredow, bearb., Historische Rang- und Stammliste des deutschen Heeres (1905), p. 1252.

[3] Wegner, p. 663; Bredow, p. 1252.

[4] Wegner, p. 661; Bredow, p. 1242.

[Wegner_p._663-5] Wegner, p. 663; Bredow, pp. 1246, 1252.

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