7th Division (German Empire)

7th Division (7. Division); in 1870-71 and from August 2, 1914, 7th Infantry Division (7. Infanterie-Division)
Active1818–1919
CountryPrussia/Germany
BranchArmy
TypeInfantry (in peacetime included cavalry)
SizeApprox. 15,000
Part ofIV. Army Corps (IV. Armeekorps)
Garrison/HQMagdeburg (1818–1919)
EngagementsAustro-Prussian War: Königgrätz

Franco-Prussian War: Beaumont, Sedan, Paris

World War I: Liège, Race to the Sea, Somme, Battle of Delville Wood, German spring offensive, Lys, Hundred Days Offensive, Meuse-Argonne Offensive
Commanders
Notable
commanders		Karl Eberhard Herwarth von Bittenfeld, Julius von Groß genannt Schwarzhoff, Friedrich von Bernhardi

The 7th Division (7. Division) was a unit of the Prussian/German Army.[1] It was formed in Magdeburg in November 1816 as a brigade and became a division on September 5, 1818.[2] The division was subordinated in peacetime to the IV Army Corps (IV. 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 Province of Saxony, also known as Prussian Saxony.

  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.99; Claus von Bredow, bearb., Historische Rang- und Stammliste des deuschen Heeres (1905), pp.356-57
  3. ^ Wegner, p. 51.