page_title: 16th Division (German Empire)
section_title: Late World War I organization
hierarchical_section_title: 16th Division (German Empire) / Late World War I organization
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Schulterklappen: Schulterklappen (weiß-rot &#34;16&#34; mit kupferfarb. Knopf) und Schulterklappen &#34;Artillerie&#34; (gelb-gau und Emblem gekreuzte Granaten).
context_page_description: The 16th Division was a unit of the Prussian/German Army. It was formed as the 15th Division on September 5, 1818, in Koblenz from a troop brigade. It became the 16th Division on December 14, 1818, and moved its headquarters to Trier. The division was subordinated in peacetime to the VIII Army Corps. The division was disbanded in 1919 during the demobilization of the German Army after World War I. It was mainly recruited in the densely populated Prussian Rhine Province, mainly along the Rhine and the cities and towns along the Moselle River.
context_section_description: Divisions underwent many changes during the war, with regiments moving from division to division, and some being destroyed and rebuilt.  During the war, most divisions became triangular - one infantry brigade with three infantry regiments rather than two infantry brigades of two regiments (a "square division"). An artillery commander replaced the artillery brigade headquarters, the cavalry was further reduced, the engineer contingent was increased, and a divisional signals command was created. The 16th Infantry Division's order of battle on March 25, 1918, was as follows:
  30. Infanterie-Brigade:
  Infanterie-Regiment von Goeben (2. Rheinisches) Nr. 28
  Infanterie-Regiment von Horn (3. Rheinisches) Nr. 29
  6. Rheinisches Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 68
  1.Eskadron/Husaren-Regiment König Wilhelm I. (1. Rheinisches) Nr. 7
  Artillerie-Kommandeur 16:
  2. Rheinisches Feldartillerie-Regiment Nr. 23
  Fußartillerie-Bataillon Nr. 32
  Stab/1. Rheinisches Pionier-Bataillon Nr. 8
  2.Kompanie/1. Rheinisches Pionier-Bataillon Nr. 8
  3.Kompanie/1. Rheinisches Pionier-Bataillon Nr. 8
  Minenwerfer-Kompanie Nr. 169
  Divisions-Nachrichten-Kommandeur 16
caption: WWI German army epaulettes indicating "16"
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