5th Division (Reichswehr)


The 5th Division was a unit of the Reichswehr.

Creation

In the Order of 31 July 1920 for the Reduction of the Army, it was determined that in every Wehrkreis a division would be established by 1 October 1920. The 5th Division was formed with the Reichswehr-Brigaden 11 in Kassel and 13 in Stuttgart, both of the former Übergangsheer.
It consisted of 3 infantry regiments: the 13th Infantry Regiment, the 14th Infantry Regiment, and the 15th Infantry Regiment. It also included an artillery regiment, an engineering battalion, a signals battalion, a transportation battalion and a medical battalion. It was subordinated to Gruppenkommando 2.
The commander of the Wehrkreis V was simultaneously the commander of the 5th Division.

For the leadership of the troops, an Infanterieführer and an Artillerieführer were appointed, both subordinated to the commander of the Division.
The Divisional commanders were:
Notable Infantrieführer :
Notable Artillerieführers :
In the course of the expansion of the army in 1934, the divisional staff was transferred and renamed to the "Generalkommando" of the V. Armee-Korps.

Garrisons

The divisional headquarters was in Stuttgart. The subordinate units were located in Württemberg and Hesse.