5th Division (Reichswehr)
Introduction 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 out of the ''Reichswehr'''s 11 and 13th Brigades, both of the former ''Übergangsheer'' (Transition Army).It consisted of 3 infantry regiments: the 13th (Württemberger) Infantry Regiment, the 14th (Baden) 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 ''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.In the course of the expansion of the army in 1934, the divisional staff was transferred and renamed to the ''Generalkommando'' of the V Army Corps.
Divisional commanders * ''General der Infanterie'' Walther Reinhardt (1 October 1920 - 1 January 1925)* ''General der Infanterie'' Ernst Hasse (1 January 1925 - 1 February 1927)* ''General der Infanterie'' Hermann Reinicke (1 February 1927 - 30 September 1929)* ''General der Infanterie'' Hans Freiherr Seutter von Lötzen (1 October 1929 - 1 December 1931)* ''Generalleutnant'' Curt Liebmann (1 December 1931 - 1 August 1934)===''Infantrieführers''===* ''Generalmajor'' Hermann Geyer (1 October 1931 - 30 September 1932)===''Artillerieführers''===* ''Oberst'' Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb (1 March 1928 - 31 January 1929)* ''Generalmajor'' Leonhard Kaupisch (1 February 1930 - 30 September 1932)
Garrisons The divisional headquarters was in Stuttgart. The subordinate units were located in Württemberg and Hesse.
References *  Feldgrau.com