4th Royal Bavarian Division

4th Royal Bavarian Division (*4. Königlich Bayerische Division*); from August 2, 1914, 4th Bavarian Infantry Division (*4. Bayerische Infanterie-Division*)
4th Royal Bavarian Division (4. Königlich Bayerische Division); from August 2, 1914, 4th Bavarian Infantry Division (4. Bayerische Infanterie-Division)
Active	1815–1919
Country	Bavaria, German Empire
Branch	Army
Type	Infantry (in peacetime included cavalry)
Size	Approximately 19,500 (on mobilisation in 1914)
Part of	II Royal Bavarian Corps ; (II. Kgl. Bayer. Armeekorps)
Garrison/HQ	Würzburg
Engagements	Austro-Prussian War; Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Weissenburg; Battle of Wörth; Battle of Sedan; Siege of Paris; World War I: Battle of the Frontiers; Race to the Sea; First Battle of Ypres; Second Battle of Artois; Battle of Loos; Battle of the Somme; Battle of Messines (1917); Battle of Passchendaele; Meuse-Argonne Offensive;

The 4th Royal Bavarian Division was a unit of the Royal Bavarian Army which served alongside the Prussian Army as part of the Imperial German Army.^[1] The division was formed on November 27, 1815, as an Infantry Division of the Würzburg General Command (Infanterie-Division des Generalkommandos Würzburg).^[2] It was called the 4th Army Division between 1822 and 1848, again between 1851 and 1859, and again from 1869 to 1872.^[3] It was called the 4th Infantry Division from 1848 to 1851 (as well as during wartime) and was named the Würzburg General Command from 1859 to 1869.^[4] From April 1, 1872, until mobilization for World War I, it was the 4th Division.^[3] In Bavarian sources, it was not generally referred to as a "Royal Bavarian" division, as this was considered self-evident, but outside Bavaria, this designation was used for it, and other Bavarian units, to distinguish them from similarly numbered Prussian units. The division was headquartered in Würzburg.^[3] The division was part of the II Royal Bavarian Army Corps.

^ 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. Only the Bavarian Army remained fully autonomous, while the Saxon Army maintained a lesser degree of autonomy. The armies of the other German states were integrated into the Prussian Army with limited autonomy.
^ Günter Wegner, Stellenbesetzung der deutschen Heere 1815-1939. (Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück, 1993), Bd. 1, p. 664; Claus von Bredow, bearb., Historische Rang- und Stammliste des deutschen Heeres (1905), p. 1248.
^ ^a ^b ^c Wegner, p. 664; Bredow, p. 1248.
^ Wegner, p. 661; Bredow, p. 1242.

[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. Only the Bavarian Army remained fully autonomous, while the Saxon Army maintained a lesser degree of autonomy. The armies of the other German states were integrated into the Prussian Army with limited autonomy.

[2] Günter Wegner, Stellenbesetzung der deutschen Heere 1815-1939. (Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück, 1993), Bd. 1, p. 664; Claus von Bredow, bearb., Historische Rang- und Stammliste des deutschen Heeres (1905), p. 1248.

[Wegner,_p._664;_Bredow,_p._1248-3] Wegner, p. 664; Bredow, p. 1248.

[4] Wegner, p. 661; Bredow, p. 1242.

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