14th Panzergrenadier Division (Bundeswehr)

14th Panzergrenadier Division
14th Panzergrenadier Division insignia
Active	3 Oct 1990 - 31 Dec 2008
Country	Federal Republic of Germany
Role	Mechanized infantry
Size	Division
Part of	Multinational Corps Northeast

The 14th Panzergrenadier Division (14. Panzergrenadierdivision) was a German mechanized infantry formation. It was part of the Multinational Corps Northeast, a NATO corps that includes German, Polish, and Danish troops. In the wake of military restructuring aimed at reducing the size of the German land forces, the 14th Panzergrenadier Division was disbanded in 2008. The division's formation was notable in that it was a Bundeswehr formation created after the reunification of the Federal Republic of Germany and the German Democratic Republic, and which was formed in part from soldiers who had served in the National People's Army (NVA) of the GDR.

In 1990-1991, troops from the former 1st and 8th Motor Rifle Divisions and the 9th Armored Division of the NVA were used to form the three brigades of the 14th Panzergrenadier Division. These brigades were numbered as the 40th and 41st Panzergrenadier Brigades and the 42nd Panzer Brigade. In 1997, the 42nd Panzer Brigade was subordinated to the 13th Panzergrenadier Division and the 18th Panzer Brigade was subordinated to the 14th Panzergrenadier Division. Division headquarters was located at Neubrandenburg.

The division was given the mission of supporting international operations as well as the standard national defense mission. International operations the division took part in include:

1997/1998, 4th SFOR contingent in Bosnia.
1999, 2nd German contingent for KFOR in Kosovo.
2001, 3rd German contingent for SFOR and KFOR.
2003/2004, parts of the division deployed to the Balkans and Afghanistan.
2006, 13th German contingent for KFOR in Kosovo.

The division also provided support to civilians during the 2002 Elbe River flood.

Commanders

Nr.	Name	Start of command	End of command
8	Brigadegeneral Peter Goebel	2006	2008
7	Generalmajor Bruno Kasdorf	2006	2006
6	Generalmajor Günter Weiler	2005	2006
5	Generalmajor Christian Trull	2002	2005
4	Generalmajor Wolfgang Korte	2001	2002
3	Generalmajor Friedrich Riechmann	1998	2001
2	Generalmajor Hans-Peter von Kirchbach	1993	1998
1	Generalmajor Ruprecht Haasler	1990	1994

References

Coordinates: 53°32′33″N 13°16′42″E / 53.542373°N 13.278265°E / 53.542373; 13.278265

Active and former divisions in the German Army of the Bundeswehr
Active	1st Panzer Division/Intervention Division 10th Panzer Division Rapid Forces Division Divisional equivalents Airmobile Forces Command /4th Division Heerestruppenkommando Wehrbereichskommandos I II III IV V VI VII VIII
Former	1st Mountain Division 1st Airborne Division 2nd Panzergrenadier Division 3rd Panzer Division 4th Panzergrenadier Division 5th Panzer Division 6th Panzergrenadier Division 7th Panzer Division 11th Panzergrenadier Division 12th Panzer Division 13th Panzergrenadier Division 14th Panzergrenadier Division Airmobile Operations Division Multinational Division Central

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