VII Corps (German Empire)

VII Army Corps VII. Armee-Korps
Flag of the Staff of a Generalkommando (1871–1918)
Active	1815 (1815)–1919 (1919)
Country	Prussia /  German Empire
Type	Corps
Size	Approximately 44,000 (on mobilisation in 1914)
Garrison/HQ	Münster
Engagements	Austro-Prussian War Battle of Königgrätz Franco-Prussian War Battle of Spicheren Battle of Borny-Colombey Battle of Gravelotte Siege of Metz World War I Battle of the Frontiers First Battle of the Marne First Battle of Ypres Battle of Verdun

Austro-Prussian War

Franco-Prussian War

World War I

The VII Army Corps / VII AK (German: VII. Armee-Korps) was a corps level command of the Prussian and then the Imperial German Armies from the 19th Century to World War I.

Originating in 1815 as the General Command for the Province of Westphalia, the headquarters was in Münster and its catchment area was the Province of Westphalia and the Principalities of Lippe and Schaumburg-Lippe.

The Corps served in the Austro-Prussian War. During the Franco-Prussian War it was assigned to the 1st Army.

In peacetime the Corps was assigned to the III Army Inspectorate which became the 2nd Army at the start of the First World War. It was still in existence at the end of the war in the 7th Army, Heeresgruppe Deutscher Kronprinz on the Western Front. The Corps was disbanded with the demobilisation of the German Army after World War I.

VII Corps fought in the Austro-Prussian War in 1866, seeing action in the Battle of Königgrätz.