[3] It was called the 3rd Infantry Division from 1848 to 1851 (as well as during wartime) and was named the Nuremberg General Command from 1859 to 1869.
[5] The division was part of the II Royal Bavarian Army Corps.
The division fought against Prussia in the Austro-Prussian War of 1866, seeing action at Zella, Kissingen, and Helmstadt.
[7][8] The order of battle at the outset of the Franco-Prussian War was as follows:[9] In 1914, the peacetime organization of the 3rd Royal Bavarian Division was as follows:[10] On mobilization in August 1914 at the beginning of World War I, most divisional cavalry, including brigade headquarters, was withdrawn to form cavalry divisions or split up among divisions as reconnaissance units.
Divisions received engineer companies and other support units from their higher headquarters.
Divisional signals commanders were established to better control communications, a major problem in coordinating infantry and artillery operations during World War I.