XVI Corps (German Empire)

XVI Army Corps XVI. Armee-Korps
Flag of the Staff of a Generalkommando (1871–1918)
Active	1 April 1890 (1890-04-01)–1919 (1919)
Country	German Empire
Type	Corps
Size	Approximately 44,000 (on mobilisation in 1914)
Garrison/HQ	Metz/Palais du Gouverneur
Shoulder strap piping	Yellow
Engagements	World War I Battle of the Frontiers
Insignia
Abbreviation	XVI AK

The XVI Army Corps / XVI AK (German: XVI. Armee-Korps) was a corps level command of the German Army before and during World War I.

It was assigned to the VII Army Inspectorate,^[1] which became the 5th Army at the start of the First World War. It was still in existence at the end of the war^[2] in the 3rd Army, Heeresgruppe Deutscher Kronprinz on the Western Front.^[3]