I Corps (German Empire)

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The I Corps was a unit of the German Army. The headquarters of the corps were located in Königsberg. At the beginning of World War I, the corps was attached to the 8th Army and transferred to the Eastern Front.

In 1893, the component units of the corps were:

1st Division
2nd Division
1st Heavy Artillery Regiment von Linger
1st Light Infantry Battalion Graf York von Wartenberg
1st Pioneer Battalion Fürst Radziwill
18th Pioneer Battalion
1st Training Battalion

In 1900, the component units of the corps were:

1st Division
2nd Division
37th Division
1st Heavy Artillery Regiment von Linger
1st Light Infantry Battalion Graf York von Wartenberg
1st Pioneer Battalion Fürst Radziwill
18th Pioneer Battalion
1st Training Battalion

In 1912, the component units of the corps were:

1st Division
2nd Division
1st Heavy Artillery Regiment von Linger
1st Light Infantry Battalion Graf York von Wartenberg
1st Pioneer Battalion Fürst Radziwill
18th Pioneer Battalion
1st Training Battalion
2nd Zeppelin Battalion

At the outbreak of war in 1914, the component units of the corps were:

1st Division
2nd Division
1st Heavy Artillery Regiment von Linger
15th Reserve Artillery Regiment
1st Pioneer Battalion Fürst Radziwill
1st Training Battalion
14th Field Aviation Detachment

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Corps of the German Empire

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Bavarian Corps: I | II | III | I Reserve | XV Reserve
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