30th Bavarian Reserve Division (German Empire)
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The 30th Royal Bavarian Reserve Division (30. Kgl. Bayerische Reserve-Division) was a reserve infantry division of the Imperial German Army
in World War I. It was initially the Main Reserve, Fortress Strasbourg
(Hauptreserve/Festung Straßburg) and was designated the 30th Reserve Division (30. Reserve-Division) from mobilization in August 1914. It was almost entirely made up of Bavarian units and on December 26, 1916 it was renamed the 30th Royal Bavarian Reserve Division. It spent the war in positional warfare in the Vosges
mountains of France and the Alsace-Lorraine
region.
Order of Battle on August 18, 1914:
Order of Battle on January 1, 1918:
German Army (German Empire)
The German Army was the name given the combined land forces of the German Empire, also known as the National Army , Imperial Army or Imperial German Army. The term "Deutsches Heer" is also used for the modern German Army, the land component of the German Bundeswehr...
in World War I. It was initially the Main Reserve, Fortress Strasbourg
Strasbourg
Strasbourg is the capital and principal city of the Alsace region in eastern France and is the official seat of the European Parliament. Located close to the border with Germany, it is the capital of the Bas-Rhin département. The city and the region of Alsace are historically German-speaking,...
(Hauptreserve/Festung Straßburg) and was designated the 30th Reserve Division (30. Reserve-Division) from mobilization in August 1914. It was almost entirely made up of Bavarian units and on December 26, 1916 it was renamed the 30th Royal Bavarian Reserve Division. It spent the war in positional warfare in the Vosges
Vosges
Vosges is a French department, named after the local mountain range. It contains the hometown of Joan of Arc, Domrémy.-History:The Vosges department is one of the original 83 departments of France, created on February 9, 1790 during the French Revolution. It was made of territories that had been...
mountains of France and the Alsace-Lorraine
Alsace-Lorraine
The Imperial Territory of Alsace-Lorraine was a territory created by the German Empire in 1871 after it annexed most of Alsace and the Moselle region of Lorraine following its victory in the Franco-Prussian War. The Alsatian part lay in the Rhine Valley on the west bank of the Rhine River and east...
region.
Order of Battle on August 18, 1914:
- 10. bayerische Reserve-Infanterie-Brigade
- Kgl. Bayerisches 11. Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment
- 14.Radfahrer-Abteilung
- Festungs-MG-Kompanie Nr. 2
- Reserve-MG-Abteilung Nr. 3
- 5. bayerische Ersatz-Brigade
- Bayerisches Brigade-Ersatz-Bataillon Nr. 5 (mob.Ers.Btl./Kgl. Bay. 23.Inf.Regt.)
- Bayerisches Brigade-Ersatz-Bataillon Nr. 6 (mob.Ers.Btl./Kgl. Bay. 18.Inf.Regt. Prinz Ludwig Ferdinand)
- Bayerisches Brigade-Ersatz-Bataillon Nr. 7 (mob.Ers.Btl./Kgl. Bay. 5.Inf.Regt. Großherzog Ernst Ludwig von Hessen)
- Bayerisches Brigade-Ersatz-Bataillon Nr. 8 (mob.Ers.Btl./Kgl. Bay. 8.Inf.Regt. Großherzog Friedrich II. von Baden)
- Kavallerie-Ersatz-Abteilung Landau/II. Bayerisches Armeekorps (⅓ Eskadron)
- Kgl. Bayerisches 2. Feldartillerie-Regiment
- 1. Ersatz-Batterie/Kgl. Bayerisches 12. Feldartillerie-Regiment
- Ersatz-Abteilung/Feldartillerie-Regiment Nr. 80
- 1.Ersatz-Batterie/Feldartillerie-Regiment Nr. 84
- 3.Batterie/Reserve-Feldartillerie-Regiment Nr. 14
Order of Battle on January 1, 1918:
- 5. Kgl. Bayerische Ersatz-Brigade
- Kgl. Bayerisches 4. Ersatz-Regiment
- Kgl. Bayerisches 8. Landwehr-Infanterie-Regiment
- Kgl. Bayerisches 15. Landwehr-Infanterie-Regiment
- 2.Eskadron/Reserve-Husaren-Regiment Nr. 9
- Kgl. Bayerischer Artillerie-Kommandeur 20:
- Reserve-Feldartillerie-Regiment Nr. 239
- Stab Kgl. Bayerisches 22. Pionier-Bataillon:
- Kgl. Bayerische 13. Reserve-Pionier-Kompanie
- Kgl. Bayerische 5. Landwehr-Pionier-Kompanie
- Minenwerfer-Kompanie Nr. 230
- Kgl. Bayerischer Divisions-Nachrichten-Kommandeur 430