The 5th Division was a unit of the
Reichswehr.
Creation
In the Order of 31 July 1920 for the Reduction of the Army (to comply with the upper limits on the size of the military contained in the
Treaty of Versailles), it was determined that in every ''Wehrkreis'' (
military district) a division would be established by 1 October 1920. The 5th Division was formed with the Reichswehr-Brigaden 11 in
Kassel
Kassel (; in Germany, spelled Cassel until 1926) is a city on the Fulda River in northern Hesse, Germany. It is the administrative seat of the Regierungsbezirk Kassel and the district of the same name and had 201,048 inhabitants in December 2020 ...
and 13 in
Stuttgart
Stuttgart (; Swabian: ; ) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is located on the Neckar river in a fertile valley known as the ''Stuttgarter Kessel'' (Stuttgart Cauldron) and lies an hour from the ...
, both of the former ''Übergangsheer'' (Transition Army).
It consisted of 3 infantry regiments: the 13th (Württembergisches) Infantry Regiment, the 14th (Badisches) 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:
*
General of the Infantry General of the Infantry is a military rank of a General officer in the infantry and refers to:
* General of the Infantry (Austria)
* General of the Infantry (Bulgaria)
* General of the Infantry (Germany) ('), a rank of a general in the German Impe ...
Walther Reinhardt (1 October 1920 - 1 January 1925)
*General of the Infantry Ernst Hasse (1 January 1925 - 1 February 1927)
*General of the Infantry Hermann Reinicke (1 February 1927 - 30 September 1929)
*General of the Infantry Hans Freiherr Seutter von Lötzen (1 October 1929 - 1 December 1931)
*
Generalleutnant Curt Liebmann (1 December 1931 - 1 August 1934)
Notable Infantrieführer :
* Generalmajor
Hermann Geyer (1 October 1931 - 30 September 1932).
Axis History
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Notable Artillerieführers :
* Oberst Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb (1 March 1928 - 31 January 1929)
* Generalmajor Leonhard Kaupisch (1 February 1930 - 30 September 1932)
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.
References
Feldgrau.com
{{Divisions of the Reichswehr
Infantry divisions of Germany
Military units and formations established in 1920
Military units and formations disestablished in 1934