| I Army Corps I. Armee-Korps | |
|---|---|
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| Country |  Prussia /  German Empire |
| Type | Corps |
| Size | Approximately 44,000 (on mobilisation in 1914) |
| Garrison/HQ | Königsberg (now Kaliningrad, Russia)/Vorder-Roßgarten 54 |
| Shoulder strap piping | White |
| Engagements | Austro-Prussian War |
| Insignia | |
| Abbreviation | I AK |
The I Army Corps / I AK (German: I. Armee-Korps) was a corps level command of the Prussian and then the Imperial German Armies from the 19th Century to World War I.
It was established with headquarters in Königsberg (now Kaliningrad, Russia). Initially, the Corps catchment area comprised the entire Province of East Prussia, but from 1 October 1912 the southern part of the Province was transferred to the newly formed XX Corps District.[1]
In peacetime, the Corps was assigned to the I Army Inspectorate, which became the 8th Army at the start of the First World War.[2] The corps was still in existence at the end of the war,[3] and was disbanded with the demobilisation of the German Army after World War I.
- ^ German Administrative History Archived 13 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine Accessed: 5 June 2012
- ^ Cron 2002, p. 392
- ^ Cron 2002, pp. 88–89