The 1. Gebirgsjager Division was formed on Apirl 9th 1938 in Garmisch Partenkirchen. They used to be the Gebirgs-Brigade witch came to be on June 1st 1935 when the German Wehrmacht was formed around that time and the 1. Gebirgs-Brigade was formed in Munich. The 1. Gebirgsjager was mostly composed of Bavarians and Austrians. The 1. Gebirgsjager fought in the invasion of Poland in the south region in the Carpathian Mountains.
1. Gebirgsjagers Commanders
General Major Ludwig Kubler (1937-1941)
General Major Hubert Lanz (1942-1943)
General Major Hermann Kress (1943)
General Lieutenant Walter Stettner, Ritter von Graberhofen (1943-1944)
General Lieutenant Josef Kubler (1945)
Organization
Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 98
Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 99
Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 100*
Gebirgs-Artillerie-Regiment 79
Gebirgs-Jäger-Bataillon 54
Gebirgs-Aufklärung-Abteilung 54
Gebirgs-Panzerjäger-Abteilung 44
Gebirgs-Pionier-Bataillon 54
Gebirgs-Nachrichten-Abteiliung 54
Gebirgs-Sanitäts-Abteilung 54
Gebirgs-Feldersatz-Bataillon 54
Gebirgs-Träger-Bataillon 54