21st Division

major unit of the Prussian Army
Organization military_division Q212997
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21st Division

Summary

21st Division is a military division[1]. It draws 2 Wikipedia views per month (military_division category, ranking #66 of 417).[2]

Key Facts

  • 21st Division is in the country of Kingdom of Prussia[3].
  • 21st Division is in the country of German Reich[4].
  • 21st Division's instance of is recorded as military division[5].
  • 21st Division's military branch is recorded as Imperial German Army[6].
  • 21st Division's location is recorded as Frankfurt[7].
  • 21st Division's child organization or unit is recorded as 42. Infanterie-Brigade[8].
  • 21st Division's child organization or unit is recorded as Q65226687[9].
  • 21st Division's Commons category is recorded as 21. Division (Deutsches Kaiserreich)[10].
  • +1866-10-11T00:00:00Z marks the founding of 21st Division[11].
  • 21st Division was dissolved in +1919-05-00T00:00:00Z[12].
  • 21st Division's participated in conflict is recorded as World War I[13].
  • 21st Division's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02x188n[14].
  • 21st Division's parent organization or unit is recorded as XVIII Corps[15].
  • 21st Division's parent organization or unit is recorded as Prussian Army[16].
  • 21st Division's commanded by is recorded as Leopold Hermann von Boyen[17].
  • 21st Division's commanded by is recorded as Hans von Schachtmeyer[18].
  • 21st Division's commanded by is recorded as Bernhard von Schkopp[19].
  • 21st Division's commanded by is recorded as Leopold Loe͏̈n[20].
  • 21st Division's commanded by is recorded as Hermann von Fabeck[21].
  • 21st Division's commanded by is recorded as Hugo von Thile[22].
  • 21st Division's commanded by is recorded as Oktavio Philipp von Boehn[23].
  • 21st Division's commanded by is recorded as Wilhelm Dietrich von Gemmingen[24].
  • 21st Division's commanded by is recorded as Hermann von Vietinghoff[25].
  • 21st Division's commanded by is recorded as Oskar Lindequist[26].
  • 21st Division's commanded by is recorded as Robert von Goetze[27].

Body

Founding

+1866-10-11T00:00:00Z marks the founding of 21st Division[11].

Operations

Parent organizations include XVIII Corps[15], a Corps[28], in Kingdom of Prussia[29], founded in 1899[30] and Prussian Army[16], an army[31], in Kingdom of Prussia[32], founded in 1701[33], headquartered in Potsdam[34]. Subsidiaries include 42. Infanterie-Brigade[8], an infantry brigade[35], in Kingdom of Prussia[36], founded in 1866[37], headquartered in Frankfurt[38] and Q65226687[9], a cavalry brigade[39], in Kingdom of Prussia[40], founded in 1866[41], headquartered in Frankfurt[42].

Dissolution

21st Division was dissolved in +1919-05-00T00:00:00Z[12].

Why It Matters

21st Division draws 2 Wikipedia views per month (military_division category, ranking #66 of 417).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[43]

References

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  1. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  9. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  15. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [43] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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