13th Division (German Empire)

13th Division (*13. Division*); in 1870-71 and from August 2, 1914, 13th Infantry Division (*13. Infanterie-Division*)
13th Division (13. Division); in 1870-71 and from August 2, 1914, 13th Infantry Division (13. Infanterie-Division)
Active	1818-1919
Country	Prussia/Germany
Branch	Army
Type	Infantry (in peacetime included cavalry)
Size	Approx. 15,000
Part of	VII. Army Corps (VII. Armeekorps)
Garrison/HQ	Münster in Westphalia
Engagements	Second 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 Bertram 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.

^ 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.
^ 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.
^ Bredow, p. 457.

[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.

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