List of Imperial German infantry regiments
This is a List of Imperial German infantry regiments[1] before and during World War I. In peacetime, the Imperial German Army included 217 regiments of infantry (plus the instruction unit, Lehr Infantry Battalion). Some of these regiments had a history stretching back to the 17th Century, while others were only formed as late as October 1912.[2]
Pre-War
| Regiment | Raised[3] | Garrison | Corps |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Foot Guards | 11 August 1688 | Potsdam | Guards Corps |
| 2nd Foot Guards | 19 June 1813 | Berlin | Guards Corps |
| 3rd Foot Guards | 5 May 1860 | Berlin | Guards Corps |
| 4th Foot Guards | 5 May 1860 | Berlin | Guards Corps |
| 5th Foot Guards | 31 March 1897 | Spandau | Guards Corps |
| 1st (Emperor Alexander) Guards Grenadiers | 14 October 1814 | Berlin | Guards Corps |
| 2nd (Emperor Francis) Guards Grenadiers | 14 October 1814 | Berlin | Guards Corps |
| 3rd (Queen Elizabeth) Guards Grenadiers | 5 May 1860 | Charlottenburg | Guards Corps |
| 4th (Queen Augusta) Guards Grenadiers | 5 May 1860 | Berlin | Guards Corps |
| 5th Guards Grenadiers | 31 March 1897 | Spandau | Guards Corps |
| Guards Fusiliers | 30 March 1826 | Berlin | Guards Corps |
| Lehr Infantry Regiment | 1819 | Potsdam | Guards Corps |
| 1st (1st East Prussian) Grenadiers "Crown Prince" | 20 December 1655 | Königsberg/Pr. | I Army Corps |
| 2nd (1st Pomeranian) Grenadiers "King Frederick William IV" | 20 February 1679 | Stettin | II Army Corps |
| 3rd (2nd East Prussian) Grenadiers "King Frederick William I" | 18 August 1685 | Königsberg/Pr. | I Army Corps |
| 4th (3rd East Prussian) Grenadiers "King Frederick the Great" | 1 May 1626 | Rastenburg | I Army Corps |
| 5th (4th East Prussian) Grenadiers "King Frederick I" | 11 March 1689 | Danzig | XVII Army Corps |
| 6th (1st West Prussian) Grenadiers "Count Kleist von Nollendorf" | 14 October 1772 | Posen | V Army Corps |
| 7th (2nd West Prussian) Grenadiers "King William I" | 20 February 1797 | Liegnitz | V Army Corps |
| 8th (1st Brandenburg) Life Grenadiers "King Frederick William III" | 21 November 1808 | Frankfurt an der Oder | III Army Corps |
| 9th (2nd Pomeranian) Colberg Grenadiers "Count Gneisenau" | 7 June 1808 | Stargard | II Army Corps |
| 10th (1st Silesian) Grenadiers "King Frederick William II" | 21 November 1808 | Schweidnitz | VI Army Corps |
| 11th (2nd Silesian) Grenadiers "King Frederick III" | 21 November 1808 | Breslau | VI Army Corps |
| 12th (2nd Brandenburg) Grenadiers "Prince Charles of Prussia" | 1 July 1813 | Frankfurt an der Oder | III Army Corps |
| 13th (1st Westphalian) Infantry "Herwarth von Bittenfeld" | 1 July 1813 | Münster | VII Army Corps |
| 14th (3rd Pomeranian) Infantry "Count Schwerin" | 1 July 1813 | Bromberg | II Army Corps |
| 15th (2nd Westphalian) Infantry "Prince Frederick of the Netherlands" | 1 July 1813 | Minden | VII Army Corps |
| 16th (3rd Westphalian) Infantry "Baron Sparr" | 1 July 1813 | Cologne | VII Army Corps |
| 17th (4th Westphalian) Infantry "Count Barfuss" | 1 July 1813 | Mörchingen | XXI Army Corps |
| 18th (1st Posen) Infantry "von Grolman" | 1 July 1813 | Osterode | XX Army Corps |
| 19th (2nd Posen) Infantry "von Coubière" | 1 July 1813 | Görlitz, Lauban | V Army Corps |
| 20th (3rd Brandenburg) Infantry "Count Tauentzien von Wittenberg" | 1 July 1813 | Wittenberg | III Army Corps |
| 21st (4th Pomeranian) Infantry "von Borcke" | 1 July 1813 | Thorn | XVII Army Corps |
| 22nd (1st Upper Silesian) Infantry "Keith" | 1 July 1813 | Gleiwitz, Kattowitz | VI Army Corps |
| 23rd (2nd Upper Silesian) Infantry "von Winterfeldt" | 1 July 1813 | Neisse | VI Army Corps |
| 24th (4th Brandenburg) Infantry "Grand Duke Frederick Francis II of Mecklenburg-Schwerin" | 1 July 1813 | Neuruppin | III Army Corps |
| 25th (1st Rhenish) Infantry "von Lützow" | 18 December 1813 | Aachen | VIII Army Corps |
| 26th (1st Magdeburg) Infantry "Prince Leopold of Anhalt-Dessau" | 5 July 1813 | Magdeburg | IV Army Corps |
| 27th (2nd Magdeburg) Infantry "Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia" | 7 March 1815 | Halberstadt | IV Army Corps |
| 28th (2nd Rhenish) Infantry "von Goeben" | 5 December 1813 | Koblenz | VIII Army Corps |
| 29th (3rd Rhenish) Infantry "von Horn" | 5 December 1813 | Trier | VIII Army Corps |
| 30th (4th Rhenish) Infantry "Count Werder" | 6 September 1812 | Saarlouis | XVI Army Corps |
| 31st (1st Thuringian) Infantry "Count Bose" | 6 September 1812 | Altona | IX Army Corps |
| 32nd (2nd Thuringian) Infantry | 7 March 1815 | Meiningen | XI Army Corps |
| 33rd (East Prussian) Fusiliers "Count Roon" | 6 March 1749 | Gumbinnen | I Army Corps |
| 34th (Pomeranian) Fusiliers "Queen Victoria of Sweden" | 12 October 1720 | Stettin, Swinemunde | II Army Corps |
| 35th (Brandenburg) Fusiliers "Prince Henry of Prussia" | 13 December 1815 | Brandenburg | III Army Corps |
| 36th (Magdeburg) Fusiliers "General Field Marshal Count Blumenthal" | 13 December 1815 | Halle, Bernburg | IV Army Corps |
| 37th (West Prussian) Fusiliers "von Steinmetz" | 26 January 1818 | Krotoschin | V Army Corps |
| 38th (Silesian) Fusiliers "General Field Marshal Count Moltke" | 26 January 1818 | Glatz | VI Army Corps |
| 39th (Lower Rhenish) Fusiliers | 26 January 1818 | Düsseldorf | VII Army Corps |
| 40th (Hohenzollern) Fusiliers "Prince Charles Anton of Hohenzollern" | 26 January 1818 | Rastatt | XIV Army Corps |
| 41st (5th East Prussian) Infantry "von Boyen" | 5 May 1860 | Tilsit, Memel | I Army Corps |
| 42nd (5th Pomeranian) Infantry "Prince Maurice of Anhalt-Dessau" | 5 May 1860 | Stralsund, Greifswald | II Army Corps |
| 43rd (6th East Prussian) Infantry "Duke Charles of Mecklenburg" | 5 May 1860 | Königsberg, Pillau | I Army Corps |
| 44th (7th East Prussian) Infantry "Count Dönhoff" | 5 May 1860 | Goldap | I Army Corps |
| 45th (8th East Prussian) Infantry | 5 May 1860 | Insterburg, Darkehmen | I Army Corps |
| 46th (1st Lower Silesian) Infantry "Count Kirchbach" | 5 May 1860 | Posen, Wreschen | V Army Corps |
| 47th (2nd Lower Silesian) Infantry "King Ludwig III of Bavaria" | 5 May 1860 | Posen, Schrimm | V Army Corps |
| 48th (5th Brandenburg) Infantry "von Stülpnagel" | 5 May 1860 | Küstrin | III Army Corps |
| 49th (6th Pomeranian) Infantry | 5 May 1860 | Gnesen | II Army Corps |
| 50th (3rd Lower Silesian) Infantry | 5 May 1860 | Rawitsch, Lissa | V Army Corps |
| 51st (4th Lower Silesian) Infantry | 5 May 1860 | Breslau | VI Army Corps |
| 52nd (6th Brandenburg) Infantry "von Alvensleben" | 5 May 1860 | Cottbus, Crossen | III Army Corps |
| 53rd (5th Westphalian) Infantry | 5 May 1860 | Köln | VII Army Corps |
| 54th (7th Pomeranian) Infantry "von der Goltz" | 5 May 1860 | Kolberg, Köslin | II Army Corps |
| 55th (6th Westphalian) Infantry "Count Bülow von Dennewitz" | 5 May 1860 | Detmold, Höxter, Bielefeld | VII Army Corps |
| 56th (7th Westphalian) Infantry "Vogel von Falkenstein" | 5 May 1860 | Wesel, Kleve | VII Army Corps |
| 57th (8th Westphalian) Infantry "Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick" | 5 May 1860 | Wesel | VII Army Corps |
| 58th (3rd Posen) Infantry | 5 May 1860 | Glogau, Fraustadt | V Army Corps |
| 59th (4th Posen) Infantry "Baron Hiller von Gaertringen" | 5 May 1860 | Deutsch-Eylau, Soldau | XX Army Corps |
| 60th (7th Brandenburg) Infantry "Margrave Charles" | 5 May 1860 | Weißenburg | XXI Army Corps |
| 61st (8th Pomeranian) Infantry "von der Marwitz" | 5 May 1860 | Thorn | XVII Army Corps |
| 62nd (3rd Upper Silesian) Infantry | 5 May 1860 | Cosel, Ratibor | VI Army Corps |
| 63rd (4th Upper Silesian) Infantry | 5 May 1860 | Oppeln, Lublinitz | VI Army Corps |
| 64th (8th Brandenburg) Infantry "General Field Marshal Prince Frederick Charles of Prussia" | 5 May 1860 | Prenzlau, Angermünde | III Army Corps |
| 65th (5th Rhenish) Infantry | 5 May 1860 | Köln | VIII Army Corps |
| 66th (3rd Magdeburg) Infantry | 5 May 1860 | Magdeburg | IV Army Corps |
| 67th (4th Magdeburg) Infantry | 5 May 1860 | Metz | XVI Army Corps |
| 68th (6th Rhenish) Infantry | 5 May 1860 | Koblenz | VIII Army Corps |
| 69th (7th Rhenish) Infantry | 5 May 1860 | Trier | VIII Army Corps |
| 70th (8th Rhenish) Infantry | 5 May 1860 | Saarbrücken | XXI Army Corps |
| 71st (3rd Thuringian) Infantry | 5 May 1860 | Erfurt, Sondershausen | XI Army Corps |
| 72nd (4th Thuringian) Infantry | 5 May 1860 | Torgau, Altenburg | IV Army Corps |
| 73rd (Hannover) Fusiliers "Field Marshal Prince Albrecht of Prussia" | 19 December 1803 | Hannover | X Army Corps |
| 74th (1st Hannover) Infantry | 27 November 1813 | Hannover | X Army Corps |
| 75th (1st Hanseatic)(Bremen) Infantry | 27 September 1866 | Bremen, Stade | IX Army Corps |
| 76th (2nd Hanseatic)(Hamburg) Infantry | 27 September 1866 | Hamburg | IX Army Corps |
| 77th (2nd Hannover) Infantry | 26 March 1813 | Celle | X Army Corps |
| 78th (East Frisian) Infantry "Duke Frederick William of Brunswick" | 30 November 1813 | Osnabrück, Aurich | X Army Corps |
| 79th (3rd Hannover) Infantry "von Voigts-Rhetz" | 3 January 1838 | Hildesheim | X Army Corps |
| 80th (Kurhessian) Fusiliers "von Gersdorff" | 22 November 1813 | Wiesbaden, Homburg | XVIII Army Corps |
| 81st (1st Kurhessian) Infantry "Landgrave Frederick I of Hesse-Cassel" | 5 December 1813 | Frankfurt am Main | XVIII Army Corps |
| 82nd (2nd Kurhessian) Infantry | 30 November 1813 | Göttingen | XI Army Corps |
| 83rd (3rd Kurhessian) Infantry "von Wittich" | 22 November 1813 | Kassel, Arolsen | XI Army Corps |
| 84th (Schleswig) Infantry "von Manstein" | 27 September 1866 | Schleswig, Hadersleben | IX Army Corps |
| 85th (Holstein) Infantry "Duke of Holstein" | 27 September 1866 | Rendsburg, Kiel | IX Army Corps |
| 86th (Schleswig-Holstein) Fusiliers "Queen" | 27 September 1866 | Flensburg, Sonderburg | IX Army Corps |
| 87th (1st Nassau) Infantry | 14 March 1809 | Mainz | XVIII Army Corps |
| 88th (2nd Nassau) Infantry | 13 August 1808 | Mainz, Hanau | XVIII Army Corps |
| 89th (Grand Ducal Mecklenburgian) Grenadiers | 3 April 1782 | Schwerin, Neustrelitz | IX Army Corps |
| 90th (Grand Ducal Mecklenburgian) Fusiliers "Emperor William" | 12 July 1788 | Rostock, Wismar | IX Army Corps |
| 91st (Oldenburg) Infantry | 5 December 1813 | Oldenburg | X Army Corps |
| 92nd (Brunswick) Infantry | 1 April 1809 | Braunschweig | X Army Corps |
| 93rd (Anhalt) Infantry | 22 May 1807 | Dessau, Zerbst | IV Army Corps |
| 94th (5th Thuringian) Infantry "Grand Duke of Saxony" | 28 October 1762 | Weimar, Eisenach, Jena | XI Army Corps |
| 95th (6th Thuringian) Infantry | 18 July 1807 | Gotha, Hildburghausen, Coburg | XI Army Corps |
| 96th (7th Thuringian) Infantry | 1 October 1867 | Gera, Rudolstadt | XI Army Corps |
| 97th (1st Upper Rhenish) Infantry | 24 March 1881 | Saarburg | XXI Army Corps |
| 98th (Metz) Infantry | 24 March 1881 | Metz | XVI Army Corps |
| 99th (2nd Upper Rhenish) Infantry | 24 March 1881 | Zabern, Pfalzburg | XV Army Corps |
| 100th (1st Royal Saxon) Life Grenadiers | 30 April 1670 | Dresden | XII Army Corps |
| 101st (2nd Royal Saxon) Grenadiers "Emperor William, King of Prussia" | 30 April 1670 | Dresden | XII Army Corps |
| 102nd (3rd Royal Saxon) Infantry "King Ludwig III of Bavaria" | 14 June 1709 | Zittau | XII Army Corps |
| 103rd (4th Royal Saxon) Infantry | 14 June 1709 | Bautzen | XII Army Corps |
| 104th (5th Royal Saxon) Infantry "Crown Prince" | 7 December 1701 | Chemnitz | XIX Army Corps |
| 105th (6th Royal Saxon) Infantry "King William II of Württemberg" | 7 December 1701 | Straßburg | XV Army Corps |
| 106th (7th Royal Saxon) Infantry "King George" | 2 June 1708 | Leipzig | XIX Army Corps |
| 107th (8th Royal Saxon) Infantry "Prince John George" | 2 June 1708 | Leipzig | XIX Army Corps |
| 108th (Royal Saxon) Schützen (Füsiliers) "Prince George" | 1 October 1809 | Dresden | XII Army Corps |
| 109th (1st Baden) Life Grenadiers | 23 March 1803 | Karlsruhe | XIV Army Corps |
| 110th (2nd Baden) Grenadiers "Emperor William I" | 22 October 1852 | Mannheim, Heidelberg | XIV Army Corps |
| 111th (3rd Baden) Infantry "Margrave Ludwig William" | 22 October 1852 | Rastatt | XIV Army Corps |
| 112th (4th Baden) Infantry "Prince William" | 22 October 1852 | Mülhausen/Elsaß | XIV Army Corps |
| 113th (5th Baden) Infantry | 16 February 1861 | Freiburg im Breisgau | XIV Army Corps |
| 114th (6th Baden) Infantry "Emperor Frederick III" | 26 October 1867 | Konstanz | XIV Army Corps |
| 115th (1st Grand Ducal Hessian) Lifeguard Infantry | 1 March 1621 | Darmstadt | XVIII Army Corps |
| 116th (2nd Grand Ducal Hessian) Infantry "Emperor William" | 17 June 1813 | Gießen | XVIII Army Corps |
| 117th (3rd Grand Ducal Hessian) Life Infantry "Grand Duchess" | 10 June 1697 | Mainz | XVIII Army Corps |
| 118th (4th Grand Ducal Hessian) Infantry "Prince Charles" | 23 January 1791 | Worms | XVIII Army Corps |
| 119th (1st Württemberg) Grenadiers "Queen Olga" | 1673[4] | Stuttgart | XIII Army Corps |
| 120th (2nd Württemberg) Infantry "Emperor William, King of Prussia" | 1 June 1673[5] | Ulm | XIII Army Corps |
| 121st (3rd Württemberg)(Old Württemberg) Infantry | 18 March 1716 | Ludwigsburg | XIII Army Corps |
| 122nd (4th Württemberg) Fusiliers "Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria, King of Hungary" | 10 November 1806 | Heilbronn, Mergentheim | XIII Army Corps |
| 123rd (5th Württemberg) Grenadiers "King Charles" | 17 October 1799 | Ulm | XIII Army Corps |
| 124th (6th Württemberg) Infantry "King William I" | 1 June 1673[6] | Weingarten | XIII Army Corps |
| 125th (7th Württemberg) Infantry "Emperor Frederick, King of Prussia" | 1809 | Stuttgart | XIII Army Corps |
| 126th (8th Württemberg) Infantry "Grand Duke Frederick of Baden" | 18 March 1706 | Straßburg | XV Army Corps |
| 127th (9th Württemberg) Infantry | 1 April 1897 | Ulm | XIII Army Corps |
| 128th (Danzig) Infantry | 24 March 1881 | Danzig-Neufahrwasser | XVII Army Corps |
| 129th (3rd West Prussian) Infantry | 24 March 1881 | Graudenz | XVII Army Corps |
| 130th (1st Lotharingian) Infantry | 24 March 1881 | Metz | XVI Army Corps |
| 131st (2nd Lotharingian) Infantry | 24 March 1881 | Mörchingen | XXI Army Corps |
| 132nd (1st Lower Alsatian) Infantry | 24 March 1881 | Straßburg | XV Army Corps |
| 133rd (9th Royal Saxon) Infantry | 1 April 1881 | Zwickau | XIX Army Corps |
| 134th (10th Royal Saxon) Infantry | 1 April 1881 | Plauen | XIX Army Corps |
| 135th (3rd Lotharingian) Infantry | 11 March 1887 | Diedenhofen | XVI Army Corps |
| 136th (4th Lotharingian) Infantry | 11 March 1887 | Straßburg | XV Army Corps |
| 137th (2nd Lower Alsatian) Infantry | 11 March 1887 | Hagenau | XXI Army Corps |
| 138th (3rd Lower Alsatian) Infantry | 11 March 1887 | Dieuze | XXI Army Corps |
| 139th (11th Royal Saxon) Infantry | 1 April 1887 | Döbeln | XIX Army Corps |
| 140th (4th West Prussian) Infantry | 1 February 1890 | Hohensalza | II Army Corps |
| 141st (Kulm) Infantry | 1 February 1890 | Graudenz, Strasburg in Westpreußen | XVII Army Corps |
| 142nd (7th Baden) Infantry | 1 February 1890 | Mülhausen/Elsaß, Müllheim/Baden | XIV Army Corps |
| 143rd (4th Lower Alsasian) Infantry | 1 February 1890 | Straßburg, Mutzig | XV Army Corps |
| 144th (5th Lotharingian) Infantry | 1 February 1890 | Metz | XVI Army Corps |
| 145th (6th Lotharingian) King’s Infantry | 28 July 1890 | Metz | XVI Army Corps |
| 146th (1st Masurian) Infantry | 31 March 1897 | Allenstein | XX Army Corps |
| 147th (2nd Masurian) Infantry | 31 March 1897 | Lyck, Lötzen | XX Army Corps |
| 148th (5th West Prussian) Infantry | 31 March 1897 | Elbing, Braunsberg | XX Army Corps |
| 149th (6th West Prussian) Infantry | 31 March 1897 | Schneidemühl, Deutsch-Krone | II Army Corps |
| 150th (1st Ermland) Infantry | 31 March 1897 | Allenstein | XX Army Corps |
| 151st (2nd Ermland) Infantry | 31 March 1897 | Sensburg, Bischofsburg | XX Army Corps |
| 152nd (1st Alsasian) Infantry "Teutonic Order" | 31 March 1897 | Marienburg, Stuhm | XX Army Corps |
| 153rd (8th Thuringian) Infantry | 18 December 1897 | Altenburg, Merseburg | IV Army Corps |
| 154th (5th Lower Silesian) Infantry | 31 March 1897 | Jauer, Glogau | V Army Corps |
| 155th (7th West Prussian) Infantry | 31 March 1897 | Ostrowo, Pleschen | V Army Corps |
| 156th (3rd Silesian) Infantry | 31 March 1897 | Beuthen, Tarnowitz | VI Army Corps |
| 157th (4th Silesian) Infantry | 31 March 1897 | Brieg | VI Army Corps |
| 158th (7th Lotharingian) Infantry | 31 March 1897 | Paderborn | VII Army Corps |
| 159th (8th Lotharingian) Infantry | 31 March 1897 | Mülheim/Ruhr, Geldern | VII Army Corps |
| 160th (9th Rhenish) Infantry | 31 March 1897 | Bonn, Dietz, Euskirchen | VIII Army Corps |
| 161st (10th Rhenish) Infantry | 31 March 1897 | Düren, Eschweiler, Jülich | VIII Army Corps |
| 162nd (3rd Hanseatic)(Lübeck) Infantry | 31 March 1897 | Lübeck, Eutin | IX Army Corps |
| 163rd (Schleswig-Holstein) Infantry | 31 March 1897 | Neumünster, Heide | IX Army Corps |
| 164th (4th Hannover) Infantry | 24 March 1813 | Hameln, Holzminden | X Army Corps |
| 165th (5th Hannover) Infantry | 31 March 1813 | Quedlinburg, Blankenburg | IV Army Corps |
| 166th (Hessen-Homburg) Infantry | 31 March 1897 | Bitsch | XXI Army Corps |
| 167th (1st Upper Alsatian) Infantry | 31 March 1897 | Kassel, Mühlhausen/Thüringen | XI Army Corps |
| 168th (5th Grand Ducal Hessian) Infantry | 31 March 1897 | Offenbach, Butzbach, Friedberg/Hesse | XVIII Army Corps |
| 169th (8th Baden) Infantry | 31 March 1897 | Lahr, Villingen | XIV Army Corps |
| 170th (9th Baden) Infantry | 31 March 1897 | Offenburg, Donaueschingen | XIV Army Corps |
| 171st (2nd Upper Alsatian) Infantry | 31 March 1897 | Colmar/Elsaß | XV Army Corps |
| 172nd (3rd Upper Alsatian) Infantry | 31 March 1897 | Neubreisach | XV Army Corps |
| 173rd (9th Lotharingian) Infantry | 31 March 1897 | St. Avold, Metz | XVI Army Corps |
| 174th (10th Lotharingian) Infantry | 31 March 1897 | Forbach | XXI Army Corps |
| 175th (8th West Prussian) Infantry | 31 March 1897 | Graudenz, Schwetz | XVII Army Corps |
| 176th (9th West Prussian) Infantry | 31 March 1897 | Kulm, Thorn | XVII Army Corps |
| 177th (12th Royal Saxon) Infantry | 1 April 1897 | Dresden | XII Army Corps |
| 178th (13th Royal Saxon) Infantry | 1 April 1897 | Kamenz/Sachsen | XII Army Corps |
| 179th (14th Royal Saxon) Infantry | 1 April 1897 | Wurzen, Leisnig | XIX Army Corps |
| 180th (10th Württemberg) Infantry | 1 April 1897 | Tübingen, Gmünd | XIII Army Corps |
| 181st (15th Royal Saxon) Infantry | 1 April 1900 | Chemnitz | XIX Army Corps |
| 182nd (16th Royal Saxon) Infantry | 1 October 1912 | Freiberg | XII Army Corps |
| Royal Bavarian Infantry Lifeguards Regiment | 16 July 1814 | München | I Royal Bavarian Corps |
| 1st Royal Bavarian Infantry "King" | 1 July 1778 | München | I Royal Bavarian Corps |
| 2nd Royal Bavarian Infantry "Crown Prince" | 29 June 1682 | München | I Royal Bavarian Corps |
| 3rd Royal Bavarian Infantry "Prince Charles of Bavaria" | 1 February 1698 | Augsburg | I Royal Bavarian Corps |
| 4th Royal Bavarian Infantry "King William of Württemberg" | 1 April 1706 | Metz | II Royal Bavarian Corps |
| 5th Royal Bavarian Infantry "Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig of Hessen" | 6 August 1722 | Bamberg | II Royal Bavarian Corps |
| 6th Royal Bavarian Infantry "Emperor William, King of Prussia" | 18 June 1725 | Amberg | III Royal Bavarian Corps |
| 7th Royal Bavarian Infantry "Prince Leopold" | 27 June 1732 | Bayreuth | III Royal Bavarian Corps |
| 8th Royal Bavarian Infantry "Grand Duke Frederick II of Baden" | 1 October 1753 | Metz | II Royal Bavarian Corps |
| 9th Royal Bavarian Infantry "Wrede" | 21 March 1803 | Würzburg | II Royal Bavarian Corps |
| 10th Royal Bavarian Infantry "King" | 29 June 1682 | Ingolstadt | III Royal Bavarian Corps |
| 11th Royal Bavarian Infantry "von der Tann" | 1 October 1805 | Regensburg | III Royal Bavarian Corps |
| 12th Royal Bavarian Infantry "Prince Arnulf" | 16 July 1814 | Neu-Ulm | I Royal Bavarian Corps |
| 13th Royal Bavarian Infantry "Franz Josef I, Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary" | 31 May 1806 | Ingolstadt | III Royal Bavarian Corps |
| 14th Royal Bavarian Infantry "Hartmann" | 15 August 1814 | Nuremberg | III Royal Bavarian Corps |
| 15th Royal Bavarian Infantry "King Frederick August of Saxony" | 4 August 1722 | Neuburg an der Donau | I Royal Bavarian Corps |
| 16th Royal Bavarian Infantry "Grand Duke Ferdinand of Tuscany" | 1 October 1878 | Passau | I Royal Bavarian Corps |
| 17th Royal Bavarian Infantry "Orff" | 1 October 1878 | Germersheim | II Royal Bavarian Corps |
| 18th Royal Bavarian Infantry "Prince Ludwig Ferdinand" | 1 April 1881 | Landau | II Royal Bavarian Corps |
| 19th Royal Bavarian Infantry "King Viktor Emanuel III of Italy" | 1 October 1890 | Erlangen | III Royal Bavarian Corps |
| 20th Royal Bavarian Infantry "Prince Francis" | 1 April 1897 | Lindau | I Royal Bavarian Corps |
| 21st Royal Bavarian Infantry "Grand Duke Frederick Francis IV of Mecklenburg-Schwerin" | 1 April 1897 | Fürth, Sulzbach, Eichstätt | III Royal Bavarian Corps |
| 22nd Royal Bavarian Infantry "Prince William of Hohenzollern" | 1 April 1897 | Zweibrücken | II Royal Bavarian Corps |
| 23rd Royal Bavarian Infantry | 1 April 1897 | Landau | II Royal Bavarian Corps |
Mobilisation
On mobilisation, the German Army raised 113 Reserve Infantry Regiments (of 332 battalions) and 96 Landwehr Infantry Regiments (of 294 battalions).
The Lehr Infantry Battalion was expanded to form the Lehr Infantry Regiment.[7]
See also
- Bavarian Army
- German Army (German Empire)
- List of Imperial German artillery regiments
- List of Imperial German cavalry regiments
- List of German Jäger units
References
- ↑ Tessin 1974, pp. 12–25
- ↑ "The Prussian Machine, Infantry Regiments". Retrieved 19 May 2012.
- ↑ A Pocket German Army at the Wayback Machine (archived 24 February 2009)
- ↑ Actually given as Spring 1673
- ↑ Actually given as June 1673
- ↑ Actually given as June 1673
- ↑ Busche 1998, p. 4 Lehr (meaning teach, instruction or training) is usually left untranslated.
Bibliography
- Busche, Hartwig (1998). Formationsgeschichte der Deutschen Infanterie im Ersten Weltkrieg (1914 bis 1918) (in German). Institut für Preußische Historiographie.
- Cron, Hermann (2002). Imperial German Army 1914-18: Organisation, Structure, Orders-of-Battle [first published: 1937]. Helion & Co. ISBN 1-874622-70-1.
- Tessin, Georg (1974). Deutsche Verbände und Truppen, 1918 - 1939. Biblio Osnabrück. ISBN 3-7648-1000-9.
- The German Forces in the Field; 7th Revision, 11th November 1918; Compiled by the General Staff, War Office. Imperial War Museum, London and The Battery Press, Inc (1995). 1918. ISBN 1-870423-95-X.
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