14th Division (German Empire)

14th Division (14. Division); in 1870-71 and from August 2, 1914, 14th Infantry Division (14. Infanterie-Division)
Active1818–1919
CountryPrussia/Germany
BranchArmy
TypeInfantry (in peacetime included cavalry)
SizeApprox. 15,000
Part ofVII. Army Corps (VII. Armeekorps)
Garrison/HQDüsseldorf
EngagementsAustro-Prussian War: Königgrätz

Franco-Prussian War: Spicheren, Colombey, Gravelotte, Metz

World War I: Battle of Liège, Great Retreat, 1st Marne, Verdun, German spring offensive, 3rd Aisne
Commanders
Notable
commanders		Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern, Albrecht Graf von Roon, Leonhard Graf von Blumenthal, Georg von Kameke

The 14th Division (14. Division) was a unit of the Prussian/German Army.[1] It was formed in November 1816 in Trier as a troop brigade and became the 14th Division on September 5, 1818, also relocating its headquarters to Düsseldorf.[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 in the Prussian Province of Westphalia and the Rhine Province, primarily in the densely populated Lower Rhine region.

  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.109-111; Claus von Bredow, bearb., Historische Rang- und Stammliste des deuschen Heeres (1905), pp.462-463.
  3. ^ Bredow, p. 457.