3rd Division (Reichswehr)

The 3rd Division was a unit of the Reichswehr.

Creation

In the Order of 31 July 1920 for the Reduction of the Army, it was determined that a division would be established in every Wehrkreis by 1 October 1920. The 3rd Division was formed in January 1921 out of the Reichswehr's 3rd, 6th, and 15th Brigades, all part of the former Übergangsheer.
It consisted of 3 infantry regiments, an artillery regiment, an engineering battalion, a signals battalion, a transportation battalion, and a medical battalion.
The commander of Wehrkreis III was simultaneously the commander of the 3rd Division. For the leadership of the troops, an Infanterieführer and an Artillerieführer were appointed, both subordinated to the commander of the division.
The unit ceased to exist as such after October 1934 and its subordinate units were transferred to one of the 21 new divisions created in that year.

Divisional commanders

General der Artillerie Hermann Rumschöttel General der Infanterie Richard von Berendt General der Kavallerie Rudolf von Horn General der Infanterie Otto Hasse General der Infanterie Rudolf Schniewindt General der Infanterie Joachim von Stülpnagel General der Infanterie Gerd von Rundstedt Generalleutnant Werner von Fritsch

''Infanterieführers''

Generalmajor Karl von Fabeck Generalmajor Ernst Hasse Generalmajor Gottfried Edelbüttel Generalmajor Friedrich Freiherr von Esebeck Generalmajor Heinrich von Bünau Generalleutnant Wolfgang Fleck Generalmajor Hugo Zeitz Generalmajor Ulrich von Waldow Generalmajor Maximilian von Weichs Generalmajor Wilhelm Keitel Generalmajor Hermann Hoth

''Artillerieführers''

Generalmajor Theodor Endres Generalmajor Günther von Kluge Generalmajor Wilhelm Keitel

Garrison

The divisional headquarters was in Berlin.