III Royal Bavarian Corps

III Royal Bavarian Army Corps
III. Königlich Bayerische Armee-Korps
Flag of the Staff of a Generalkommando (1871–1918)
Active1 April 1900 (1900-04-01)–1919 (1919)
Country Bavaria /  German Empire
TypeCorps
SizeApproximately 44,000 (on mobilisation in 1914)
Garrison/HQNuremberg/Jakob Platz 6
PatronKing of Bavaria
EngagementsWorld War I
Battle of the Frontiers
Battle of Caporetto
Insignia
AbbreviationIII Bavarian AK

The III Royal Bavarian Army Corps / III Bavarian AK (‹See Tfd›German: III. Königlich Bayerisches Armee-Korps) was a corps level command of the Royal Bavarian Army, part of the Imperial German Army, before and during World War I.[a]

As the German and Bavarian Armies expanded in the latter part of the 19th century, the III Royal Bavarian Army Corps of the Bavarian Army was set up on 1 April 1900 in Nuremberg as the Generalkommando (headquarters) for Middle Franconia, the Upper Palatinate and parts of Upper Franconia, Lower Bavaria and Upper Bavaria. Like all Bavarian formations, it was assigned to the IV Army Inspectorate[1] which became the 6th Army at the start of the First World War. The Corps was disbanded at the end of the War.


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  1. ^ Cron 2002, p. 394