[3] The division was disbanded in 1919 during the demobilization of the German Army after World War I.
The division fought in the Austro-Prussian War in 1866, including the Battle of Königgrätz.
[4] In the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71, the division saw action in the battles of Beaumont and Sedan, and in the Siege of Paris.
It fought in the siege of the Belgian fortifications at Liège, and then participated in the subsequent march into France and the Race to the Sea.
Divisions received engineer companies and other support units from their higher headquarters.