| VII Army Corps VII. Armee-Korps | |
|---|---|
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| Active | 1815–1919 |
| Country |  Prussia /  German Empire |
| Type | Corps |
| Size | Approximately 44,000 (on mobilisation in 1914) |
| Garrison/HQ | Münster/Grevener-Straße 1 |
| Shoulder strap piping | Light Blue |
| Engagements | Austro-Prussian War |
| Insignia | |
| Abbreviation | VII AK |
The VII Army Corps / VII AK (German: VII. Armee-Korps) was a corps level command of the Prussian and then the Imperial German Armies from the 19th Century to World War I.
Originating in 1815 as the General Command for the Province of Westphalia, the headquarters was in Münster and its catchment area was the Province of Westphalia and the Principalities of Lippe and Schaumburg-Lippe.[1]
The Corps served in the Austro-Prussian War. During the Franco-Prussian War it was assigned to the 1st Army.
In peacetime the Corps was assigned to the III Army Inspectorate which became the 2nd Army at the start of the First World War.[2] It was still in existence at the end of the war[3] in the 7th Army, Heeresgruppe Deutscher Kronprinz on the Western Front.[4] The Corps was disbanded with the demobilisation of the German Army after World War I.
- ^ German Administrative History Accessed: 27 May 2012
- ^ Cron 2002, pp. 393
- ^ Cron 2002, pp. 88–89
- ^ Ellis & Cox 1993, pp. 186–187