30th Division (German Empire)

30th Division (*30. Division*); from August 2, 1914, 30th Infantry Division (*30. Infanterie-Division*)
30th Division (30. Division); from August 2, 1914, 30th Infantry Division (30. Infanterie-Division)
	One of the seal marks of the 30th Division
Active	1 April 1887-1919
Country	Prussia/ German Empire
Branch	Imperial German Army
Type	Infantry (in peacetime included cavalry)
Size	Approx. 15,000 men
Part of	XV. Army Corps (XV. Armeekorps)
Garrison/HQ	Strasbourg
Engagements	World War I Battle of the Frontiers; Race to the Sea; Battle of Verdun; Battle of the Somme; Second Battle of the Aisne; First Battle of Cambrai; Champagne-Marne; Second Battle of Cambrai;

The 30th Division (30. Division) was a unit of the Prussian/German Army. It was formed on April 1, 1887, as the 33rd Division and became the 30th Division on April 1, 1890, and was headquartered in Straßburg (now Strasbourg, France). The division was subordinated in peacetime to the XV Army Corps (XV. Armeekorps). The division was disbanded in 1919 during the demobilization of the German Army after World War I. The division was recruited primarily in the Rhineland and Westphalia, with the 105th Infantry Regiment recruited in the Kingdom of Saxony.