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List of Imperial German infantry regiments
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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
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| 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 Courbière" | 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, Swinemünde | 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 |
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Wartime regiments
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On mobilisation, the German Army raised 113 Reserve Infantry Regiments (of 332 battalions) and 96 Landwehr Infantry Regiments (of 294 battalions). Meanwhile a number of existing units of various sizes were expanded. The Lehr Infantry Battalion was expanded to form the Lehr Infantry Regiment.[7] Throughout the war Germany also mustered numerous new infantry regiments.
Reserve regiments
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| Regiment | Raised | Garrison | Corps |
|---|---|---|---|
| 64th Reserve Infantry Regiment | 1914 | ||
| 86th Reserve Infantry Regiment | August 1914 | IX Reserve Corps | |
| 93rd Reserve Infantry Regiment | 1914 | ||
| 213th Reserve Infantry Regiment | 1914 | ||
| 254th Reserve Infantry Regiment | December 1914 |
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New regiments
More information Regiment, Raised ...
| Regiment | Raised | Garrison | Corps |
|---|---|---|---|
| 405th Infantry Regiment | late 1916 | ||
| 409th Infantry Regiment | 2 October 1916 | ||
| 410th Infantry Regiment | late 1916 |
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