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I Corps (German Empire)
Corps level command of the Prussian and then the Imperial German Armies / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the equivalent formation in World War II, see I Army Corps (Wehrmacht).
The I Army Corps / I AK (German: I. Armee-Korps) was a corps level command of the Prussian and then the Imperial German Armies from the 19th Century to World War I.
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I Army Corps I. Armee-Korps | |
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Type | Corps |
Size | Approximately 44,000 (on mobilisation in 1914) |
Garrison/HQ | Königsberg (now Kaliningrad, Russia)/Vorder-Roßgarten 54 |
Shoulder strap piping | White |
Engagements | Austro-Prussian War |
Insignia | |
Abbreviation | I AK |
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It was established with headquarters in Königsberg (now Kaliningrad, Russia). Initially, the Corps catchment area comprised the entire Province of East Prussia, but from 1 October 1912 the southern part of the Province was transferred to the newly formed XX Corps District.[1]
In peacetime, the Corps was assigned to the I Army Inspectorate, which became the 8th Army at the start of the First World War.[2] The corps was still in existence at the end of the war,[3] and was disbanded with the demobilisation of the German Army after World War I.