The 16.Infanterie-Division was formed on 15 October 1935 from the cover name Kommandant von Münster. The infantry regiments were formed from 18. Infanterie-Regiment of 6. Division of the Reichwehr.
It was split into 16. Infanterie-Division (mot) and 16. Panzer-Division on 1 November 1940.
It was ordered to reform in August 1944 from 158. Reserve-Division and the surviving elements of 16. Luftwaffe-Feld-Division but that was not completed and it was instead reformed as 16. Volksgrenadier-Division.
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