37th Division (German Empire)

37th Division (37. Division); from August 2, 1914, 37th Infantry Division (37. Infanterie-Division)
Active1899–1919
CountryPrussia/Germany
BranchArmy
TypeInfantry (in peacetime included cavalry)
SizeApprox. 15,000
Part ofI. Army Corps (VIII. Armeekorps); XX. Army Corps (XX. Armeekorps)
Garrison/HQAllenstein
EngagementsWorld War I: Tannenberg, 1st Masurian Lakes, Gorlice-Tarnów Offensive, German spring offensive, 3rd Aisne, Meuse-Argonne Offensive
Commanders
Notable
commanders		Alexander von Kluck, Max von Bahrfeldt

The 37th Division (37. Division) was a unit of the Prussian/German Army.[1] It was formed between March 25 and April 1, 1899, in Allenstein (now Olsztyn, Poland).[2] The division was initially subordinated in peacetime to the I Army Corps (I. Armeekorps).[3] In 1912, it was transferred to the newly formed XX Army Corps (XX. Armeekorps).[4] The division was disbanded in 1919 during the demobilization of the German Army after World War I. It was mainly recruited in the Prussian province of East Prussia.

  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.132; Claus von Bredow, bearb., Historische Rang- und Stammliste des deuschen Heeres (1905), p.234.
  3. ^ Bredow, p. 227.
  4. ^ Wegner, pp.84–85.