XVII Reserve Corps (German Empire)

The XVII Reserve Corps / XVII RK (German: XVII. Reserve-Korps) was a corps level command of the German Army in World War I.

XVII Reserve Corps
XVII. Reserve-Korps
Flag of the Staff of a Generalkommando (1871–1918)
ActiveOctober 1914 – 17 September 1917
Country German Empire
TypeCorps
EngagementsWorld War I
Insignia
AbbreviationXVII RK

History

The Corps was formed in October 1914 as the temporary Corps Graudenz or Corps Zastrow[1] named for its commander General der Infanterie Ernst von Zastrow,[2] military governor of Graudenz. On 21 July 1915 it was established as XVII Reserve Corps. The Corps was dissolved on 17 September 1917.[3]

The nucleus of the corps was troops collected at Graudenz Fortress. In mid-November 1914 it consisted of two divisions: Wernitz and Breugel with a strength of 26 battalions, 6 squadrons and 13 batteries.[4]

On February 8, 1915 Zastrow Korps was organized as follows:

Corps Division Brigade Units
Zastrow Corps
Graudenz Corps
[5]
Wernitz Division [6] Ersatz Brigade Grossmann Ersatz Regiment Reinhardt [7]
Ersatz Regiment Wetzel (2 Btl.) [8]
Festungs MG Abteilung 9
Festungs MG Abteilung 8
Ersatz Brigade Windheim Ersatz Regiment Hoebel [9]
Ersatz Regiment Groppe [10]
Festungs MG Abteilung 3
1st Ersatz MG Komp des XX AK
Divisional Units Bicycle Company Culm
Mounted Rgt Cleinow [11]
2d Ersatz Battery/3d Guard Field Artillery Rgt 1
1st Ersatz Battery/ Field Artillery Rgt 71
Field Artillery Ersatz Abt 72
1st Ersatz Battery/ Field Artillery Rgt 79
Ist Battalion/Res Foot Artillery Rgt 17 (Heavy Field Howitzers)
2d Ersatz battery/Foot Artillery Rgt 17 (10-Cm Cannon)
3d Ersatz Co./Pioneer Battalion 26
2d Landwehr Pioneer Co., III AK
Breugel Division [12] Brigade Falkenhayn Landwehr Infantry Rgt 61
Landwehr Infantry Rgt 99
Ersatz Battalion/ Landwehr Infantry Rgt 5
Festungs MG Abt 1
Festungs MG Abt 4
Brigade Pfafferot Landwehr Infantry Rgt 17
Landwehr Infantry Regiment 21
Ersatz Battalion/ Landwehr Infantry Rgt Culm
Festungs MG Abt 7
Festungs MG Abt v. Stulpnagel
Ersatz Festungs MG Abt 2
Divisional Units Bicycle Co. Marienberg
½ Bicycle Co. Graudenz
1st & 2d mob Ersatz Sqs, XVII AK
2d Ersatz Battery/Field Artillery Rgt 36
2d Ersatz Battery/Field Artillery Rgt 73
2d Ersatz Battery/Field Artillery Rgt 79
5th Battery/Foot Artillery Rgt 15 (Heavy Field Howitzers)
¾ Ist Battalion/2d Guard Landwehr Foot Artillery Rgt (Heavy Field Howitzers)
7th Battery/Foot Artillery Rgt 15 (10-Cm Cannon)
4th Co./ Pioneer Btl 26
1st Reserve Co./Pioneer Btl 26

Commanders

Corps Zastrow / XVII Reserve Corps had the following commanders during its existence:[13][14]

FromRankName
12 September 1914General der InfanterieErnst von Zastrow
25 September 1915GeneralleutnantKarl Suren
3 September 1916General der InfanterieReinhard von Scheffer-Boyadel

See also

References

  1. Cron 2002, p. 88
  2. The Prussian Machine Archived April 11, 2012, at the Wayback Machine Accessed: 23 March 2012
  3. Cron 2002, p. 89
  4. 2 Weltkrieg p. 342
  5. 6 Weltkrieg, p. 454
  6. Renamed 86th Infantry Division in August 1915
  7. Composed of Ersatz Battalions of Infantry Rgts 18, 148 & 152
  8. Composed of Ersatz Battalions of Res Rgts 34 & 61 and Ldw Rgt 5
  9. Composed of Ersatz Battalions of Infantry Rgts 129, 141 & 175
  10. Composed of Ersatz Battalions of Grenadier Rgts 5 & 8 (2 cos @), Infantry Rgt 59 & Ersatz-Abt/ Jager Btl 2
  11. Composed of 1st Ldw Sq XVII AK, Res Ers Sq XVII AK, 2d mob Ers Sq XX AK
  12. Renamed 85th Landwehr Division on September 13, 1915
  13. "German War History". Retrieved 22 December 2012.
  14. "Armee-Reserve-Korps". The Prussian Machine. Archived from the original on April 11, 2012. Retrieved 22 December 2012.

Bibliography

  • Cron, Hermann (2002). Imperial German Army 1914-18: Organisation, Structure, Orders-of-Battle [first published: 1937]. Helion & Co. ISBN 1-874622-70-1.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Ellis, John; Cox, Michael (1993). The World War I Databook. Aurum Press Ltd. ISBN 1-85410-766-6.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Histories of Two Hundred and Fifty-One Divisions of the German Army which Participated in the War (1914-1918), compiled from records of Intelligence section of the General Staff, American Expeditionary Forces, at General Headquarters, Chaumont, France 1919. The London Stamp Exchange Ltd (1989). 1920. ISBN 0-948130-87-3.
  • The German Forces in the Field; 7th Revision, 11th November 1918; Compiled by the General Staff, War Office. Imperial War Museum, London and The Battery Press, Inc (1995). 1918. ISBN 1-870423-95-X.
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