List of Divisions of the Imperial German Army explained

The following is a list of Divisions of the Imperial German Army.

Standing armies

Guards

• 1st Guards Infantry
• 2nd Guards Infantry
• Cavalry

Regular

• 1st
• 2nd
• 3rd
• 4th
• 5th
• 6th
• 7th
• 8th
• 9th
• 10th
• 11th
• 12th
• 13th
• 14th
• 15th
• 16th
• 17th
• 18th
• 19th
• 20th
• 21st
• 22nd
  • 23rd 24th
  • 25th 26th
• 27th
• 28th
• 29th
• 30th
• 31st
• 32nd
• 33rd
• 34th
• 35th
• 36th
• 37th
• 38th
• 39th
• 40th
• 41st
• 42nd

Bavarian

• 1st
• 2nd
• 3rd
• 4th
• 5th
• 6th

Raised in World War I

Guards

• 3rd Guards Infantry
• 4th Guards Infantry
• 5th Guards Infantry
• 1st Guards Reserve
  • 2nd Guards Reserve Guards Ersatz

Cavalry

• 1st
• 2nd
• 3rd
• 4th
• 5th
• 6th
• 7th
• 8th
• 9th
• Bavarian

Infantry

• 50th
• 52nd
• 54th
• 56th
• 58th
• 83rd
• 84th
• 86th
• 87th
• 88th
• 89th
• 91st
• 92nd
• 93rd
• 94th
• 95th
• 96th
• 101st
• 103rd
• 105th
• 107th
• 108th
• 109th
• 111th
• 113th
• 115th
• 117th
• 119th
• 121st
• 123rd
• 183rd
• 185th
• 187th
• 192nd
• 195th
• 197th
• 199th
• 200th
• 201st
• 202nd
• 203rd
  • 204th 205th
• 206th
• 207th
• 208th
• 211th
• 212th
• 213th
• 214th
• 215th
• 216th
• 217th
• 218th
• 219th
• 220th
• 221st
• 222nd
• 223rd
• 224th
• 225th
• 226th
• 227th
• 228th
• 231st
• 232nd
• 233rd
• 234th
• 235th
• 236th
• 237th
• 238th
• 239th
• 240th
• 241st
  • 242nd 243rd
• 255th
• 301st
• 302nd
• 303rd

Reserve

• 1st
• 3rd
• 5th
• 6th
• 7th
• 9th
  • • 10th 11th 12th
• 13th
• 14th
• 15th
• 16th
• 17th
• 18th
• 19th
• 21st
• 22nd
• 23rd
• 24th
• 25th
  • 26th 28th
• 30th (Bavarian)
• 33rd
• 35th
• 36th
• 39th (Bavarian)
• 43rd
• 44th
• 45th
• 46th
• 47th
• 48th
• 49th
• 50th
• 51st
• 52nd
• 53rd
• 54th
• 75th
• 76th
• 77th
• 78th
• 79th
• 80th
• 81st
• 82nd

Landwehr

• 1st
• 2nd
• 3rd
• 4th
• 5th
• 7th
• 8th
• 9th
• 10th
• 11th
• 12th
• 13th
• 14th
• 15th
• 16th
• 17th
• 18th
• 19th
• 20th
• 21st
• 22nd
• 23rd
• 25th
• 26th
• 38th
• 44th
  • • • 45th 46th 47th 48th
• 85th

Ersatz Of the German Imperial Army

• 4th
• 5th
• 8th
• 10th
• 19th

Naval

• Naval
• 1st
• 2nd
• 3rd

Bavarian infantry

• 10th
• 11th
• 12th
• 14th
• 15th
• 16th

Bavarian reserve

• 1st
• 5th
• 6th
• 8th
• 9th
• 30th
• 39th

Bavarian Landwehr and Ersatz

• 1st
• 2nd
• 6th
• Ersatz

Other

• Alpenkorps
• Deutsche Jäger
• Ostsee (Baltic Sea)
  • Detachment Brandenstein

See also

• German Army (German Empire)
• List of Corps of the Imperial German Army
• World War I