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In 1806, with the creation of the Confederation of the Rhine, the Württemberg army stood at around 9,900 personnel with 6 infantry regiments, 3 cavalry regiments and 2 garde regiments, one for infantry and cavalry. The newly crowned King of Württemberg Frederick I made various reforms and expanded the army personnel to around 30,000 men by ...
The XIII (Royal Württemberg) Army Corps / XIII AK (German: XIII. (Königlich Württembergisches) Armee-Korps ) was a corps of the Imperial German Army . It was, effectively, also the army of the Kingdom of Württemberg , which had been integrated in 1871 into the Prussian Army command structure, as had the armies of most German states.
It was merged with Württemberg's 1st Infantry Division on July 27, 1849, to form Württemberg's Infantry Division and was dissolved in 1868. [4] The division was reestablished after the Franco-Prussian War on December 18, 1871, as the 27th Division (2nd Royal Württemberg), taking its new numbering as part of the Prussian Army structure. [4]
This category includes historical wars in which Württemberg (1080–1918) participated. Please see the category guidelines for more information. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Battles involving Württemberg .
In 1871, Württemberg became a member of the new German Empire, but retained control of its own post office, telegraphs, and railways. It also had certain special privileges with regard to taxation and maintained its army autonomously within the Imperial German Army. For the next 10 years, Württemberg enthusiastically supported the new order.
Knight's Cross, reverse. The Military Merit Order (Militärverdienstorden) was a military order of the Kingdom of Württemberg, which joined the German Empire in 1871. The order was one of the older military orders of the states of the German Empire.
The 64th Corps (Württemberg) (German: Generalkommando zbV 64 (Württemberg)) was a corps formation of the German Army in World War I. It was formed in January 1917 and was still in existence at the end of the war.
The Württemberg Cape Regiment (German: Württembergisches Kapregiment) was a German military unit which was stationed at the Cape of Good Hope toward the end of the 18th century, in the service of the Dutch East India Company, and which played a considerable part in the cultural life of the Cape at that time. [1]